Control System

• US 20080094251A1
• Filed: 05/25/2005
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rudolf Benecke
• Original Assignee: Rudolf Benecke
• Inventors: Benecke, Rudolf
• Application Number:
  US11/569,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20080094251A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/932.2
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00

Abstract

The present invention relates to a control system, in particular for driving in or driving out of a parking garage, with a blocking and/or display device (1), which blocks or allows the passage of a motor vehicle, an input device (20) which is operable to allow the passage, wherein the input device (20) optionally comprises the receipt of an operation confirmation, and an output device (30) independent from the input device, which provides at least one information carrier (40), wherein the blocking and/or display device (1) only allows the passage when the information carrier (40) is removed from the output device (30) (FIG. 2).

Claims

1. Device (310, 310′

) for outputting an information carrier (320), especially an advertising medium, to a user of a control system (31), with

a. a sensing unit with at least one sensor (311), for sensing contact-less the operation of the control system (31) by the user; and

b. an output unit (312), which is designed to provide the information carrier (320) for removal by the user, at the sensing of the operation of the control system (31), characterized in that

c. the output unit (312) further comprises control means, which controls that per time unit not more than a predefined number of information carriers is released.

2. Device (310, 310′

) according to claim 1, wherein the device does not comprise an electrical signal link to the control system (31).

3. Device (310, 310′

) according to claim 2, wherein the device comprises an interface (315) for the creation of an electrical signal link (316) to the control system (31).

4. Device (310, 310′

) according to claim 1, wherein the sensor (311) is arranged in such a way, that it senses the user and/or the motor vehicle in which the user sits at the operation of the control system (1).

5. Device (310, 310′

) according to claim 1, wherein the sensing unit is arranged exchangeable at the output device.

6. Device (310, 310′

) according to claim 1, wherein the output unit (312) is customizable for information carriers (320) of different sizes.

7. Device (310, 310′

) according to claim 1, further comprising a storage device (318) for a plurality of identical information carriers (320).

8. Device (310, 310′

) according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit (313) for pointing the user to the removal of the provided information carrier (320).

9. Device (310, 310′

) according to claim 8, wherein the design of the display unit (313) is realized customizable.

10. Device (310, 310′

) according to claim 1, wherein the output unit (312) further comprises control means, which retract the information carrier (320) at least partially if the user does not remove it.