License plate validation
First Claim
1. A license plate validation system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader located inside the vehicle and configured to read from an RFID-enabled license plate on the vehicle upon detecting an attempt to start the vehicle; and
a microcontroller coupled to the RFID reader and configured to;
receive, from the RFID reader, information obtained from the RFID-enabled license plate; and
determine, based at least on the received information, whether the vehicle is properly registered by;
determining whether the RFID reader is able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate; and
in response to determining that the RFID reader is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate, determining that the vehicle is not properly registered,wherein the RFID reader is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate as a result of a registration sticker on the RFID-enabled license plate has degraded due to an expired registration.
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Abstract
A license plate validation system for a vehicle is disclosed. This license plate validation system includes: a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader located inside the vehicle and configured to read from an RFID-enabled license plate on the vehicle upon detecting an attempt to start the vehicle; and a microcontroller coupled to the RFID reader and configured to receive, from the RFID reader, information obtained from the RFID-enabled license plate and subsequently determine, based at least on the received information, whether the vehicle is properly registered. In some embodiments, the microcontroller and the RFID reader are integrated as a single electronic module.
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18 Claims
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1. A license plate validation system for a vehicle, comprising:
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a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader located inside the vehicle and configured to read from an RFID-enabled license plate on the vehicle upon detecting an attempt to start the vehicle; and a microcontroller coupled to the RFID reader and configured to; receive, from the RFID reader, information obtained from the RFID-enabled license plate; and determine, based at least on the received information, whether the vehicle is properly registered by; determining whether the RFID reader is able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate; and in response to determining that the RFID reader is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate, determining that the vehicle is not properly registered, wherein the RFID reader is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate as a result of a registration sticker on the RFID-enabled license plate has degraded due to an expired registration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for automatically validating electronic registration information based on an RFID-enabled license plate of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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upon detecting an attempt to start the vehicle, activating an RFID reader inside the vehicle to access an RFID transponder embedded in the RFID-enabled license plate; determining whether the RFID reader is able to read from the RFID transponder; and if the RFID reader is not able to read from the RFID transponder, preventing the vehicle from starting; otherwise, receiving, from the RFID reader, an identifier read from the RFID transponder; determining whether the received identifier matches an identifier stored on a microcontroller coupled to the RFID reader; and if so, determining that the vehicle is properly registered and permitting the vehicle to start; otherwise, preventing the vehicle from starting, wherein the RFID reader is not able to read the RFID-enabled license plate when the RFID transponder is decoupled from an RFID booster disposed on the RFID-enabled license plate, and the RFID transponder is decoupled from an RFID booster as a result of a registration sticker on the RFID-enabled license plate which would otherwise couple the RFID transponder to the RFID booster has degraded due to an expired registration. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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