System and method for automatically controlling movement of a barrier
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1. A computer-implemented method for automatically controlling movement of a barrier, comprising:
- determining at least one status zone associated with the barrier, wherein a current status of the barrier is determined when a vehicle travels through at least one portion of a boundary of the at least one status zone;
modifying a size of the at least one status zone by modifying the at least one portion of the boundary to be located at an extended distance from the barrier to allow the status of the barrier to be determined during at least one of;
a first opportunity at which it is possible for a barrier controller to receive radio frequency signals from the vehicle during arrival of the vehicle towards the barrier and a last opportunity at which it is possible for the barrier controller to receive radio frequency signals from the vehicle during departure of the vehicle away from the barrier, wherein the size of the at least one status zone is modified based on a reception of a predetermined number of communication signals by the barrier controller from the extended distance;
sending a barrier control signal to remotely control movement of the barrier, wherein the barrier control signal is based on the current state of the barrier and is sent when the vehicle travels through at least one barrier control zone associated with sending of the barrier control signal to control movement of the barrier, wherein a size of the at least one barrier control zone is based on the size of the at least one status zone;
controlling movement of the barrier to traverse the barrier from at least one of;
an opened state to a closed state and the closed state to the opened state based on a receipt of the barrier control signal; and
presenting the current state of the barrier, wherein the current state of the barrier is updated based on controlling the movement of the barrier.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically controlling movement of a barrier that include determining at least one zone associated with the barrier. The system and method also include determining a current state of the barrier. The system and method additionally include sending a barrier control signal to remotely control movement of the barrier. The system and method further include presenting the current state of the barrier, wherein the current state of the barrier is updated based on remotely controlling the movement of the barrier.
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1. A computer-implemented method for automatically controlling movement of a barrier, comprising:
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determining at least one status zone associated with the barrier, wherein a current status of the barrier is determined when a vehicle travels through at least one portion of a boundary of the at least one status zone; modifying a size of the at least one status zone by modifying the at least one portion of the boundary to be located at an extended distance from the barrier to allow the status of the barrier to be determined during at least one of;
a first opportunity at which it is possible for a barrier controller to receive radio frequency signals from the vehicle during arrival of the vehicle towards the barrier and a last opportunity at which it is possible for the barrier controller to receive radio frequency signals from the vehicle during departure of the vehicle away from the barrier, wherein the size of the at least one status zone is modified based on a reception of a predetermined number of communication signals by the barrier controller from the extended distance;sending a barrier control signal to remotely control movement of the barrier, wherein the barrier control signal is based on the current state of the barrier and is sent when the vehicle travels through at least one barrier control zone associated with sending of the barrier control signal to control movement of the barrier, wherein a size of the at least one barrier control zone is based on the size of the at least one status zone; controlling movement of the barrier to traverse the barrier from at least one of;
an opened state to a closed state and the closed state to the opened state based on a receipt of the barrier control signal; andpresenting the current state of the barrier, wherein the current state of the barrier is updated based on controlling the movement of the barrier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for automatically controlling movement of a barrier, comprising:
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a memory storing instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to; determine at least one status zone associated with the barrier, wherein a current status of the barrier is determined when a vehicle travels through at least one portion of a boundary of the at least one status zone; modify a size of the at least one status zone by modifying the at least one portion of the boundary to be located at an extended distance from the barrier to allow the status of the barrier to be determined during at least one of;
a first opportunity at which it is possible for a barrier controller to receive radio frequency signals from the vehicle during arrival of the vehicle towards the barrier and a last opportunity at which it is possible for the barrier controller to receive radio frequency signals from the vehicle during departure of the vehicle away from the barrier, wherein the size of the at least one status zone is modified based on a reception of a predetermined number of communication signals by the barrier controller from the extended distance;send a barrier control signal to remotely control movement of the barrier, wherein the barrier control signal is based on the current state of the barrier and is sent when the vehicle travels through at least one barrier control zone associated with sending of the barrier control signal to control movement of the barrier, wherein a size of the at least one barrier control zone is based on the size of the at least one status zone; control movement of the barrier to traverse the barrier from at least one of;
an opened state to a closed state and a closed state to an opened state based on a receipt of the barrier control signal; andpresent the current state of the barrier, wherein the current state of the barrier is updated based on controlling the movement of the barrier. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer, which includes a processor perform a method, the method comprising:
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determining at least one status zone associated with a barrier, wherein a current status of the barrier is determined when a vehicle travels through at least one portion of a boundary of the at least one status zone; modifying a size of the at least one status zone by modifying the at least one portion of the boundary to be located at an extended distance from the barrier to allow the status of the barrier to be determined during at least one of;
a first opportunity at which it is possible for a barrier controller to receive radio frequency signals from the vehicle during arrival of the vehicle towards the barrier and a last opportunity at which it is possible for the barrier controller to receive radio frequency signals from the vehicle during departure of the vehicle away from the barrier, wherein the size of the at least one status zone is modified based on a reception of a predetermined number of communication signals by the barrier controller from the extended distance;sending a barrier control signal to remotely control movement of the barrier, wherein the barrier control signal is based on the current state of the barrier and is sent when the vehicle travels through at least one barrier control zone associated with sending of the barrier control signal to control movement of the barrier, wherein a size of the at least one barrier control zone is based on the size of the at least one status zone; controlling movement of the barrier to traverse the barrier from at least one of;
an opened state to a closed state and a closed state to an opened state based on a receipt of the barrier control signal; andpresenting the current state of the barrier, wherein the current state of the barrier is updated based on controlling the movement of the barrier. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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