AUTOMATIC PARKING STATION SYSTEM FOR CYCLES AND BICYCLES
First Claim
1. An automatic parking station for cycles or bicycles, comprising at least one interactive workstation and a plurality of parking posts, each parking post including a first lock portion aimed at securing a cycle or or bicycle, said parking posts being connected to the at least one interactive workstation through a local communication network to allow exchange of commands between the at least one interactive workstation and the parking posts, each parking post comprising code reading means for reading a cycle/bicycle code univocally identifying a cycle of bicycle and stored in a memory medium, so that the cycle/bicycle can be identified by the interactive workstation.
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Abstract
The invention refers to automatic parking station for cycles or bicycles, comprising at least one interactive workstation (2) and a plurality of parking posts (3). Each parking post includes a first lock portion (4) aimed at securing a cycle or bicycle thereto through a removable second lock portion (7) of the cycle or bicycle (6). The parking posts (3) are connected to the interactive workstation (2) through a local communication network (5) to allow exchange of commands between the interactive workstation (2) and the parking posts (3). Each parking post (3) comprises code reading means for reading a cycle/bicycle code univocally identifying a cycle or bicycle and stored in a memory medium, so that the cycle/bicycle can be identified by the interactive workstation (2).
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23 Claims
- 1. An automatic parking station for cycles or bicycles, comprising at least one interactive workstation and a plurality of parking posts, each parking post including a first lock portion aimed at securing a cycle or or bicycle, said parking posts being connected to the at least one interactive workstation through a local communication network to allow exchange of commands between the at least one interactive workstation and the parking posts, each parking post comprising code reading means for reading a cycle/bicycle code univocally identifying a cycle of bicycle and stored in a memory medium, so that the cycle/bicycle can be identified by the interactive workstation.
- 9. An automatic parking station system comprising a plurality of automatic parking stations, a central server connected to said plurality of automatic parking stations via a station communication network, the automatic parking stations being client nodes of the network, being located in different sites of a city or a geographical area and being associated with a respective parking station code used for addressing in the station communication network.
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17. A method for allowing use of cycle/bicycle parking stations to both private users and renting companies owing cycles or bicycles, comprising the steps of:
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issuing a unique cycle/bicycle code for each cycle and bicycle; storing owner identification data associated with the cycle/bicycle code; providing locking means comprising a first lock portion and a second lock portion; fixing a memory medium in which the cycle/bicycle code is stored in to a second lock portion of a locking mechanism; fixing the second lock portion to a cycle or bicycle of an owner, the owner being either a private user or a renting company; providing a first lock portion on a parking post; and providing an automatic parking station system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20-22. -22. (canceled)
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23. An automatic parking station for cycles or bicycles, comprising:
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a) at least one interactive workstation; b) a plurality of parking posts; c) locking means comprising a first lock portion and a second lock portion; d) each parking post including a first lock portion for securing a cycle or bicycle thereto through engagement with the second lock portion located on said cycle or bicycle; e) a local communication network connecting said parking posts to said at least one interactive workstation for exchanging commands between said interactive workstation and said parking posts; f) the cycle/bicycle code univocally identifying a cycle or bicycle being stored in a memory medium within said second lock portion; g) each parking post comprising code reading means for reading the cycle/bicycle code univocally identifying a cycle or bicycle; and h) the cycle/bicycle can be identified by the interactive work station.
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