| 摘要 |
A system for checking the payment of vehicle parking charges comprises, on the one hand, a vehicle-portable parking meter device ( 12 ) for paying vehicle parking charges and, on the other hand, a portable hand-held parking checker device ( 11 ) for checking parking charges. The parking meter device ( 12 ) comprises a contact or contactless storage chip ( 15 ) that is loadable with an amount of credit usable as parking fees, the storage chip being associated with an antenna ( 16 ) for wireless connection of the storage chip with a wireless-operable credit-loading device ( 17,303,403 ). The portable hand-held checker device ( 11 ) is usable by a parking inspector ( 13 ) to check the payment status of a parking meter device ( 12 ) that is installed in or on a parked vehicle ( 14 ). The checker device ( 11 ), when in the vicinity of the parked vehicle, is connectable with the parking meter device's storage chip via its antenna ( 16 ) using a local short-distance wireless or RPID or IR transmission whereby the parking inspector can check whether or not the parking meter device ( 12 ) has residual paid parking time.
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