Method of and apparatus for vehicle inspection and the like with security for the inspector and facility for radio tracking of a vehicle attempting escape from the inspector
First Claim
1. A method of stopped vehicle and operator inspection by a police or other inspector, that comprises, while the inspector approaches the stopped vehicle, but before reaching the presence of the operator, temporarily attaching a specially coded self-powered radio pulse transmitter externally to the vehicle and rearwardly of the position of the operator;
- activating the transmitter;
then engaging the operator of the vehicle and conducting the inspection such that, in the event the operator attempts escape by driving off and/or attacking the inspector, the vehicle is trackable through the transmissions of the attached and activated transmitter, either by a vehicle of the inspector or other radio-tracking vehicles; and
wherein, upon completion of the inspection without hostile incident, the inspector removes and recovers the transmitter for future use and deactivates the same.
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Abstract
A technique for adding to the security of vehicle inspection and the facility for radio-tracking of a vehicle attempting escape from the inspector, embodying the use of a miniaturized specifically coded self-powered radio-transponder or transmitter temporarily attachable by the inspector externally to a stopped vehicle and trackable in the event of vehicle escape.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of stopped vehicle and operator inspection by a police or other inspector, that comprises, while the inspector approaches the stopped vehicle, but before reaching the presence of the operator, temporarily attaching a specially coded self-powered radio pulse transmitter externally to the vehicle and rearwardly of the position of the operator;
- activating the transmitter;
then engaging the operator of the vehicle and conducting the inspection such that, in the event the operator attempts escape by driving off and/or attacking the inspector, the vehicle is trackable through the transmissions of the attached and activated transmitter, either by a vehicle of the inspector or other radio-tracking vehicles; and
wherein, upon completion of the inspection without hostile incident, the inspector removes and recovers the transmitter for future use and deactivates the same. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- activating the transmitter;
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7. Apparatus for improving the safety of stopped vehicle and operator inspection by a police or other inspector having, in combination, a specially coded self-powered radio-pulse transmitter unit provided with means for enabling temporary external attachment to the vehicle by the inspector, rearwardly of the position of the operator in the vehicle;
- the transmitter unit having an external activating switch actuable to activate the transmitter when attached to the vehicle by the inspector;
wherein, in the event the operator attempts escape by driving off and/or attacking the inspector, radio-tracking vehicles may track the vehicle through the transmissions of the attached and activated transmitter unit; and
wherein, upon completion of an inspection without hostile incident, the transmitter unit may detachably be removed from the vehicle by the inspector for recovery for future use, with the switch enabling de-activation of the removed transmitter unit. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- the transmitter unit having an external activating switch actuable to activate the transmitter when attached to the vehicle by the inspector;
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14. For use in improving the safety of stopped vehicle and operator inspection by a police or other inspector, apparatus comprising a specially coded self-powered transmitter radio-pulse unit provided externally with temporary attaching means to enable removably sticking the unit as a tag to a rearward portion of the vehicle as the inspector approaches the operator;
- and an externally operable switch means for inspector activation of a transmitter unit on attachment, and for subsequent deactivation of the transmitter unit upon detaching from the vehicle after the inspection to remove the tag for further use.
- View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. For use in improving the safety of stopped vehicle and operator inspection by a police officer or other inspector, apparatus comprising a specially coded self-powered radio-pulse transponder unit having a transmitter unit and a receiver unit therein for controlling the transmitter unit in response to externally broadcast command signals;
- the transponder unit being externally provided with temporary attaching means to enable removably sticking the transponder unit as a tag to a portion of the vehicle as the inspector approaches the operator; and
an externally operable switch means for inspector activation of the transponder unit on attachment, and for the subsequent de-activation of the transponder unit upon detaching from the vehicle after inspection to remove the tag for further use. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- the transponder unit being externally provided with temporary attaching means to enable removably sticking the transponder unit as a tag to a portion of the vehicle as the inspector approaches the operator; and
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