# US 2019/0378368 A1 · Parking meter with contactless payment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0378368 A1 - Document ID: US20190378368A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/548,513 - Filed: 2019-08-22 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2011-03-03 - Assignees: J.J. MacKay Canada Limited - Applicants: J.J. Mackay Canada Limited - Inventors: George Allan MACKAY; Gregory Emile CHAUVIN; Adrian Ignatius O'NEIL - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190378368A1 ## CPC - G07F 17/248: {Housing construction (casings for coin-freed apparatus G07F9/10)} - G06K 7/0004: {Hybrid readers} - G06K 7/10316: {using at least one antenna particularly designed for interrogating the wireless record carriers (antennas in general H01Q1/22)} - G06K 19/0704: {the battery being rechargeable, e.g. solar batteries} - G06Q 20/18: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals - G06Q 20/3278: {RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices} - G06Q 20/352: {Contactless payments by cards} - G07B 15/00: Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points (handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00) - Y04S 50/12: Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities, e.g. cost or usage evaluation - Y10T 29/49826: Assembling or joining - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07B: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and material sealing the display aperture in the housing and providing a low attenuation of radio frequency (RF) signals. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The parking meter of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the antenna comprises a small diameter of or a fine conductive wire. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The parking meter of claim 2, wherein at least some of the portion of the antenna comprising the small diameter of or the fine conductive wire is arranged in front of the display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The removable single space parking meter mechanism of claim 1 wherein the antenna is arranged adjacent to the display aperture. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The parking meter of claim 4, wherein the antenna surrounds input components that interact with the parking meter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The parking meter of claim 5, wherein the input components comprise a plurality of buttons. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The parking meter of claim 1, wherein the antenna is arranged on an interior surface of the material sealing the display aperture. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The parking meter of claim 1, wherein the antenna is arranged on a removable parking meter mechanism at least partially received within the housing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The parking meter of claim 8, wherein the display is located on the removable parking meter mechanism, and the antenna is arranged around at least a portion of the display. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The parking meter of claim 9, wherein at least a portion of the antenna approximately comprises a parallelogram arrangement. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The parking meter of claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the antenna approximately comprises a parallelogram arrangement. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The parking meter of claim 1, wherein the antenna is arranged on a portion of the housing and is connected to the contactless payment reader within a removable parking meter mechanism via detachable wire connections. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The parking meter of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises an additional aperture arranged in close proximity to the display and wherein the antenna is at least partially located within or about the additional aperture. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The parking meter of claim 13, wherein the additional aperture comprises a solar panel aperture housing a solar panel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The parking meter of claim 13, further comprising additional material sealing the additional aperture in the housing and providing a low attenuation of radio frequency (RF). ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The parking meter of claim 1, wherein the contactless payment reader reads payment information from one or more of: a credit card; a card conforming to ISO 14443 standard; an NFC enabled mobile phone; an NFC enabled smartphone; an NFC enabled wrist watch; an NFC tag; and an NFC token. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The parking meter of claim 1, further comprising additional payment components comprising one or more of: a card slot in the front housing for receiving a payment card; and a coin slot for receiving coins. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The parking meter of claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication component for communicating with a remote server to authorize payment transactions. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The parking meter of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the housing is made of metal. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The parking meter of claim 18, wherein the antenna is arranged on an exterior surface of the housing. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The parking meter of claim 1, wherein the material sealing the display aperture in the housing comprises at least a portion of transparent or semi-transparent material through which the display is visible.