US Patent Issued to Municipal Parking Services on April 7 for "Parking lot monitoring and permitting system" (Minnesota, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,256, issued on April 7, was assigned to Municipal Parking Services Inc. (Golden Valley, Minn.).

"Parking lot monitoring and permitting system" was invented by Mark J. Moran (Austin, Texas), James Martin (Minneapolis), Todd Finke (Big Lake, Minn.) and Alexander J. Palumbo (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking facility employs an entrance camera and an exit camera to identify vehicles entering and exiting the parking facility in order to manage parking events. A secondary camera is located remote from the parking facility and nearby a hotel, restaurant or other venue where there exists a valet or check-in area. Each...