US Patent Issued to Municipal Parking Services on Oct. 28 for "Vehicle monitoring system for parking facility" (Texas, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,374, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Municipal Parking Services Inc. (Golden Valley, Minn.).

"Vehicle monitoring system for parking facility" was invented by James Paul Martin (Minneapolis) and Mark J. Moran (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking facility that includes two or more parking areas/levels/sublots that are subject to different parking rules and/or cost structures employs cameras to monitor exit events for each separate parking area/level/sublot that is subject to different parking rules and/or cost structures. Vehicle parking is monitored for each different parking area by reading a vehicle characteris...