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Position and/or Distance Measurement, Parking and/or Vehicle Detection, Apparatus, Networks, Operations and/or Systems

  • US 20140225763A1
  • Filed: 09/27/2012
  • Published: 08/14/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising at least one of:

  • a superheterodyne radar adapted to generate an antenna output and receive a Radio Frequency (RF) reflection off of said antenna output from an object, comprisinga timing generator adapted to generate a transmit signal with a first edge and to generate a reception signal with a second edge, where said second edge has a delay from said first edge that sweeps over time generated in response to at least one external stimulus to said superheterodyne radar; and

    said superheterodyne radar adapted to generate a transmit RF burst in response to said first edge of said transmit signal to generate said antenna output, and to mix said RF reflection and said transmit RF burst, in response to said second edge, to generate an Intermediate Frequency (IF) signal at a frequency of one over a compression ratio multiplied by a carrier frequency of said antenna output;

    a microwave antenna including a radiator driving a horn antenna to generate an antenna output in response to a tuning bar outside said horn antenna;

    an On Board Device (OBD) configured to present a vehicle identification in response to a vehicle containing said OBD parking near a parking spot;

    a parking sensor configured to determine a parking position of said vehicle in said parking spot;

    a parking processor configured to generate and/or maintain a parking session for said vehicle parked in said parking spot, said parking session including said vehicle identification and an identification of said parking spot;

    a parking management configured to respond to said parking session by generating and/or maintaining at least one of a parking permit, a parking payment, a parking reservation, and/or a parking ticket;

    a repeater configured to support a wireless communications between an access point and a wireless node, identify said repeater with a repeater identification, receive an uplink message from said wireless node containing a selected repeater identification and a basic payload, and send said basic payload as a second uplink message to said access point in response to said selected repeater identification matching said repeater identification;

    said wireless node configured to send said uplink message containing said selected repeater identification and said basic payload; and

    /ora Power Control Circuit (PCC) adapted to distribute electrical power from a one-charge battery to a load in response to determining a rechargeable battery unable to drive said load.

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