Parking management system related to street cleaning
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1. A system for altering and notifying users of changes in parking restrictions comprising:
- one or more signs indicating parking restrictions on a street;
a changeable visual indicator located near each sign to indicate the status of the posted parking restrictions; and
a street cleaning vehicle in communication with the changeable visual indicators and a remote central processing unit wherein when the vehicle passes by each changeable visual indicator the street cleaning vehicle sends a signal to the visual indicators to change the status of the indicator to permit parking on the street and sends a second signal to the remote central processing unit to update a database in the central processing unit that determines the current parking restrictions on the streets.
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Abstract
A parking management system and method with regard to street cleaning and parking regulations. A data collection method and system. A system and method to make available multiple parking spots at a time.
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1. A system for altering and notifying users of changes in parking restrictions comprising:
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one or more signs indicating parking restrictions on a street; a changeable visual indicator located near each sign to indicate the status of the posted parking restrictions; and a street cleaning vehicle in communication with the changeable visual indicators and a remote central processing unit wherein when the vehicle passes by each changeable visual indicator the street cleaning vehicle sends a signal to the visual indicators to change the status of the indicator to permit parking on the street and sends a second signal to the remote central processing unit to update a database in the central processing unit that determines the current parking restrictions on the streets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for changing the parking status of a street and notifying users of the status comprising:
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placing at least one sign with parking restrictions on a street; placing a changeable visual indicator near each sign to indicate if the parking restrictions are currently valid; and moving a street cleaning vehicle along the street and sending a signal to change the status of each sign as the vehicle passes by each sign and sending a second signal to a remote processing unit with a database to keep track of the changed status of each sign and street. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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