Method for intelligent parking/pollution and surveillance control system
First Claim
1. A total intelligent parking system for enforcement of automobile regulation with respect to vehicles situated in a metered zone, said system comprising:
- a parking meter comprising a wireless monitoring device for sensing an idling vehicle within a defined space and capable of wireless communication with an automobile control system (“
A.R.C.S”
) operatively configured to generate a signal defining said automobile, said parking meter-operatively configured to inform said A.R.C.S. of any violations of legal requirements with respect to said vehicle in said meter zone and a device capable of automatically issuing a summons after a certain grace period if said automobile was situated in said meter zone and was in violation of any legal requirements with respect to vehicles in said metered zone.
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Abstract
The invention relates to systems to manage parking meters using mechanical, electrical and electromechanicals monitoring and transmitting devices. Such intelligent parking meters may be used for example to monitor pollution by idling vehicles, survey the area about the meters to identify events such as vandalism, accident or any other designated emergency situation, and to monitor volume and flow of traffic to help coordinate traffic light sequencing for facilitating optimum traffic movement. The meters may be coin, bill or card operated and are useful for monitoring individual parking spaces designed to monitor conditions ambient to the parking meter and issue summons to vehicles violating the preset requirements.
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1. A total intelligent parking system for enforcement of automobile regulation with respect to vehicles situated in a metered zone, said system comprising:
- a parking meter comprising a wireless monitoring device for sensing an idling vehicle within a defined space and capable of wireless communication with an automobile control system (“
A.R.C.S”
) operatively configured to generate a signal defining said automobile, said parking meter-operatively configured to inform said A.R.C.S. of any violations of legal requirements with respect to said vehicle in said meter zone and a device capable of automatically issuing a summons after a certain grace period if said automobile was situated in said meter zone and was in violation of any legal requirements with respect to vehicles in said metered zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- a parking meter comprising a wireless monitoring device for sensing an idling vehicle within a defined space and capable of wireless communication with an automobile control system (“
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