System and Method for Touchless and Ticketless Parking

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• configuring a platform application software executable by a processor of a platform server to control an access control gate to prevent a subject vehicle from exiting a secured vehicle parking facility at said access control gate unless an exit condition is satisfied, the exit condition comprising:
• identifying to determine whether the subject vehicle is identical to an earlier entering vehicle in the secured vehicle parking facility,
• receiving of an exit request for the subject vehicle to physically exit the secured vehicle parking facility through said access control gate, and
• actual receiving of payment for a parking fee calculated for parking the subject vehicle during the period from entry of the earlier entering subject vehicle until said exit request;
• operating a touchless vehicle detection system by reading the vehicle's license plate by a license plate reader camera to determine identity of the subject vehicle in relation to an earlier entering vehicle in the secured vehicle parking facility;
• and
• executing said exit request to open said access control gate.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having tangibly embodied thereon and accessible therefrom processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one data processing device of a data processing system, causes said at least one data processing device to perform a method comprising:

• configuring platform application software executable by the processor of a platform server to control an access control gate to prevent a subject vehicle from exiting a secured vehicle parking facility at said access control gate unless an exit condition is satisfied, the exit condition comprising:
• identity of the subject vehicle is identical to an earlier entering vehicle in the secured vehicle parking facility,
• receipt of an exit request for the subject vehicle to physically exit the secured vehicle parking facility through said access control gate, and
• actual receipt of payment for a parking fee calculated for parking the subject vehicle during the period from entry of the earlier entering subject vehicle until said exit request;
• operating a license plate reader camera at said access control gate to read the vehicle's license plate to present an exit request for the subject vehicle to physically exit a secured vehicle parking facility through said access control gate;
• and
• operating a touchless vehicle detection system to determine identity of the subject vehicle in relation to an earlier entering vehicle in the secured vehicle parking facility.

A computer-implemented system comprising:

• a platform server comprising a processor;
• a platform application software executable by the processor of the platform server, the platform application software configured to control an access control gate to control a subject vehicle access to a secured vehicle parking facility at said access control gate and to preregister a user with user's mobile device, credit card and vehicle license plate information;
• said platform server receiving an entry request via an automated message initiated by touchless scanning of a license plate to identify said vehicle, by operation of a license plate reader camera installed at the said access control gate;
• said platform server creating a virtual link between said subject vehicle license plate and said access control gate;
• said platform server sending a payment link to said user's registered mobile device;
• and
• a receipt of a payment by said platform server, said payment initiated through the use of said payment link.