Unlock instant, AI-driven research and patent intelligence for your innovation.

Method and apparatus for selective blanking of a motor vehicle license plate

a technology for motor vehicles and license plates, applied in vehicle components, communication jamming, instruments, etc., can solve problems such as flagrant violations of the privacy expectations of respective individuals

Active Publication Date: 2016-02-23
NOLIMITS ENTERPRISES
View PDF14 Cites 5 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention detects monitoring flashes and generates a blanking flash to briefly disable the license plate during image capture. The technical effect is improved image quality and reduced glare on the license plate during monitoring.

Problems solved by technology

Since most entities, especially private entities, do not have the right to monitor the license plates of motor vehicles, these activities often constitute flagrant violations of the expectations of privacy of the respective individuals.

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Image

Smart Image Click on the blue labels to locate them in the text.
Viewing Examples
Smart Image
  • Method and apparatus for selective blanking of a motor vehicle license plate
  • Method and apparatus for selective blanking of a motor vehicle license plate
  • Method and apparatus for selective blanking of a motor vehicle license plate

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

Embodiment Construction

[0015]Referring first to FIG. 1, preferably, a license plate assembly 100 constructed in accordance with this invention assembly includes a frame 10 sized and shaped to fit around a license plate 12. The license plate 12 is a standard license plate issued by the appropriate authorities and it bears several alphanumeric characters and / or other images.

[0016]The frame 10 is preferably made of a suitable plastic material and includes a bezel that forms the outside surface of the frame 10 and includes peripheral lip 14 that extends over and covers the peripheral edges 16 of plate 112 as shown. The bezel may be raised to provide sufficient room for the flash generators. Preferably, the generators may be sealed and protected by by a transparent cover of a plastic material such as acrylic, Lexan®, tampered glass, or other similar transparent materials.

[0017]The assembly 100 includes an electronic component 18 that can be powered by one or more batteries (not shown) dedicated for the compone...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

PUM

No PUM Login to View More

Abstract

A license plate assembly includes a frame receiving a conventional license plate and at least one blanking flash generator arranged to generate a blanking flash at the license plate in response to a monitoring flash from an external monitoring device. The monitoring device is designed to take an image of the license plate and the blanking flash is obscuring the license plate to prevent or interfere with the taking of the image.

Description

RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 472,384 filed Apr. 6, 2011 and incorporated herein in its entiretyBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]A. Field of Invention[0003]This invention pertains to an apparatus and method for selectively blanking a license plate, said apparatus including one or more light sources embedded in a bezel surrounding the license plate, the light sources firing on demand to illuminate the license plate, rendering it unreadable.[0004]B. Description of the Prior Art[0005]Motor vehicles, and, by extension, the owners of motor vehicles, are uniquely identified by their license plates. However, the license plates of motor vehicles are routinely photographed or videotaped by many entities in various locations without permission from the owners of the respective motor vehicles. Since most entities, especially private entities, do not have the right to monitor the license plates of motor vehicles, these activiti...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to View More
Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B60R13/10H04K3/00G08G1/017
CPCH04K3/825B60R13/105H04K3/822G08G1/0175H04K2203/22
Inventor DANDROW, JONATHAN
Owner NOLIMITS ENTERPRISES