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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2024
Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Mark J. Moran, Austin, TX (US);
James Martin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Todd Finke, Big Lake, MN (US);
Alexander J. Palumbo, St. Paul, MN (US);
Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Golden Valley, MN (US);
Abstract
A parking facility employs an entrance camera and an exit camera to identify vehicles entering and exiting the parking facility in order to manage parking events. A secondary camera is located remote from the parking facility and nearby a hotel, restaurant or other venue where there exists a valet or check-in area. Each of the entrance, exit and secondary cameras are networked with a central computing system. Vehicles passing by the secondary camera are identified and a temporary parking permit for the parking facility can be quickly established based upon the data collected by the secondary camera so that hourly charges are not incurred when the vehicle parks in the parking facility.