Parking meter system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9773351
APP PUB NO 20140214499A1
SERIAL NO

14164177

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Abstract

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A parking meter includes a housing, processor, memory, network interface, graphical user interface, first camera disposed in the housing and facing outward from the first side of the housing, microphone, speaker, second camera disposed in the housing and facing outward from the housing towards a parking space, a status light, and a payment acceptor. The meter is configured to sense a vehicle's presence in the parking space, capture an identification of the vehicle, transmit the identification to a remote networked computer system, determine that a parking violation has occurred, transmit the notice to the remote computer system, accept payment of fines, transmit notice of fine payment to the remote computer system, transmit a time of the vehicle's exit from the first parking space to the remote computer system via the network interface, and reset the parking time period to zero upon the vehicle's exit from the parking space.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • MUNICIPAL PARKING SERVICES INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Caldwell, Joseph M Chanhassen, US 17 396
Gage, Richard C Orono, US 8 312
Hudson, Thomas G Tonka Bay, US 16 587

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