PARKING FEE CHARGING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. A parking fee charging system, applicable to a plurality of on-street parking spaces, the parking fee charging system comprising:
- a management center;
a plurality of parking meters, each provided beside at least one corresponding said on-street parking space to detect properties and states of an object in the corresponding on-street parking space and whether a parking fee has been paid for the object and to transmit parking information of the corresponding on-street parking space to the management center through a network; and
at least one mobile device provided with an executable application program and configured for transmitting an execution result of the application program to the management center through the network;
wherein after a user parks a vehicle in one of the on-street parking spaces, operates a corresponding said parking meter, and pays a parking fee corresponding to an estimated parking period, the corresponding parking meter displays an identification barcode corresponding to the parking information of the on-street parking space so that the user is able to obtain the parking information by reading the identification barcode with the mobile device;
when a parking time limit of the corresponding parking meter is about to be reached, the management center sends a payment notice to the mobile device through the network;
or when the vehicle has been parked in the on-street parking space longer than the estimated parking period without a parking fee paid for a next parking period, the management center either prompts a parking enforcement officer to go to the on-street parking space and issue a parking ticket according to a detection result of the corresponding parking meter or issues the parking ticket automatically according to the detection result of the corresponding parking meter; and
the management center or the parking enforcement officer updates the parking information in the corresponding parking meter after a parking fee specified in the payment notice or in the parking ticket is paid.
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Abstract
A system and method for addressing roadside parking issues are provided. The method includes: determining whether a parking fee has been paid for an on-street parking space, and if not, activating a detector of the corresponding parking meter; determining whether an object exists in the parking space and whether the object, if existing, is a vehicle, and if yes to both, activating a camera of the parking meter to obtain an image of the parking space; determining again whether the object is a vehicle by performing image and license plate recognition, and if yes, either prompting a parking enforcement officer to go to the parking space and issue a parking ticket or issuing the parking ticket automatically; updating the parking meter after the parking ticket is issued; and reducing the detection frequency. The method is labor-saving and reduces power consumption by the parking meter.
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18 Claims
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1. A parking fee charging system, applicable to a plurality of on-street parking spaces, the parking fee charging system comprising:
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a management center; a plurality of parking meters, each provided beside at least one corresponding said on-street parking space to detect properties and states of an object in the corresponding on-street parking space and whether a parking fee has been paid for the object and to transmit parking information of the corresponding on-street parking space to the management center through a network; and at least one mobile device provided with an executable application program and configured for transmitting an execution result of the application program to the management center through the network; wherein after a user parks a vehicle in one of the on-street parking spaces, operates a corresponding said parking meter, and pays a parking fee corresponding to an estimated parking period, the corresponding parking meter displays an identification barcode corresponding to the parking information of the on-street parking space so that the user is able to obtain the parking information by reading the identification barcode with the mobile device;
when a parking time limit of the corresponding parking meter is about to be reached, the management center sends a payment notice to the mobile device through the network;
or when the vehicle has been parked in the on-street parking space longer than the estimated parking period without a parking fee paid for a next parking period, the management center either prompts a parking enforcement officer to go to the on-street parking space and issue a parking ticket according to a detection result of the corresponding parking meter or issues the parking ticket automatically according to the detection result of the corresponding parking meter; and
the management center or the parking enforcement officer updates the parking information in the corresponding parking meter after a parking fee specified in the payment notice or in the parking ticket is paid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An operating method of a parking fee charging system, wherein the parking fee charging system uses at least one parking meter to charge parking fees for at least one on-street parking space, the operating method comprising the steps of:
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determining whether a parking fee has been paid for the on-street parking space, and if not, activating a detector of the parking meter; determining whether an object exists in the on-street parking space and whether the object, if existing, is a vehicle, according to a detection result of the detector, and if it is determined that an object exists in the on-street parking space and the object is a vehicle, activating a camera of the parking meter in order to obtain an image of the on-street parking space; performing image and license plate recognition to determine again whether the object existing in the on-street parking space is a vehicle, and if yes, either prompting a parking enforcement officer to go to the on-street parking space to issue a parking ticket or issuing the parking ticket automatically by a management center; updating the parking meter after the parking ticket is issued; and reducing a detection frequency of the detector, and returning to the step of determining whether a parking fee has been paid for the on-street parking space to complete a full cycle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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