Method of assessing a parking fee
First Claim
1. A method of assessing fees for parking a vehicle having a length in a selected parking area comprising:
- determining the length of the vehicle to establish a vehicle measurement; and
assessing a parking fee which is based upon the vehicle measurement.
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Abstract
A method for assessing fees for parking is disclosed. The method includes determining the length of a vehicle and assessing a parking fee based upon that vehicle length. The disclosed method may also include marking at least a portion of the selected parking area in increments of length or marking the length of a vehicle on that vehicle. Embodiments of the method are also disclosed that include calculating the parking fee so that a longer vehicle is charged more than a shorter vehicle for parking in the selected parking area. Other embodiments of the disclosed method include calculating the parking fee based on different length ranges that include at least a first length range and a second length range. The first length range has lengths that are shorter than lengths in the second length range. The parking fee is based on which length range the length of the vehicle falls within.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of assessing fees for parking a vehicle having a length in a selected parking area comprising:
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determining the length of the vehicle to establish a vehicle measurement; and assessing a parking fee which is based upon the vehicle measurement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of assessing a parking fee comprising:
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providing an area for parking, the area for parking sized and configured to permit a selected vehicle from a group of vehicles of different lengths to park in the are for parking, the selected vehicle having a length; determining the length of the selected vehicle; and charging a parking fee for the selected vehicle that is based on the length of the selected vehicle such that a longer vehicle selected from the group of vehicles is charged more than a shorter vehicle selected from the group of vehicles for parking in the area for parking. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A parking meter comprising:
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a processor; a memory operatively connected to the processor, the memory having a program; wherein the program is configured to calculate a parking fee based on input that identifies a vehicle length. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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