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System for managing paid-for vehicle parking by means of cards

  • US 4,982,070 A
  • Filed: 12/08/1988
  • Issued: 01/01/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for managing paid-for vehicle parking by means of cards, the system comprising:

  • at least one portable card carried by a vehicle driver, the card including a data medium having identification information specific to the card written therein, and also having a zone for storing successive credit balances;

    at least one parking terminal for use in checking a plurality of parking spaces, said terminal including means for reading information from and for writing information to said data medium, means for entering information into said terminal concerning the expiry time of authorized parking as a function of prepayment performed by said driver, means for storing pairs of data items corresponding to the identification information and to the corresponding expiry time of authorized parking, and first means for delivering current time information;

    at least one display means suitable for being fixed on a vehicle and including identification data, said data being related unambiguously to the identification information carried in said information medium; and

    at least one portable terminal carried by a checker for checking on parking, the terminal including means accessible to the checker for entering said identification data of a vehicle parked in one of said parking spaces, said system further including means for comparing the identification data as entered with the identification information as stored, means for comparing the stored information concerning the expiry time of authorized parking with said current time information, and processor means for processing the results of said comparisons in order to cause a warning signal to appear on said portable terminal when a vehicle whose identification information has been inserted into the portable terminal is illicitly parked.

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