Method and device for controlling blockage of a parking space for a vehicle

• US 20020135461A1
• Filed: 03/05/2002
• Published: 09/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Benthin, Marcus, Pelz, Rodolfo Mann, Nuesser, Rene
• Granted Patent: US 6,937,139 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.64
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00793 by Hertzian waves
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00928 for garage doors
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00817 where the code of the lock can be programmed

Abstract

A method and a device, respectively, for controlling a barricade of a parking space for a vehicle are proposed, the method being used to change a code as needed with which authorization for controlling the barricade of the parking space is attained and to recognize a plurality of codes as authorized for one barricade. A code is able to be changed using a password. The radio signals are preferably transmitted via Bluetooth. A dwell time of the vehicle in the parking space may also be logged. A code may be designed as a personal identification number or as an identification number of the vehicle or of the radio module. The barricade is designed as either a garage door or a barrier.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a barricade of a parking space for a vehicle, the barricade being controlled from the vehicle via a code transmitted using radio signals, and the code being checked with regard to its authorization, wherein the code is changed by input, and a plurality of codes are recognized as authorized for one barricade.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the code is changed using a password.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 or 2, wherein the radio signals are transmitted according to Bluetooth.

4. The method as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein a dwell time of the vehicle in the parking space is logged.

5. The method as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the code is used as a personal identification number or as an identification number of a vehicle or of a radio module.

12. A vehicle as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the vehicle has an additional radio module (2).

6. A device for controlling a barricade of a parking space for a vehicle, the device (15) having a radio module (9), a processor (10), a memory (11), and actuating technology (12) for controlling the barricade, the device (15) being able to be controlled using an authorized code that is receivable from the radio module, wherein a code is able to be changed using the processor (10), and the memory (11) has a plurality of codes as authorized codes.

7. The device as recited in claim 6, wherein the authorized codes in the memory (11) are able to be changed using a password.

8. The device as recited in claim 6 or 7, wherein the radio module (9) is designed as a Bluetooth module.

9. The device as recited in one of claims 6 through 8, wherein the barricade is designed as a garage door or as a barrier.

10. The device as recited in one of claims 6 through 9, wherein the device is connected to a computing device (14), and the codes in the memory (11) are able to be changed using the computing device (14).

11. The device as recited in claim 10, wherein the computing device (14) is designed such that the computing device (14) logs a dwell time of the vehicle in the parking space.

13. The vehicle as recited in claim 12, wherein the additional radio module (2) is designed as a Bluetooth module.

14. The vehicle as recited in claim 11 or 12, wherein the radio module is located in a vehicle device 7, which is designed as a remote control.