Patent ID: 7679526

Claim:
A parking meter, comprising: a payment acceptor operable to accept payment; a display operable to display a validated period during which parking in a parking space corresponding to the meter is valid, the validated period being based on an amount of payment inserted into the payment acceptor; a transceiver for receiving a signal from a vehicle parked or parking in the parking space corresponding to the meter in order to identify the vehicle, the transceiver including vehicle identifying programmed logic circuitry operable to identify the vehicle parked or parking in the parking space; a camera configured to capture an image and/or video of the vehicle including at least a license plate of the vehicle as the vehicle is being parked in the parking space, the camera being movably and/or rotatably mounted on the meter; and, a printer operable to print a parking ticket when a parking violation occurs, the printed parking ticket including (a) vehicle identification information from the vehicle that was detected by the meter, and (b) parking violation information.