Electric charging/parking meter
First Claim
1. A combination parking meter and electric charging meter, comprising:
- means for receiving and verifying a medium of payment;
means for selecting and visibly indicating some combination of parking time and electric power to be had in exchange for said medium of payment;
charging means for connecting to and supplying power to an electric car charger inlet; and
fast-charge setting means for causing said charging means to operate in a fast-charge mode when said fast-charge setting means determines that an amount of parking time selected is insufficient in accordance with a normal charging mode to supply an amount of electric power selected.
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Abstract
A parking meter and an electric charging meter are combined in a single apparatus. The combined charging/parking meter may be coin-operated or may be operated using an information-bearing card such as a cash card, a debit card or an IC card. In particular, the charging/parking meter includes a device for receiving and verifying a medium of payment, a device for selecting and visibly indicating some combination of parking time and electric power to be had in exchange for the medium of payment, and a charging device for connecting to and supplying power to an electric car charger inlet. The charger/parking meter may further include a fast-charge setting device for causing the charging device to operate in a fast-charge mode when an amount of parking time selected is insufficient in accordance with a normal charging mode to supply an amount of electric power selected. In addition, the charging/parking meter may further include a current limiting device for preventing overcharging and a communication device for connecting the charging/parking meter to a remote installation. The meter may be used to read various information from a vehicle and send the information to a government entity.
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3 Claims
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1. A combination parking meter and electric charging meter, comprising:
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means for receiving and verifying a medium of payment; means for selecting and visibly indicating some combination of parking time and electric power to be had in exchange for said medium of payment; charging means for connecting to and supplying power to an electric car charger inlet; and fast-charge setting means for causing said charging means to operate in a fast-charge mode when said fast-charge setting means determines that an amount of parking time selected is insufficient in accordance with a normal charging mode to supply an amount of electric power selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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