Control system for wireless communication parking meter
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1. An electronic parking meter system comprising:
- an inner housing including a front side and rear side;
an electronic display screen supported by the inner housing;
a first processor configured to control the electronic display screen and configured to perform parking meter time keeping functions;
a wireless communication subsystem supported by the inner housing configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one of a parking management system and a broad spectrum radar vehicle sensor with an occupied or necessary bandwidth greater than 10 MHz; and
a second processor configured to execute program steps from at least one of program instructions and microcode, the second processor communicably coupled with the wireless communication subsystem and communicably coupled with at least one of a network based parking management system and the broad spectrum radar vehicle sensor.
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Abstract
An electronic parking meter mechanism is provided. The electronic meter mechanism includes an inner housing, an electronic display screen and a wireless communication subsystem configured to wirelessly communicate with a parking management system. The electronic meter mechanism includes a first processor configured to control the electronic display screen, and a second processor configured to control communication of data by the wireless communication subsystem.
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1. An electronic parking meter system comprising:
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an inner housing including a front side and rear side; an electronic display screen supported by the inner housing; a first processor configured to control the electronic display screen and configured to perform parking meter time keeping functions; a wireless communication subsystem supported by the inner housing configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one of a parking management system and a broad spectrum radar vehicle sensor with an occupied or necessary bandwidth greater than 10 MHz; and a second processor configured to execute program steps from at least one of program instructions and microcode, the second processor communicably coupled with the wireless communication subsystem and communicably coupled with at least one of a network based parking management system and the broad spectrum radar vehicle sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic parking meter peripheral control system configured to communicate with a single space meter processor that controls the display and time keeping functions of a single space parking meter, the control system comprising:
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a processor configured to be communicably coupled to the single space meter processor; wireless communication hardware communicably coupled to the processor; wherein the processor is configured to communicate with the single space meter processor and is further configured to control the wireless communications hardware to transmit at least one of occupancy and payment data to at least one of the processor and a parking management system; an interface communicably coupled to the processor; at least one of a wired communication link and a wireless communication link communicably coupled between the interface and the single space meter processor; and a broad spectrum radar vehicle sensor with an occupied or necessary bandwidth greater than 10 MHz. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic parking meter device comprising:
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an inner housing including a front side and rear side; wireless communication hardware supported by the inner housing configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one of a parking management system and a peripheral controller; an electronic payment reader comprising at least one of a RFID reader, a RF reader, a contactless reader, a contact reader, a smartcard reader, a debit card reader, a credit card reader, and a mag-strip reader, supported by the inner housing; a currency reader including a slot for receiving currency located on the front side of the inner housing; an electronic display screen supported by the inner housing; a keypad located below the slot of the currency reader; a broad spectrum radar vehicle sensor with an occupied or necessary bandwidth greater than 10 MHz configured to detect a vehicle located within a parking space associated with the electronic meter mechanism and to generate a signal indicative of the presence of the vehicle within the parking space a first processor configured to perform parking meter time keeping functions and configured to control the electronic display screen; and a second processor capable of executing program steps from at least one of program instructions and microcode and configured to receive signals from at least one of the electronic payment reader and the vehicle sensor and being communicably coupled to a wireless communications interface. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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