Logical controller for vehicle barrier
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1. A system comprising:
- multiple switches, at least one switch for each vehicle barrier of multiple vehicle barriers;
a logic based controller configured to couple to the multiple switches to control the multiple vehicle barriers, the multiple switches respectively communicatively coupled between the controller and the multiple vehicle barriers;
a first user actuatable input device including a first button that, when activated, causes the first user actuatable input device to provide a first priority encoded command to the logic based controller responsive to a first user actuating the first user actuatable input device wherein the first priority encoded command includes information associated with a first command priority level, first identification of a first vehicle barrier of the multiple vehicle barriers, and a first control function to perform on the identified first vehicle barrier;
a second user actuatable input device including a second button that, when activated, causes the second user actuatable input device to provide a second priority encoded command to the logic based controller responsive to a second user actuating the second user actuatable input device, wherein the second priority encoded command includes information associated with a second command priority level, second identification of the first vehicle barrier of the multiple vehicle barriers, and a second control function to perform on the identified first vehicle barrier;
wherein the logic based controller receives the first and second priority encoded commands and processes the commands in accordance with predefined logic as a function of the priorities of the commands responsive to a second user actuating the second user actuatable input device, wherein the first and second priority encoded commands are parsed to obtain the first and second identifications for which the command was issued and to obtain the first and second priority levels to determine whether to actuate a switch of the multiple switches to perform a control function of the first and second control functions, wherein a control function of the first and second control functions associated with a higher priority level of the first and second command priority levels is the control function that is performed by the actuated switch, and wherein the control function indicates whether to raise or lower the first vehicle barrier.
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Abstract
A method and system utilize a logic based controller and a user actuatable device to provide a command to the logic based controller. The logic based controller receives the command, which may be prioritized, and processes the command in accordance with predefined logic to determine whether to actuate a vehicle barrier switch to raise or lower a vehicle barrier.
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1. A system comprising:
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multiple switches, at least one switch for each vehicle barrier of multiple vehicle barriers; a logic based controller configured to couple to the multiple switches to control the multiple vehicle barriers, the multiple switches respectively communicatively coupled between the controller and the multiple vehicle barriers; a first user actuatable input device including a first button that, when activated, causes the first user actuatable input device to provide a first priority encoded command to the logic based controller responsive to a first user actuating the first user actuatable input device wherein the first priority encoded command includes information associated with a first command priority level, first identification of a first vehicle barrier of the multiple vehicle barriers, and a first control function to perform on the identified first vehicle barrier; a second user actuatable input device including a second button that, when activated, causes the second user actuatable input device to provide a second priority encoded command to the logic based controller responsive to a second user actuating the second user actuatable input device, wherein the second priority encoded command includes information associated with a second command priority level, second identification of the first vehicle barrier of the multiple vehicle barriers, and a second control function to perform on the identified first vehicle barrier; wherein the logic based controller receives the first and second priority encoded commands and processes the commands in accordance with predefined logic as a function of the priorities of the commands responsive to a second user actuating the second user actuatable input device, wherein the first and second priority encoded commands are parsed to obtain the first and second identifications for which the command was issued and to obtain the first and second priority levels to determine whether to actuate a switch of the multiple switches to perform a control function of the first and second control functions, wherein a control function of the first and second control functions associated with a higher priority level of the first and second command priority levels is the control function that is performed by the actuated switch, and wherein the control function indicates whether to raise or lower the first vehicle barrier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving a priority encoded command from a first user actuatable input device for a first barrier responsive to a first user actuating a first button of the first user actuatable input device, wherein the first priority encoded command includes information associated with a first command priority level, first identification of a first vehicle barrier of the multiple vehicle barriers, and a first control function to perform on the identified first vehicle barrier; receiving a priority encoded command from a second user actuatable input device for the first barrier responsive to a second user actuating a second button of the second user actuatable input device, wherein the second priority encoded command includes information associated with a second command priority level, second identification of the first vehicle barrier of the multiple vehicle barriers, and a second control function to perform on the identified first vehicle barrier; parsing the priority encoded commands to determine a priority level associated with each of the first and second users for each priority encoded command and an identification of the first barrier; and processing the command via a logic based controller, coupled to multiple user actuatable input devices and multiple vehicle barrier switches, in accordance with predefined logic to determine whether to actuate at least one of the vehicle barrier switches to raise or lower one or more vehicle barriers as a function of the priority level of each encoded command, the multiple switches coupled between respective barriers of the multiple barriers and the logic based controller, wherein a control function of the first and second control functions associated with a higher priority level of the first and second command priority levels is the control function that is performed by the actuated switch, and wherein the control function indicates whether to raise or lower the first vehicle barrier. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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