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US 11,699,321 B2Granted
Parking meter with contactless payment
AssigneeJ.J. MacKay Canada Limited
InventorsGeorge Allan Mackay, Gregory Emile Chauvin, Adrian Ignatius O'Neil
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Abstract
A parking meter is described that comprises components for providing parking meter functionality and a display for displaying parking information and a metal housing for protecting the parking meter components from an environment that has a display aperture through which the display is visible. The parking meter also comprises an antenna for a contactless payment reader arranged in or on the parking meter in close proximity to the display.
Claims20
A parking meter comprising:
- a housing for protecting parking meter components from an external environment, the housing comprising a display aperture through which a display is visible;
- a controller configured to display payment instructions on the display;
- a contactless payment reader;
- and
- an antenna for the contactless payment reader arranged in or on the parking meter in close proximity to the display aperture to facilitate payment according to the payment instructions using a contactless payment, wherein the contactless payment reader and the antenna receive payment information from one or more of:
- a credit card;
- a card conforming to ISO 14443 standard;
- a mobile phone;
- a smartphone;
- a wrist watch;
- a tag;
- and
- a token.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.