WIRELESSLY MANAGING PARKING

摘要

Managing parking is carried out by associating an electronic tag with a vehicle, each tag configured to either receive, transmit, or both receive and transmit information at a low frequency using magnetic induction. A base station located in each parking space is likewise configured to either receive, transmit, or both receive and transmit information at a low frequency using magnetic induction. Either the tag or the base station will communicate identification information of both the tag and the base station to one or more servers, where parking can be managed. Communication with the server can be carried out in part using a publicly available radio frequency over a wide area network, such as one of the SigFox, LoRaWAN, or WEIGHTLESS protocols.

主权项

1. A method for managing parking using one or more computers connected to an electronic communication network, the method comprising:
associating an electronic tag with each of a plurality of vehicles, each tag configured to at least one of receive and transmit information at a first frequency; positioning an electronic base station proximate each of a plurality of parking spaces, each base configured to at least one of receive and transmit information at the first frequency; using one of the tag and base station to communicate identification information to the other of the tag and base station at the first frequency; communicating the received information, using the tag or base station which received the communicated information, to one or more servers; and processing the communicated information by the one or more servers to determine an extent of parking usage.