Patents by Inventor Kenneth Blomqvist

Kenneth Blomqvist has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6109525
    Abstract: A system and method of registering vehicles in a road toll facility is provided with radio transmitter and receiver equipment (7) for microwaves arranged to communicate with vehicle units (12) provided in the vehicles (4), preferably including a transponder. On command from the road toll facility, an identity is obtained from the in-vehicle unit and a toll debiting operation is performed. When a vehicle (4) enters the toll facility, it is detected via the activation of the toll facility radio equipment (7) if the vehicle (4) is provided with a vehicle unit (12) and if it has performed a correct payment operation. Vehicles for which such operations cannot take place are exposed to a successive position determination via video cameras (9) through an image processing in which the vehicle in question is tracked between a predetermined recording site and the location where the payment status of the vehicle has been established via the radio equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Saab-Scania Combitech Akitiebolag
    Inventors: Kenneth Blomqvist, Anders Hjelmare, Lars Olsson
  • Patent number: 5859415
    Abstract: A method registers a vehicle in a road toll facility that is provided with radio transmitter and receiver units (7). The radio transmitter and receiver units are configured to communicate with at least one vehicle unit (12) arranged in the vehicle (4). The vehicle unit is configured with radio transmitter-receiver equipment so that on receipt of a command from the radio transmitter unit (7) of the road toll facility, the vehicle unit communicates adequate data for performance of a debiting operation regarding a toll. Upon the entry of the vehicle into the toll facility area, the transmitter and receiver units (7) of the toll facility determine whether the vehicle (4) is equipped with a vehicle unit capable of performing a correct debiting transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Saab-Scania Combitech Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Kenneth Blomqvist, Anders Hjelmare, Lars Olsson