Data collection system for electronic parking meters
First Claim
1. A parking meter comprising:
- an outer housing; and
a parking meter mechanism enclosed within the outer housing, the parking meter mechanism comprising;
a transceiver for transmitting and receiving information;
a memory for storing instructions; and
a processor for executing instructions, the instructions when executed by the processor configuring the parking meter to;
detect a trigger event comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag being in close proximity to the parking meter mechanism; and
transmit configuration information comprising a unique identifier associated with a location of the parking meter using the transceiver upon detection of the trigger event;
receive information with the transceiver subsequent to transmitting the configuration information, wherein the received information comprises information on one or more parameters of the parking meter; and
modify the one or more parameters of the parking meter based on the received information.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a single space parking meter that includes a low powered radio for communicating with a mobile access point. There is also provided a parking meter management system comprising a single space parking meter and a mobile access point. The mobile access point comprises a coin collection cart, and a mobile data collection terminal including a wireless radio for communicating with the wireless radio of the single space parking meter. Also disclosed is a method of managing single space parking meters comprising the steps of collecting and storing meter information in a single space parking meter, receiving at a main electronics board of the single space parking meter a transmit signal, and transmitting the meter information to a mobile access point using a low powered radio of the single space parking meter.
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15 Claims
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1. A parking meter comprising:
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an outer housing; and a parking meter mechanism enclosed within the outer housing, the parking meter mechanism comprising; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving information; a memory for storing instructions; and a processor for executing instructions, the instructions when executed by the processor configuring the parking meter to; detect a trigger event comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag being in close proximity to the parking meter mechanism; and transmit configuration information comprising a unique identifier associated with a location of the parking meter using the transceiver upon detection of the trigger event; receive information with the transceiver subsequent to transmitting the configuration information, wherein the received information comprises information on one or more parameters of the parking meter; and modify the one or more parameters of the parking meter based on the received information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A parking meter mechanism comprising:
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a transceiver for transmitting and receiving information; a memory for storing instructions; and a processor for executing instructions, the instructions when executed by the processor configuring the parking meter to; detect a trigger event comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag being in close proximity to the parking meter mechanism; and transmit configuration information comprising a unique identifier associated with a location of the parking meter using the transceiver upon detection of the trigger event; receive information with the transceiver subsequent to transmitting the configuration information, wherein the received information comprises information on one or more parameters of the parking meter; and modifying the one or more parameters of the parking meter based on the received information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of transmitting information at a parking meter, the method comprising:
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detecting at a parking meter mechanism a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag in close proximity to the parking meter mechanism; and transmitting configuration information comprising a unique identifier associated with a location of the parking meter using a transceiver of the parking meter upon detection of the RFID tag in close proximity to the parking meter; receiving information with the transceiver subsequent to transmitting the configuration information, wherein the received information comprises information on one or more parameters of the parking meter; and modifying the one or more parameters of the parking meter based on the received information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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