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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2023
Applicant:
Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas G. Hudson, Tonka Bay, MN (US);
Joseph M. Caldwell, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Richard C. Gage, Orono, MN (US);
Assignee:
Municipal Parking Services Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 15/02 (2011.01); G07F 17/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 15/02 (2013.01); G07F 17/246 (2013.01);
Abstract
A parking enforcement system can include 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, a first camera disposed in the housing and facing outward towards a first parking space. The processor can be configured to recognize when a vehicle first occupies the first parking space and determine a classification for the vehicle.