US Patent Issued to DIRECT TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS on Sept. 16 for "Venue entry payment system for vehicles" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,699, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to DIRECT TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS INC (Roslyn Heights, N.Y.).

"Venue entry payment system for vehicles" was invented by Tony Alex (New York), Michael Giannone (Levittown, N.Y.) and Peter J. Degen (Huntington, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is a system for admitting automobiles to a venue comprising: at least one camera for recognizing an automobile, and a license plate. A server is configured for receiving a picture of the automobile and a picture of the license plate of the automobile. Furthermore, there is at least one database for storing, matching and identifying the picture of the au...