J.j. Mackay Canada Limited

J.j. Mckay Canada Limited

George Allan MacKay

Gregory Emile Chauvin

Adrian Ignatius O'Neil

Darren Scott Cameron

Ben Garvey

James George MacKay

Shamus John Angus McLarty

Michael Brown

Matthew Watson

David Andrew McMullin

Robert Steven Cosh

Neil Stuart Erskine

Robert Thomas Buczkiewicz

Donald Wesley Church

Glenn Eric Pederson

Matt Gonia

Josh Michael Bablitch

Shamus John Mclarty

Neil Stuart Erksine

Michael Glenn Fievet

John Angus McLarty

Donald Stacy Sinclair

Josh Michael Bablitah

A parking meter is described that comprises components for providing parking meter functionality and a display for displaying parking information and a metal housing for protecting the parking meter components from an environment that has a display aperture through which the display is visible. The parking meter also comprises an antenna for a contactless payment reader arranged in or on the parking meter in close proximity to the display.

Parking meter with contactless payment

A wireless parking meter with an improved antenna location is described. The antenna may be located within a covering protruding from the top of the parking meter, allowing radio frequency (RF) signals to be transmitted through a portion of the parking meter with high permittivity to the RF signals. Additionally or alternatively, the antenna may be located within the parking meter housing above a lower parking meter mechanism housing so that RF signals can be transmitted through the dome covering of the parking meter, which may have a high permittivity to the RF signals.

Single space wireless parking with improved antenna placements

A parking meter mechanism is described that may include a front housing, having a display opening for viewing a display through, connected to an internal structure. Additionally or alternatively the parking meter mechanism may include a contactless payment reader located behind the display. The parking meter mechanism may be secured to a lower housing. A back housing may be secured to the lower housing as well. The front or back housing may include a solar panel compartment and solar panel mounted therein.

Single space parking meter and removable single space parking meter mechanism

A single space parking meter assembly for retrofitting onto an existing coin vault assembly includes a number of parking meter components enclosed within a protective outer covering that is rotatably or slidably engageable with the coin vault assembly when a bottom surface of the protective outer covering is positioned against or adjacent to an upper surface of the coin vault assembly. A locking mechanism secures the protective outer covering to the coin vault assembly when the protective outer covering is engaged with the coin vault assembly.

Single space parking meter

A parking meter may have a housing that is formed at least significantly of an impact resistant material. In particular, the impact resistant material may comprise one of a polycarbonate copolymer or polycarbonate blended resin, a nylon-based copolymer, or a nylon-based polymer that includes long glass fiber or Kevlar fiber. The housing encloses the parking meter components to provide protection for the parking meter components against an external environment and vandalism attacks.

Lightweight vandal resistant parking meter

A parking meter may incorporate a touchscreen display assembly that uses a low-power wake trigger, which may be a proximity sensor overlaid on the display, that can power on the display and touch sensor when a user's proximity is detected. The parking meter may incorporate a replaceable panel insert that allows user interface components to be easily retrofitted or upgraded by simply replacing the panel insert. Additionally, the parking meter may incorporate multiple solar panels on the exterior of the parking meter.

Parking meter having touchscreen display

A serial peripheral interface (SPI) keyboard module for a parking meter comprises a plurality of key switches and at least one controller configured to detect a key press, determine a predetermined indicator associated with the pressed key and transmit the indicator to a keyboard interface of the parking meter. The SPI keyboard module provides a low power keyboard module that can be easily adapted to provide different keyboards or layouts without requiring significant changes to the parking meter electronics.

SPI keyboard module for a parking meter and a parking meter having an SPI keyboard module

Parking meter

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George Allan MacKay