Transponder distinction in a fueling environment
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1. A fuel dispenser comprising:
- a fuel delivery path from a storage tank to a delivery nozzle;
a pump associated with said delivery path for pumping fuel from said storage tank to said nozzle;
a control system; and
communication electronics operatively associated with said control system and adapted to receive remotely transmitted signals from a first transmitter attached to a vehicle and a second transmitter associated with a person;
said control system being adapted to determine whether the received signals were transmitted from the first transmitter or the second transmitter;
wherein once said communication electronics receives the remote signals and said control system determines the remote signals are transmitted from the first transmitter, said control system and said communication electronics are adapted to determine if the first transmitter has moved will respect to said dispenser.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a fuel dispenser having a fuel delivery path, a pump associated with the delivery path for pumping fuel from a storage tank to a fueling nozzle and a controller and communication system adapted to receive remotely transmitted signals from transmitters of different types. The controller is adapted to determine the type of transmitter from which the remotely transmitted signals were received, and preferably, whether or not the transmitter is moved with respect to the dispenser. The controller and communication depending on the sophistication of the system or respond to information in the transmitted signals indicating the vehicle is moving.
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60 Claims
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1. A fuel dispenser comprising:
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a fuel delivery path from a storage tank to a delivery nozzle; a pump associated with said delivery path for pumping fuel from said storage tank to said nozzle; a control system; and communication electronics operatively associated with said control system and adapted to receive remotely transmitted signals from a first transmitter attached to a vehicle and a second transmitter associated with a person; said control system being adapted to determine whether the received signals were transmitted from the first transmitter or the second transmitter; wherein once said communication electronics receives the remote signals and said control system determines the remote signals are transmitted from the first transmitter, said control system and said communication electronics are adapted to determine if the first transmitter has moved will respect to said dispenser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A fuel dispenser comprising:
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a fuel delivery path from a storage tank to a delivery nozzle; a pump associated with said delivery path for pumping fuel from said storage tank to said nozzle; a control system adapted to control said pump to control fuel delivery through said delivery path; communication electronics operatively associated with said control system and adapted to receive communications from a source providing information containing the relative location of a vehicle having a transmitter with respect to said fuel dispenser wherein the vehicle transmitter transmits a signal to the remote source, the remote source determines the relative location of the vehicle with respect to said fuel dispenser; and said control system is adapted to provide an output when the information from the remote source indicates the transmitter has moved with respect to said fuel dispenser. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A fuel dispenser comprising:
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a fuel delivery path from a storage tank to a delivery nozzle; a pump associated with said delivery path for pumping fuel from said storage tank to said nozzle; a control system adapted to control said pump to control fuel delivery through said delivery path; communication electronics operatively associated with said control system and adapted to receive remotely transmitted signals from a first transmitter attached to a vehicle and a second transmitter; said control system and communication electronics adapted to receive transmitted signals from both said first and second transmitters before allowing fuel delivery and determine if the first transmitter has moved with respect to the dispenser.
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44. A fuel dispenser for distinguishing between vehicle mounted transponders and personal transponders comprising:
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a fuel dispenser having a control system and an interrogator associated with said control system; said interrogator facilitating communications with transponders and said control system adapted to control said dispenser based on remotely transmitted signals received from the transponders; said control system adapted to determine whether said transponder is a vehicle mounted transponder or a personal transponder by reading information transmitted in the remotely transmitted signals and provide a signal indicative of transponder type; wherein said interrogator and control system operate to determine a chance in a characteristic of the remotely transmitted signal from one of the transponders indicative of movement of the transponder with respect to the fuel dispenser, said control system providing an output if the transponder is a vehicle transponder. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method of distinguishing between transponder types comprising:
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a. receiving a remotely transmitted signal capable of indicating whether the transmission source is associated with a person or attached to a vehicle; b. determining whether the remote transmission source is associated with a person or attached to a vehicle; c. determining whether the transmission source is moving during the fueling operation based upon the remotely transmitted signal; and d. controlling a fuel dispenser according to whether the remotely transmitted signal is associated with a person or attached to a vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52)
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53. A fuel dispenser adapted to distinguish between transponder types comprising:
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a fuel delivery path from a storage tank to a delivery nozzle; a pump associated with said delivery path for pumping fuel from said storage tank to said nozzle; communication electronics adapted to receive remotely transmitted signals from a vehicle transmitter attached to a vehicle and a personal transmitter associated with a person; and a control system adapted to determine whether the remotely transmitted signals were received from the vehicle transmitter or the personal transmitter and determine if the vehicle or file personal transmitter has moved with respect to said fuel dispenser, said control system providing an output if the vehicle moves with respect to said dispenser but not providing said output if said personal transmitter has moved in order to allow an individual with the personal transmitter to move away from said dispenser during fueling while preventing a vehicle from moving away from said dispenser during fueling. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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