Smart meter parking system
CA 2551964 C · Owner: Andrews, Kirby · Inventors: Berman, Larry; Sherry, Bruce; Andrews, Kirby
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A wireless electronic parking meter control system with a vehicle detection system for determining the presence or absence of a vehicle in a plurality of vehicle parking spaces and a number of electronic parking meters each associated with a given vehicle parking space; a number of ICMs at least one of which is interconnected with the vehicle detection system and the number of electronic parking meters; at least one ICM being wirelessly interconnected with the remaining number of ICMs; an INB wirelessly interconnected to the remaining number of ICMs and connected to the Internet; a license plate recognition system including a mobile camera unit desktop computer and a global positioning …
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- Filed July 13, 2006 and granted June 7, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 13, 2026.
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