Patent ID: 7859946

Claim:
A device for regulating parking permits for a car in free of charge parking zones which limit the allowed parking time, said device comprising: a module for enabling activation of said device, when parking said car and measuring the time passed since activation and for limiting the parking time in the parking zone for an allowed predefined time period, wherein said module enables deactivating said device once said predefined time period is over; a reactivation delay module inhibiting the reactivation of said device for a predefined inhibition time period continuously following the allowed predefined time period, wherein said reactivation of said device is only enabled by said reactivation delay module once said predefined inhibition time period has passed, wherein these modules prevent continuous parking over a predefined time period; and wherein said reactivation delay module includes a motion sensor device allowing said reactivation to occur only after said motion sensor identifies that said car was moved.