Method and apparatus for public street parking using RF and RFID technology
First Claim
1. A method of regulating a plurality of parking spaces at a designated parking location, comprising:
- issuing an RFID parking ticket for parking a vehicle in a first parking space of the plurality of parking spaces at the designated parking location, the RFID parking ticket having a corresponding time of expiration and a corresponding parking space identifier;
sensing that the vehicle is parked in a second parking space of the plurality of parking spaces;
interrogating the RFID parking ticket in order to determine the time of expiration and the parking space identifier;
notifying a central server of a parking violation when the time of expiration indicates that the RFID parking ticket has expired; and
notifying the central server of a parking violation when the parking space identifier does not correspond to the second parking space of the plurality of parking spaces.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for monitoring and regulating public street parking using RF and RFID technology including: tracking expired parking tickets and illegally parked vehicles and identifying parked vehicles using parking ticket from another location. The apparatus includes a central server coupled to parking enforcement, EDI, one or more kiosks, and a plurality of portable or mobile RFID transceivers. Each kiosk includes a controller, RFID transceiver, printer, card reader, cash acceptor, camera, connection to sensor LAN, connection to RFID transceiver LAN, connection to EDI, connection to central server, cash return mechanism, and parking violation mechanism. The apparatus uses a plurality of RFID parking tickets, with each ticket having a unique RFID tag or chip. Users acquire and pay for the RFID parking tickets using the kiosks and place the RFID tickets on their cars while parked. The central server manages authentication and monitoring of the issued parking tickets using the RFID transceivers and cameras. The central server can contact a parking enforcement officer when a parking violation is detected.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of regulating a plurality of parking spaces at a designated parking location, comprising:
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issuing an RFID parking ticket for parking a vehicle in a first parking space of the plurality of parking spaces at the designated parking location, the RFID parking ticket having a corresponding time of expiration and a corresponding parking space identifier; sensing that the vehicle is parked in a second parking space of the plurality of parking spaces; interrogating the RFID parking ticket in order to determine the time of expiration and the parking space identifier; notifying a central server of a parking violation when the time of expiration indicates that the RFID parking ticket has expired; and notifying the central server of a parking violation when the parking space identifier does not correspond to the second parking space of the plurality of parking spaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for regulating a plurality of parking spaces in a designated parking location using RFID parking tickets, the RFID parking tickets having a corresponding time of expiration and a corresponding parking space identifier, comprising:
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a parked vehicle sensor to determine when a vehicle is parked in a parking space of the plurality of parking spaces; an RFID transceiver adapted to interrogate an issued RFID parking ticket associated with the vehicle parked in the parking space in order to determine an expired RFID parking ticket using the corresponding time of expiration and determine a reused RFID parking ticket from another parking space of the plurality of parking spaces using the parking space identifier; and a connection to a central server adapted to notify the central server of the determination of the expired RFID parking ticket and of the reused RFID parking ticket. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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