PARKING ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

A parking management system (10) which allows a parking attendent to remotely determined whether any of a plurality of vehicles within a certain zone is in violation of applicable parking regulations without having to visually inspect the meter (14) corresponding to each vehicle one at a time. The system includes a verification unit (12), a meter (14), and an indicator (18). The verification unit (12) is for generating and transmitting a command signal, wherein the command signal having a first parking parameter value. The meter (14) is for receiving the command signal and generating a verification signal, wherein the verification signal having a second parking parameter value, the meter (14) further includes a comparator (86) coupled to receive and compare the first parameter value and the second parameter value and operative to generate a parameter confirmation signal. The indicator is for generating an output signal in accordance with the confirmation signal.