Smart meter parking system

• US 20070016539A1
• Filed: 07/13/2005
• Published: 01/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fybr LLC
• Original Assignee: Fybr LLC
• Inventors: Berman, Larry, Andrews, Kirby, Hald, Martin, Groft, Eric, Kuff, Howard, Pullen, Jonathan, Sherry, Bruce
• Application Number:
  US11/179,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20070016539A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0284 Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/14 Marketing, i.e. market research and analysis, surveying, promotions, advertising, buyer profiling, customer management or rewards

Abstract

A wireless electronic parking meter control system with a vehicle detection system for determining the presence or absence of a vehicle in a plurality of vehicle parking spaces and a number of electronic parking meters, each associated with a given vehicle parking space; a number of ICMs, at least one of which is interconnected with the vehicle detection system and the number of electronic parking meters; at least one ICM being wirelessly interconnected with the remaining number of ICMs; an INB wirelessly interconnected to the remaining number of ICMs and connected to the internet; a license plate recognition system including a mobile camera unit, desktop computer and a global positioning satellite terminal connected to the Internet; and a server interconnected to the internet via a router/firewall circuit for isolating the server from the internet.

Claims

1. A wireless electronic parking meter control system, comprising:

a vehicle detection system for determining the presence or absence of a vehicle in a plurality of vehicle parking spaces;

a number of electronic parking meters, each associated with a given vehicle parking space;

a number of ICMs, at least one of which is interconnected with said vehicle detection system and said and number of electronic parking meters;

said at least one ICM being wirelessly interconnected with the remaining number of ICMs;

an INB wirelessly interconnected to the remaining number of ICMs and connected to the internet;

a license plate recognition system including a mobile camera unit, desktop computer and a global positioning satellite terminal and being connected to the Internet; and

a server interconnected to the internet via a router/firewall circuit for isolating the server from the internet.

2. A wireless electronic parking meter control system as in claim 1, wherein said server includes a web server, database/analysis engine and a map server.

3. A wireless electronic parking meter control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, said INB is wirelessly connected to the internet.

4. A wireless electronic parking meter control system as in claim 3, wherein said server includes a web server, database/analysis engine and a map server.

5. A wireless electronic parking meter control system, comprising:

a vehicle detection system for determining the presence or absence of a vehicle in a plurality of vehicle parking spaces;

a number of electronic parking meters, each associated with a given vehicle parking space;

a number of ICMs, at least one of which is interconnected with said vehicle detection system and said and number of electronic parking meters;

said at least one ICM being wirelessly interconnected with the remaining number of ICMs;

an INB wirelessly interconnected to the remaining number of ICMs;

handheld computers for storing data relating to the plurality of parking spaces and wirelessly interconnected to said INB;

a desktop computer connected to the handheld computers and to the Internet for communicating enforcement and/or maintenance personnel and to store license plate images, GPA data and relative position data a server interconnected to the internet via a router/firewall circuit for isolating the server from the internet.

6. A wireless electronic parking meter control system as in claim 5, wherein said server includes a web server, database/analysis engine and a map server.

7. A wireless electronic parking meter control system as in claim 5, wherein said desktop computer is wirelessly connected to the Internet

8. A wireless electronic parking meter control system as in claim 7, wherein said server includes a web server, database/analysis engine and a map server.