Parking meter

• US 20040243526A1
• Filed: 01/13/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Agenor Krygler, Alicja Krygler
• Original Assignee: Agenor Krygler, Alicja Krygler
• Inventors: Krygler, Agenor, Krygler, Alicja
• Application Number:
  US10/756,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20040243526A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0284 Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/30 Parking meters registering or indicating waiting time of vehicles by means driven by the vehicle G07C5/02; coin-freed parking meters G07F17/24
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/242 provided with token dispensing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/248 Housing construction casings for coin-freed apparatus G07F9/10
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/04 Means for returning surplus or unused coins

Abstract

In order to create a parking meter (100) with an input device for means of payment and with an indicating device for indicating a paid parking time as well as with a central control device (6) which makes possible an exact debit of the parking time effectively used, it is proposed that a return device is provided for the return payment of an amount of money corresponding to the non used parking time. Furthermore, a corresponding method is indicated.

Claims

1. Parking meter (100) with an input device for means of payment and with an indicating device (7, 8, 9) for indicating a paid parking time and with a central control device (6), wherein

a return device is provided for the return payment of an amount of money corresponding to the parking time which has not been used and a visual indicating device (7) is provided for indicating an amount of money which has not been used:

2. Parking meter according to claim 1, wherein

the input device and the return device is a read-write unit (2) for a chip card (1).

3. Parking meter according to claim 2, wherein

a code can be assigned to the chip card (1).

4. Parking meter according to claim 1, wherein

a selection device (3) is provided for the selection of a parking time to be paid and/or of a parking space, in particular a keyboard.

5. Parking meter according to claim 1, wherein

it is provided with a battery.

6. Method for running a parking area, in particular with a parking meter according to claim 1, whereby a parking time is paid in advance to a parking meter via an input device, wherein,

if the parking time is terminated before expiration of the already paid parking time, the corresponding amount of money is returned by a return device and is reproduced by a visual indicating device (7).

7. Method according to claim 6, wherein

the payment and the return payment takes place with a chip card (1).

8. Method according to claim 7, wherein

a codification of the chip card (1) takes place.

9. Method according to claim 6, wherein

a parking time and/or a parking space is selected.

10. Method according to claim 6, wherein

the parking meter is operated with a battery.