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Multiple electronic purse parking meter

A billing meter, multi-electronic technology, applied in payment architecture, computing, vehicle components, etc., can solve problems such as being difficult to be seen, achieve the effect of friendly user interface, increase security, and save costs

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-06-23
J J MACKAY CANADA
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Additionally, most currently employed parking meters have a limited number of messages and display instructions that are not easily visible

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[0037]Hereinafter, the terms "rear side" and "curb side" are used to define the side of the parking meter that is seen from the curb, while the terms "front side", "user side", or "surface" are used to define the user side of the parking device Visible to the side of the parking meter.

[0038] Figure 1 is a high level block diagram of the Electronic Parking Meter (EPM) of the present invention. The EPM 10 is a fully integrated battery powered electronic parking meter that accepts multiple electronic payment cards such as TransportDepartment (TD) cards, Mondex cards, and / or Visa Cash cards.

[0039] The EPM 10 includes three main components or modules, namely the main board module (MBM) 30 , the intelligent graphic display module (GDM) 20 , and the card reader module (CRM) 40 .

[0040] The EPM 10 works in an idle state when no one comes to buy time. In this state, most of the electronics are in a "sleep" mode, thus drawing a minimal amount of power from the battery. Nevert...

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A dual processor electronic parking meter (EPM) accepts a plurality of ISO compliant smart cards and authorizes payment of purchased time. The EPM of the invention is equipped with a card reader module (CRM) which accepts / validates transactions effected on smart cards, and also accepts a interface card for connection to a data terminal for revenue collection, meter configuration and meter firmware maintenance. The EPM includes a multi-lingual, intelligent, mixed-mode graphics and icon based display with greater visibility. When the EPM is idle, various sections of EPM are in a sleep mode for prolonging the life of the batteries. The EPM wakes up whenever a card is in the CRM, a coin is inserted, or a key for selecting the parking time and the type of operation is actuated. The EPM contains a large memory and can be reprogrammed in the field to support new cards, different user languages, and system parameters etc.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to electronic parking devices (EPD), and more particularly to electronic parking meters for receiving various forms of electronic payment. Background technique [0002] There are some problems with the application of automatic coin vending machines, including mechanical parking meters. For example, drivers must ensure they have the exact change before buying parking time, or, the person collecting money from the meter must walk to each meter and manually empty the coin box. And the parking meter that accepts coins is easy to be destroyed. [0003] In the past, unmanned vending or dispensing machines were usually limited to less expensive items. Extending the vending machine to more complex and expensive goods is not something the average consumer can afford with clothes or wallet change. A limited solution is to introduce a money changer adjacent to the coin vending machine. However, due to the cost of placing a money ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G07F7/08G07F17/24
CPCG06Q30/0284G07F17/248G06Q20/363G07F7/0866
Inventor 肯尼思·S·希尔茨约翰·D·道克特格雷戈里·A·菲尔尼尔·S·厄斯金
Owner J J MACKAY CANADA
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