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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2020
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 monitoring and managing method can include capturing image data of a vehicle entering a parking lot or space and transmitting the image data to a remote networked computer system. A time of entry for the vehicle is recorded. Identification of the vehicle is determined upon entry. Image data is also captured for the vehicle when it exits the parking lot or space, and the image data is transmitted to the remote networked computer system. A time of exit is also recorded. The vehicle's identification is again determined upon exit. A violation is determined when a time period expires without the vehicle exiting the lot prior the time period expiring. A parking violation notice is issued to the owner of the vehicle determined to have been in violation. The time period can be, for example, a grace period, a parking time period or a maximum parking time.