Patent ID: 9196097
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06Q,G07B,G07C,G07F,G08G,H04W,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A single space parking meter associated with a parking space comprising: a support pole including a lower end and an upper end, the lower end configured to be coupled to the ground adjacent the parking space such that there is a distance between the support pole and the parking space; an electronic meter mechanism coupled to and supported from the upper end of the support pole, the electronic meter mechanism including a processor; a vehicle sensor communicably coupled to the processor of the electronic meter mechanism, the vehicle sensor configured to detect a vehicle located within the parking space across the distance, to generate a signal indicative of the presence of the vehicle within the parking space and to communicate the signal to the processor, wherein the vehicle sensor comprises a vehicle sensor housing coupled to the support pole and a sensing element located within the vehicle sensor housing, wherein the vehicle sensor housing defines a central cavity, wherein the vehicle sensor housing surrounds the support pole such that the support pole extends through the central cavity of the vehicle sensor housing in a vertical direction from an upper end of the vehicle sensor housing to a lower end of the vehicle sensor housing; wherein the vehicle sensor is coupled to and supported by the support pole at a position above the ground and below the electronic meter mechanism, the vehicle sensor including a detection zone and the vehicle sensor is positioned such that the detection zone is located within the parking space.