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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2019
Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Thomas G. Hudson, Tonka Bay, MN (US);
Joseph M. Caldwell, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Richard C. Gage, Orono, MN (US);
Municipal Parking Services Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A parking enforcement device includes a weather resistant housing, a processor disposed inside of the housing, a memory disposed inside of the housing and coupled to the processor, a network interface disposed in the housing and coupled to the processor, and a first camera coupled to the processor. The camera monitors a first parking space. A second camera remote from the parking meter monitors a second parking space and is networked to the processor. The processor is configured to recognize when a vehicle enters either of the first and second parking spaces and to determine if a parking violation min either of the spaces has occurred.