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Granted Patent B1
US 10,169,987 · App. 15/860,939 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Vehicle identification system

Inventor: Dereje M. Demisse (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: RideShare Displays, Inc.
G08G1/017
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Patent No.
US 10,169,987
App. No.
15/860,939
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, a transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator.

Claims (36)

1. A vehicle identification system, comprising:

a display associated with a vehicle, wherein the display is located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle by a rider;

a controller communicatively coupled to a network and configured to, in response to receipt of a signal from a user, generate and transmit a first signal representing an indicator via the network to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle; and

wherein, in response to receiving the first signal, the mobile communication device associated with the driver of the vehicle generates and transmits a second signal representing the indicator to the display, the indicator identifies the vehicle.

2. The vehicle identification system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a third signal representing the indicator to a mobile communication device associated with the rider, the indicator identifies the vehicle.

3. The vehicle identification system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile communication device associated with the driver is configured to transmit a third signal representing the indicator which is transmitted to a mobile communication device associated with the rider, the indicator identifies the vehicle.

4. The vehicle identification system of claim 1 , including a transceiver which receives and transmits signals from the controller to the mobile communication devices.

5. The vehicle identification system of claim 1 , including a panic button.

6. The vehicle identification system of claim 1 , wherein the indicator is an identifier in the form of an alphanumeric string.

7. The vehicle identification system of claim 1 , wherein the indicator is an identifier in the form other than an alphanumeric string.

8. A vehicle identification system, comprising:

a display associated with a vehicle, wherein the display is located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle by a rider;

a controller communicatively coupled to a network and configured to, in response to receipt of a signal from a user, generate and transmit a first signal representing an indicator via the network to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle; and

wherein, in response to receiving the first signal, the mobile communication device associated with the driver of the vehicle generates and transmits a second signal representing the indicator to the display, the indicator identifies the vehicle; and

wherein the indicator is displayed on the mobile communication device associated with the driver, the mobile communication device associated with the rider and the display associated with a vehicle.

9. An identification system, comprising:

a display associated with a driver, the display is adapted to be worn by the driver;

a controller communicatively coupled to a network and configured to, in response to receipt of a signal, to generate and transmit via the network a first signal representing an indicator to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle; and

wherein the mobile communication device associated with the driver of the vehicle generates and transmits a second signal representing the indicator to the display, the indicator identifies the driver.

10. The identification system of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a third signal representing the indicator to a mobile communication device associated with a user requesting service, the indicator identifies the driver.

11. The identification system of claim 9 , wherein the mobile communication device associated with the driver is configured to transmit a third signal representing the indicator to a mobile communication device associated with a user requesting service, the indicator identifies the driver.

12. The identification system of claim 9 , including a transceiver which receives and transmits signals from the controller to the mobile communication devices.

13. A vehicle identification system, comprising:

a display associated with a vehicle, wherein the display is located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle;

a controller communicatively coupled to a network and configured to, in response to receipt of a signal, generate and transmit via the network a first signal representing an indicator to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle;

wherein the mobile communication device associated with the driver of the vehicle generates and transmits a second signal representing the indicator to the display, the indicator identifies the vehicle; and

a panic button.

14. The vehicle identification system of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a third signal representing the indicator to a mobile communication device associated with a rider, the indicator identifies the vehicle.

15. The vehicle identification system of claim 13 , wherein the indicator is in the form of an alphanumeric string.

16. The vehicle identification system of claim 13 , wherein the indicator is an identifier is in the form other than an alphanumeric string.

17. A vehicle identification system, comprising:

a display associated with a vehicle, wherein the display is located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle;

a controller communicatively coupled to a network and configured to, in response to receipt of a signal, generate and transmit via the network a first signal representing an indicator to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle;

wherein the mobile communication device associated with the driver of the vehicle generates and transmits a second signal representing the indicator to the display, the indicator identifies the vehicle;

a panic button; and

wherein the indicator is displayed on the mobile communication device associated with the driver, the mobile communication device associated with the rider and the display associated with a vehicle.

Continuity (2)
Continuation 14723049 · May 27, 2015
Provisional Application 62004753 · May 29, 2014
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