Parking meter system
AssigneeMunicipal Parking Services, Inc.
InventorsThomas G. Hudson, Joseph M. Caldwell, Richard C. Gage
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Abstract
A parking enforcement and vehicle charging system can include a weather resistant housing, a processor disposed inside of the housing, a memory disposed inside of the housing and coupled to the processor, a network interface disposed in the housing and coupled to the processor, a first camera disposed in the housing and facing outward towards a first parking space, and a charging port and electricity supply configured to allow a vehicle in the first parking space to be plugged in for recharging. The processor can be configured to recognize when a vehicle first occupies the first parking space.
Claims20
A parking enforcement and vehicle charging system, comprising:
- a weather resistant housing;
- a processor disposed inside of the housing;
- a memory disposed inside of the housing and coupled to the processor;
- a network interface disposed in the housing and coupled to the processor;
- a first camera disposed in the housing and facing outward towards a first parking space, the first camera coupled to the processor;
- and
- a charging port and electricity supply to allow a vehicle in the first parking space to be plugged in for recharging,
- wherein the processor is configured to recognize when a vehicle first occupies the first parking space.
A parking enforcement and vehicle charging system, comprising:
- a weather resistant housing;
- a processor disposed inside of the housing;
- a memory disposed inside of the housing and coupled to the processor;
- a network interface disposed in the housing and coupled to the processor;
- and
- a first camera disposed in the housing and facing outward towards a monitored location, the first camera coupled to the processor;
- and
- a charging port and electricity supply to allow a vehicle in the monitored location to be plugged in for recharging,
- wherein the processor is configured to recognize when a vehicle first occupies the monitored location.
A method of monitoring and managing parking in a parking facility having an entrance and an exit, the method comprising:
- capturing image data of a vehicle entering the parking facility and transmitting the image data to a remote networked computer system;
- recording a time of entry for the vehicle entering the parking facility;
- determining an identification of the vehicle entering the parking facility;
- capturing image data of the vehicle exiting the parking facility and transmitting the image data to the remote networked computer system;
- recording a time of exit for the vehicle exiting the parking facility;
- determining an identification of the vehicle exiting the parking facility;
- determining that a parking violation has occurred due to a time period expiring without the vehicle exiting the facility prior the time period expiring;
- and
- issuing a parking violation notice automatically by the remote networked computer system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.