Method and system for charging a vehicle for parking
First Claim
1. A method for charging vehicles for utilizing parking rights in a parking zone, the method comprising the steps of:
- during a time period, intermittently collecting information of utilizing parking rights by vehicles parking in said parking zone, said collecting is carried out by an input apparatus;
identifying vehicles from the collected information by an identification apparatus;
for each vehicle of the identified vehicles, at the end of said time period calculating a toll for said utilizing parking rights by said vehicle; and
charging said vehicle by said toll;
wherein said toll is calculated by dividing said time period into time intervals, each of one Parking Time Unit, and the beginning of the first of said time intervals starts at a fixed time.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for charging vehicles for utilizing parking rights in a parking zone and a system thereof. The method comprises the steps of: during a specified time period (e.g. a day, a week, one or more month(s), etc.), intermittently collecting information of utilizing parking rights by vehicles parking in the parking zone and registering the information in a memory (e.g. a database); at the end of the time period, for each of the vehicles, calculating a toll for the utilized parking rights, the calculation based on the information in conjunction with a parking arrangement thereof, and for each of the vehicles charging the calculated toll thereof.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for charging vehicles for utilizing parking rights in a parking zone, the method comprising the steps of:
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during a time period, intermittently collecting information of utilizing parking rights by vehicles parking in said parking zone, said collecting is carried out by an input apparatus; identifying vehicles from the collected information by an identification apparatus; for each vehicle of the identified vehicles, at the end of said time period calculating a toll for said utilizing parking rights by said vehicle; and charging said vehicle by said toll; wherein said toll is calculated by dividing said time period into time intervals, each of one Parking Time Unit, and the beginning of the first of said time intervals starts at a fixed time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for charging vehicles for utilizing parking rights in a parking zone, the system comprising:
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an input apparatus, for intermittently gathering information associated with a vehicle parking in a parking zone during a time period; means for identifying said vehicle from said information;
a charge calculator, for calculating a toll from said information at the end of said time period; anda clearance mechanism, for charging said vehicle by said toll; wherein said toll is calculated by dividing said time period into time intervals, each of one Parking Time Unit, and the beginning of the first of said time intervals starts at a fixed time. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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