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Does Valentine have a patent on those arrows?
Maybe the wrong board but I was going to reply to a post below but it was at three pages. I want everyone to know my genius!
You'd think after all these years that someone would of copied them if they could?
The 9500 is audible right? Why can't they have it say 'WEST' or 'SOUTH' after it says the band of radar? Perhaps I need to invent the 95000Ed. Hmmm....
It's been mentioned alot that the V1 does indeed have a patent on those arrows. I'm pretty sure belscort would have come up with a RD that had arrows long ago if it didn't. As for the whole west south thing, the 9500i and other belscort RDs don't have a rear radar horn so it probably wouldn't work as good as the V1s arrows do.Originally Posted by ejd7
Maybe the wrong board but I was going to reply to a post below but it was at three pages. I want everyone to know my genius!
You'd think after all these years that someone would of copied them if they could?
The 9500 is audible right? Why can't they have it say 'WEST' or 'SOUTH' after it says the band of radar? Perhaps I need to invent the 95000Ed. Hmmm....
Yes, they do have a patent on it. I believe it expires within a few years I think. I remember a couple years ago Professor Jimbonzz posted something about it expiring.
EDIT: Found it. I guess the patent expires in 2011. I can't believe I remembered that far back.
http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...ng-2011-a.html
Last edited by The_Disclaimer; 07-25-2008 at 12:15 AM.
Valentine doesn't really have a patent on the "arrows", but rather on a radar detector that indicates the directional origin of the signal source...
So can Belscort copy it? or their type of detectors are not capable of pointing direction?
They can't copy it while the patent is still in effect and it is impossible for any other detector to have useful arrows without a rear radar antenna.
Can you imagine how much Belscort would charge for a new detector with a rear antenna and arrows added on top of the GPS crap they already implemented. How does $750 with free upgrades for the next month sound?
Last edited by <<JAZZY>>; 07-25-2008 at 08:52 AM.
A new patent can be filed if it IMPROVES on that patent. My bright idea is to have a detector with 4 horns. The side ones could be MUCH less sensitive than the front/rear ones, and MUCH smaller (so the detector wouldn't be overly large). Seems awfully easy to me.
its just like an ancient chinese philosopher who once said - "its just a wall."
i am sure the engineers at escort, bel, and whistler have bouced this idea and others around for years. those pesky patents just keep getting in the way. not to mention the design, engineering, and development that it would take to pull it off. who do you think they are - the government.
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