PARKING METER WITH EV RECHARGING CAPABILITY

• US 20110011930A1
• Filed: 03/21/2010
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MUSE Green Investments LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: MUSE Green Investments LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Tran, Bao, Starr, Gary
• Application Number:
  US12/728,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20110011930A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/382
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/127 Shopping or accessing services according to a time-limitation
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 15/003 for electricity
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/248 Housing construction casings for coin-freed apparatus G07F9/10
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/42 for ticket printing or like apparatus , e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 5/00 Receipt-giving machines cash registers giving receipts G07G1/00

Abstract

A parking meter includes a credit or debit reader to capture financial information; a printer to print parking slips; and a controller coupled to a power receptacle, the controller receiving financial information from the card reader and upon receiving authorization for a credit or debit transaction, printing a parking slip and applying power to the power receptacle to recharge a vehicle battery.

Claims

2-1. The parking meter of claim 2, comprising an indicator light coupled to the access control device to indicate authorization and activation of power to the power receptacle.

10. A system, comprising:

a vehicle having a vehicle battery; and

a parking meter, including;

a printer to print a parking slip after obtaining authorization;

a power receptacle to recharge the vehicle battery;

an electrically-controlled door to control access to the power receptacle; and

an access control device to open the door and to supply power to the power receptacle after authorization.

11. A vehicle, comprising

a plurality of sets of rechargeable batteries, each set having a dedicated charger for distributed recharging of the batteries;

and

a charging cord coupled to the dedicated chargers and adapted to plug into a parking meter, the parking meter having

a printer to print a parking slip after obtaining authorization;

a power receptacle to recharge the vehicle battery;

an electrically-controlled door to control access to the power receptacle; and

an access control device to open the door and to supply power to the power receptacle after authorization.

12. The vehicle of claim 11, comprising a transceiver in the parking meter to send status of components in the vehicle to a remote computer.

13. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein the transceiver communicates maintenance information to a remote computer.

14. The vehicle of claim 13, wherein the remote computer orders a repair part based on the maintenance information and schedules a visit to a repair facility to install the repair part.

15. The vehicle of claim 11, comprising a power line network device coupled to the power receptacle, the power line network device communicating vehicular information over a power line network to a remote computer.

16. The vehicle of claim 15, wherein the power line network communicates with USB protocol or Firewire protocol.

17. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein each set of rechargeable batteries are electrically isolated during charging and electrically connected thereafter.

18. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein the parking meter comprises a financial card reader.

19. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein the parking meter comprises a magnetic card reader.

20. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein the parking meter comprises a touchless card reader.