Automated vehicle parking system for a plurality of remote parking facilities
US5737710A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 7, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B15/02
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automated vehicle parking system for a plurality of remote parking facilities that communicates with a vehicle approaching or leaving the remote facility with RF signals, or the like, that identifies the vehicle and sends the vehicle identification number, time of day, and lane number to a first computer at the remote facility for calculating the parking cost of a given vehicle based on rates for said given individual vehicle stored in the first computer of each of the plurality of remote parking facilities and having a central computer coupled to each remote facility for providing a single bill to a user of several remote facilities and advising each remote facility first computer of the total fees due for all users of that remote facility during specified periods.
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