System for Checking the Payment of Vehicle Parking Charges
First Claim
1. A system for checking the payment of vehicle parking charges comprising:
- a vehicle-portable parking meter device (12) for paying vehicle parking charges that is installed or installable in or on a vehicle (14), the vehicle-portable parking meter device (12) comprising a contact or contactless storage chip (15) that is loadable with an amount of credit usable as parking fees, the storage chip being associated with an antenna (16) for wireless connection of the storage chip with a wireless-operable credit-loading device (17,303,403); and
a portable hand-held checker device (11) usable by a parking inspector (13) to check the payment status of a parking meter device (12) that is installed in or on a parked vehicle (14), the checker device (11) when in the vicinity of the parked vehicle being connectable with the parking meter device'"'"'s storage chip (15) via its antenna (16) using a local short-distance wireless or RFID or IR transmission whereby the parking inspector can check whether or not the parking meter device (12) has residual paid parking time.
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Abstract
A system for checking the payment of vehicle parking charges comprises, on the one hand, a vehicle-portable parking meter device (12) for paying vehicle parking charges and, on the other hand, a portable hand-held parking checker device (11) for checking parking charges. The parking meter device (12) comprises a contact or contactless storage chip (15) that is loadable with an amount of credit usable as parking fees, the storage chip being associated with an antenna (16) for wireless connection of the storage chip with a wireless-operable credit-loading device (17,303,403). The portable hand-held checker device (11) is usable by a parking inspector (13) to check the payment status of a parking meter device (12) that is installed in or on a parked vehicle (14). The checker device (11), when in the vicinity of the parked vehicle, is connectable with the parking meter device'"'"'s storage chip via its antenna (16) using a local short-distance wireless or RPID or IR transmission whereby the parking inspector can check whether or not the parking meter device (12) has residual paid parking time.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for checking the payment of vehicle parking charges comprising:
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a vehicle-portable parking meter device (12) for paying vehicle parking charges that is installed or installable in or on a vehicle (14), the vehicle-portable parking meter device (12) comprising a contact or contactless storage chip (15) that is loadable with an amount of credit usable as parking fees, the storage chip being associated with an antenna (16) for wireless connection of the storage chip with a wireless-operable credit-loading device (17,303,403); and a portable hand-held checker device (11) usable by a parking inspector (13) to check the payment status of a parking meter device (12) that is installed in or on a parked vehicle (14), the checker device (11) when in the vicinity of the parked vehicle being connectable with the parking meter device'"'"'s storage chip (15) via its antenna (16) using a local short-distance wireless or RFID or IR transmission whereby the parking inspector can check whether or not the parking meter device (12) has residual paid parking time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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