Parking management systems
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a sensor for detecting the presence of a vehicle within a parking space;
a parking meter associated with the parking space, the parking meter configured to receive a payment and the parking meter including a timer that allots time according to the payment; and
a host, the host connected in a wireless communicating relationship with the sensor and the host connected in a communicating relationship with the parking meter, the host configured to monitor the sensor and the parking meter and to determine when the parking space contains an unauthorized vehicle, the host further configured to notify an enforcement official of the location of the unauthorized vehicle.
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Abstract
The systems described herein include one or more wireless vehicle detectors, along with a distributed parking payment system such as parking meters or a paystation. Information from the payment system and the vehicle detectors may be combined to determine when a parking violation occurs, or is about to occur. This information may then be transmitted through a communication system to a parking enforcement officer, along with information about the geographic location of the violation. The information may also, or instead be transmitted to a parking payer to notify the payer of an impending infraction so that the payer may purchase additional parking time before the violation.
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22 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a sensor for detecting the presence of a vehicle within a parking space;
a parking meter associated with the parking space, the parking meter configured to receive a payment and the parking meter including a timer that allots time according to the payment; and
a host, the host connected in a wireless communicating relationship with the sensor and the host connected in a communicating relationship with the parking meter, the host configured to monitor the sensor and the parking meter and to determine when the parking space contains an unauthorized vehicle, the host further configured to notify an enforcement official of the location of the unauthorized vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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14. A system comprising:
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a sensor for detecting the presence of a vehicle within a parking zone;
a host, the host connected in a wireless communicating relationship with the sensor, the host configured to monitor the sensor and to determine when the parking zone contains an unauthorized vehicle, the host further configured to notify an enforcement official of the location of the unauthorized vehicle.
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15. A system comprising:
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a sensor for detecting the presence of a vehicle within a parking space;
a parking meter associated with the parking space, the parking meter configured to receive a payment and the parking meter including a timer that allots time according to the payment;
a host, the host connected in a wireless communicating relationship with the sensor and the host connected in a communicating relationship with the parking meter, the host configured to monitor the sensor and the parking meter and to notify a payer when a payment for the vehicle in the parking space is about to expire.
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving a first signal from a parking space, the first signal including data concerning the presence of a vehicle in the parking space;
receiving a second signal from a parking meter associated with the parking space, the second signal include data concerning payments received by the parking meter for use of the parking space;
determining when a parking violation has occurred, the violation occurring when data in the first signal indicates that a vehicle is present in the parking space and the data in the second signal indicates that there is no current payment for the parking space; and
in response to the parking violation, generating a message to an enforcement official notifying the enforcement official of the parking violation and a location of the parking space in which the parking violation has occurred.
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22. A computer program product comprising:
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computer executable code for receiving a first signal from a parking space, the first signal including data concerning the presence of a vehicle in the parking space;
computer executable code for receiving a second signal from a parking meter associated with the parking space, the second signal include data concerning payments received by the parking meter for use of the parking space;
computer executable code for determining when a parking violation has occurred, the violation occurring when data in the first signal indicates that a vehicle is present in the parking space and the data in the second signal indicates that there is no current payment for the parking space; and
computer executable code for, in response to the parking violation, notifying an enforcement official of the parking violation and a location of the parking space in which the parking violation has occurred.
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