Identification of vehicles including code comparison
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1. A method of identifying a vehicle to verify that a driver is authorized to use the vehicle, the method including the steps ofvisibly mounting a humanly discernible code on the vehicle;
- said code including encrypted data relating to features of said vehicle and encrypted data relating to an identifying means of at least one of the vehicle itself, an owner of the vehicle and an authorized user of the vehicle;
reading said code mounted on the vehicle;
decrypting the code to extract therefrom said data relating to said features of the vehicle and to said identifying means;
comparing said data decrypted from said code with said features of said vehicle to determine whether or not said code applies to said vehicle to which it is attached; and
comparing information supplied by a driver of said vehicle with said data decrypted from the code relating to said identifying means to verity that the driver is authorized to use the vehicle.
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Abstract
The system 10 for identifying a vehicle includes a code generator 12 which generates a code in response to the provision of predetermined data relating to features of the vehicle. The code is generated on a slip of paper which is affixed to the vehicle. A number of code readers 14 is provided for reading the code, decrypting the code and extracting information relating to the features of the vehicle from the code to determine whether or not the code applies to that vehicle.
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1. A method of identifying a vehicle to verify that a driver is authorized to use the vehicle, the method including the steps of
visibly mounting a humanly discernible code on the vehicle; -
said code including encrypted data relating to features of said vehicle and encrypted data relating to an identifying means of at least one of the vehicle itself, an owner of the vehicle and an authorized user of the vehicle; reading said code mounted on the vehicle; decrypting the code to extract therefrom said data relating to said features of the vehicle and to said identifying means; comparing said data decrypted from said code with said features of said vehicle to determine whether or not said code applies to said vehicle to which it is attached; and comparing information supplied by a driver of said vehicle with said data decrypted from the code relating to said identifying means to verity that the driver is authorized to use the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for identifying a vehicle to verify that a driver is authorized to use the vehicle, the system including
a code-generating means for generating a humanly discernible code in response to the provision of predetermined data relating to at least certain features of said vehicle and for supplying a person with said code, the code-generating means encrypting said data; -
said code including data relating to an identifying means of at least one of the vehicle itself, an owner of the vehicle and an authorized user of the vehicle; means for visibly mounting said code on the vehicle; a code reading means for reading said code and for decrypting said code to extract therefrom said data relating to said features of said vehicle and of said identifying means and for determining whether or not said code applies to said vehicle to which it is attached; and a comparator for comparing information supplied by a driver of the vehicle with said data relating to the identifying means decrypted from the code to verify that the driver is authorized to use the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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