Method and apparatus for public street parking using RF and RFID technology
First Claim
1. A method of regulating parking in a designated parking area, comprising:
- issuing an RFID parking ticket for parking a vehicle in the designated parking area, the RFID parking ticket having a corresponding time of expiration;
interrogating the RFID parking ticket in order to determine if the RFID parking ticket has expired; and
notifying a central server if it is determined that the RFID parking ticket has expired.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for monitoring and regulating public street parking using RF and RFID technology including: tracking expired parking tickets and illegally parked vehicles and identifying parked vehicles using parking ticket from another location. The apparatus includes a central server coupled to parking enforcement, EDI, one or more kiosks, and a plurality of portable or mobile RFID transceivers. Each kiosk includes a controller, RFID transceiver, printer, card reader, cash acceptor, camera, connection to sensor LAN, connection to RFID transceiver LAN, connection to EDI, connection to central server, cash return mechanism, and parking violation mechanism. The apparatus uses a plurality of RFID parking tickets, with each ticket having a unique RFID tag or chip. Users acquire and pay for the RFID parking tickets using the kiosks and place the RFID tickets on their cars while parked. The central server manages authentication and monitoring of the issued parking tickets using the RFID transceivers and cameras. The central server can contact a parking enforcement officer when a parking violation is detected
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20 Claims
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1. A method of regulating parking in a designated parking area, comprising:
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issuing an RFID parking ticket for parking a vehicle in the designated parking area, the RFID parking ticket having a corresponding time of expiration;
interrogating the RFID parking ticket in order to determine if the RFID parking ticket has expired; and
notifying a central server if it is determined that the RFID parking ticket has expired. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for regulating parking in a designated parking area using RFID parking tickets, the RFID parking tickets having a corresponding time of expiration, comprising:
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an RFID transceiver adapted to interrogate the RFID parking tickets in order to determine an expired RFID parking ticket; and
a connection to a central server adapted to notify the central server of the determination of the expired RFID parking ticket. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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