[s-cars] Idea for an add on/update for the Valentine V1

[Theodore Chen]

chris,

if you want to make any money off an invention, don't tell everybody
about it until after you've filed a patent application.  and don't
send it to valentine unsolicited, without a nondisclosure agreement.
if valentine likes it, they may just take it and start using it
without any compensation to you.

very often, the devil is in the details, so even though you might not
be able to get a patent on the general idea, you might still be able
to patent a specific implementation.  for example, what kirby describes
would tend to narrow the scope of the claims you could get in a patent,
but it would not prevent you from patenting something that works in
conjunction with the V1 - particularly the automatic storage part.
the V1-based system might, for example, record information about the
number of radar contacts and their directions at a specific location,
rather than just that there was a radar contact there.  it might also
be set up to do it automatically.

-teddy

--- Kirby Smith <kirby.a.smith at verizon.net> wrote:
> I know of at least one person who puts the trap information in a map
> program on his laptop PC, connects his GPS, and is ready to drive.  This
> capability does not require the Valentine.
> 
> kirby
> 
> 
> chris chambers wrote:
> > 
> > OK, taking a chance here, I have what I believe is a GREAT idea for an
> > add on/update
> > to the Valentine V1. Please read this and let me know what you think.
> > Also if you are a
> > tech person please let me know how feasible you think this is.
> > 
> > Because the display of the V1's readout information is available
> > external of the
> > V1 why not take that information and save it? Valentine could build a
> > device that has GPS built into it so it could locate you. Then using
> > your PC you could download information on current known radar/laser
> > traps from Valentine's website. When you started to approach a
> > potential trap it would alert you.
> > 
> > Because it would know whenever a V1 radar/laser warning went off, if it
> > deemed it instant on it would "ask" via display for you to confirm/deny
> > if
> > it was a radar/laser trap. If at any time you received an alert that
> > wasn't instant on and it didn't ask, you could still input that you
> > deemed it a radar/laser trap. The next time you updated the unit via
> > the Internet it would upload your information for others to download as
> > you downloaded info others had uploaded.
> > 
> > What do you think? Should I write this up more detailed and send it
> > into Mike Valentine (Owner of Valentine)? As more people used the
> > system the
> > database of radar/laser traps would grow tremendously. Just think about
> > the possibilities!
> > 
> > Sooner or later the cops would have no where to hide.
> > 
> > Originally I thought about a transmitter in the car that would send out
> > a signal indicating the trap. Any other receiver within a certain
> > distance would receive the info of the trap including type, GPS
> > coordinates, if it's stationary or moving and then retransmit the data.
> > 
> > But then I figured the FCC would shit bricks over that so I tamed it
> > down to an on board storage of data that is up-datable via the
> > Internet.
> > 
> > Anyone an EE that can help make this possible?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Chris
> > 
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