Patents by Inventor Steven Herwig Cyriel Buytaert

Steven Herwig Cyriel Buytaert 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).

  • Method and device for identifying vehicles
    Patent number: 6573823
    Abstract: A method for identifying a vehicle including retrieving characterizing data stored by an electronic system with an on-board control unit, transmitting vehicle identity data and the characterizing data with the on-board control unit to a central control system, transforming the vehicle identity data and the characterizing data into at least two data sets which combine to define a unique identifier, storing at least a first data set on the central control database, transmitting at least a second data set to the on-board control unit, and storing the second data set on the on-board control unit that defines an identification number for the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Acunia, naamloze vennootschap
    Inventors: Steven Herwig Cyriel Buytaert, Marc Jozef Maria Maes