Patent ID: 9064358
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G07B,G07C

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic parking permit tag for vehicles transporting disabled persons and for preventing forgery and abuse of use, comprising: a) a casing placeable in a vehicle so that a universal disabled person symbol and parking authorization provided with said casing are visible from around the vehicle; b) a memory module for storing data regarding the person or persons allowed to activate said tag including name and authorization number, in which all of said stored data is burned into said memory module to prevent forgery and includes biometric information of each of the said person or persons; c) a biometric identification module for obtaining biometric data of the person trying to activate said tag; d) at least one display unit for indicating the status of said tag, whether activated or deactivated; e) a processing unit for comparing said obtained biometric data with said stored data and for triggering the tag status to an activated status if said obtained biometric data and said stored data match; f) a movement detector for deactivating said tag upon sensing movement of said tag, after being activated, to prevent unlawful usage of said tag; g) a short-range transmitter for periodically transmitting secured data related to the name and authorization number of the disabled person who activated said tag, wherein said short-range transmitted data is receivable in an unmediated way by a mobile communication device carried by a parking officer and is locally verifiable by said mobile communication device to provide parking authorization of said tag; and h) a power source for powering said tag.