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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2005
Eric Meyerhofer, Pasadena, CA (US);
Elizabeth Vicens, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Eric Meyerhofer, Pasadena, CA (US);
Elizabeth Vicens, Los Angeles, CA (US);
FutureLogic, Inc., Glendale, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for monitoring and regulating public street parking using RF and RFID technology including: tracking expired parking tickets and illegally parked vehicles and identifying parked vehicles using parking ticket from another location. The apparatus includes a central server coupled to parking enforcement, EDI, one or more kiosks, and a plurality of portable or mobile RFID transceivers. Each kiosk includes a controller, RFID transceiver, printer, card reader, cash acceptor, camera, connection to sensor LAN, connection to RFID transceiver LAN, connection to EDI, connection to central server, cash return mechanism, and parking violation mechanism. The apparatus uses a plurality of RFID parking tickets, with each ticket having a unique RFID tag or chip. Users acquire and pay for the RFID parking tickets using the kiosks and place the RFID tickets on their cars while parked. The central server manages authentication and monitoring of the issued parking tickets using the RFID transceivers and cameras. The central server can contact a parking enforcement officer when a parking violation is detected.