MC200070A1 - Vehicle pager - Google Patents

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Patent for invention

Title of the invention: Vehicle identification number (VIN) device. Applicant's name: Dr. Daniel Mavrakis. Inventor's name: Dr. Daniel Mavrakis.

1 The present invention relates to a device (comprising an on-board module B and an interrogation module A) intended either for vehicles (land, sea, air or other) or for individuals enabling the performance of all or part of the following functions:

• Joint vehicle identification (characteristics (e.g.:

5. Manufacturer, model, year of registration, size, total weight when loaded,

number of seats, geographical position, etc.), registration, engine serial number or other identifier) and of the driver(s) (identity, type of permit or license, expiry date, number of points if points-based permit, etc.).

• Remote identification of the vehicle and/or the driver or person at

10. means of a fixed or mobile interrogation/response device.

• The ability to remotely trigger operations on the vehicle, manually or automatically:

• These may be restrictive operations (for example, a programmed shutdown after a predetermined period of time,

1 ^ deactivation of the ignition, triggering of audible or visual signals, speed restriction, etc...).

• This can involve the communication of data: infraction, advice or recommendations, environmental characteristics, vehicle position, etc. This enables, for example, digital signage and/or

20 voice warnings of an infraction (“you are parked illegally”, “you have run a red light”) or advice or recommendations (“attention, the width of your vehicle does not allow you to use this road”, “please pull over to let emergency vehicles pass”, “uneven road surface, do not exceed 30 km/h”, etc.).

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• The possibility, if the driver's permit or license allows it, to remotely trigger a temporary or permanent inactivation, a total or partial restriction of the permit.

• the possibility of carrying out additional checks depending on the characteristics of the license and/or the vehicle:

• checking the driver's blood alcohol level before allowing them to drive.

• Maximum speed limit depending on the driver's license and/or road characteristics (remotely transmitted) or geographical location.

The invention comprises, on the vehicle or individual side, an embedded system B with:

• a B-3 central unit (which may be the vehicle's on-board computer)

• a B-4 driver identification reader (e.g., smart card reader, magnetic or optical card reader) preferably associated with a B-6 authentication device (e.g., keypad, fingerprint or retinal reader, voice recognition system, etc.).

• For vehicles, a B-5 vehicle identification reader, coded in a fixed manner, preferably in a vandal-proof block.

• a transmitter/receiver system (B-1 and B-2) preferably multidirectional.

• Optional vehicle control systems (B-7) and B-8 input/output systems: speed sensor, geolocation, ambient light, blood alcohol sensor, rain or ice detector, etc...

The system can store the time-stamped identifications of the last drivers, making it possible, for example, to identify the person responsible for an infraction even if they are no longer in the vehicle. It would also be possible to record key data concerning the vehicle's operation at regular intervals (e.g., every minute).

• etc.

for example speed, allowing the system to be used as a tachograph (trucks) or the routes followed (successive time-stamped geographical positions).

On the operator side (e.g., police officer, control or toll booth, etc.), the invention includes a directional transmitter/receiver (allowing selection by pointing of the targeted vehicle), a control system allowing selection of the operations to be carried out, an optional system for authenticating the agent, verifying their rights, and electronically signing (certifying) the requests made (for example by a public key system).

The possible applications are numerous:

• Control of vehicle start-up, to restrict it to authorized drivers.

• Electronic ticketing of offenders. In a single electronic operation, a police officer can remotely identify the driver of a vehicle committing an offense and issue a ticket. The officer can be authenticated and the request electronically signed (certification).

• Speed control based on driver and environment.

• Access and passage control (premises, tolls, restricted areas) based on the vehicle and/or the identity of the driver.

• Protection against theft, with possible remote detection and immobilization of stolen vehicles.

• Immobilization of a vehicle in violation.

• Electronic information for drivers.

• Electronic data retrieval: maintenance, usage and routes, etc.

Demands

Claims (1)

4 • Vehicle (or natural person) identification system 80 consisting of an embedded module B and an interrogation module A. • The embedded module B consists of a transmitter (B-1), a receiver (B-2) (which can be associated with the transmitter), a central unit (B-3), a driver identification device (B-4 with optionally an authentication system B-6) and a vehicle identification device (B-5 with 85 optionally a direct control system B-7 or via the central unit B-3). The transmitted data can optionally be encrypted using a unique key provided by the polling module, thus ensuring that the data, transmitted multidirectionally, can only be decrypted by the polling module that made the request. 90 • The interrogation module consists of a directional transmitter/receiver optionally associated with a control, authentication and signature system. • The system allows bidirectional data transmission with certification and electronic signature and optionally encryption. • Optionally allows, depending on the operator's access rights, actions ^ on the vehicle or individual. (' * ^LL^ ÙY cy C 1 c y / 100 \ \ 105