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US 2019/0378368 A1Published application
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.
Claims21
A parking meter comprising:
- a housing for protecting parking meter components from an environment, the housing comprising a display aperture through which a display is visible;
- a contactless payment reader;
- an antenna for the contactless payment reader wherein the antenna is arranged in or on the parking meter in close proximity to the display aperture;
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- material sealing the display aperture in the housing and providing a low attenuation of radio frequency (RF) signals.
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