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Automated Valet Introduces Two Patent-Pending Technologies

Automated Valet has filed for patent protection for two of its newest products.

First, the patent-pending Garage Entry System applies videoimaging technology to process vehicles at valet entry and exit. It is capable of identifying cars and employees. The system prevents false claims by scanning cars for previous damages and identifies each vehicle’s make, model, year and color. All information is then transferred to the customer’s ticket.

The second one is AVPM FACEID, a technology that can be used to identify employees for garage access and time and attendance by mobile handheld unit. The system scans faces, and the imagery takes the place of an ID badge, reducing the time to process to get into a garage/lot to a few milliseconds. AVPM FACEID identifies each car and the employee at the wheel. The valet’s face is scanned, and the information is attached to the vehicle’s ticket to record who is parking and retrieving the car.

Both of these features reduce the amount of time it takes to park and deliver vehicles. They are equipped to handle hundreds of thousands of transactions every minute, if the operation has enough manpower.

Automated Valet’s website, www.automatedvalet.com, provides more details on these two groundbreaking valet-parking patent applications and other features the company offers.

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