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Time metering device particularly useful as a parking card
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1985-08-21
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Granted: 1988-01-05
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Expires: 2005-08-21
Abstract
Abstract A time metering device particularly useful as a parking card comprises a time storage device for storing data representing total pre-purchased time; a time measuring device; time selector keys for manually selecting a predetermined time interval; a predetermined interval storage device; and an "off" key. The time metering device further includes an electrical circuit which decrements both the pre-purchased time storage device and the predetermined interval storage device according to the time measured by the time measuring device until the "off" key is operated, and a display which displays the remaining time in the pre-purchased and predetermined-interval storage devices.
Inventors
- 👤 Natan Tomer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 22:58
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/04; G06Q20/06; G06Q20/065; G06Q20/0652; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/12; G06Q20/127; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q30/0283; G06Q30/0284; G07C; G07C1/00; G07C1/30; G07F17/00; G07F17/0014
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A time metering device particularly useful as a parking card, comprising: a time storage device for storing data representing a total pre-purchased time; a time measuring device; time-selector key means for manually selecting a predetermined time interval; a predetermined interval storage device for storing data representing the predetermined time interval selected; display means; and an electrical circuit including: decrementing means for decrementing said pre-purchased time storage device and said predetermined interval storage device according to the time measured by said time measuring device beginning at a predetermined time from the manual operation of said time-selector key means; device which terminates the operation of said decrementing means to decrement said pre-purchased time storage device and said predetermined interval storage device; and means for connecting said display means to display the time in said pre-purchased time storage device as decremented by said decrementing means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A time metering device particularly useful as a parking card, comprising: a time storage device for storing data representing a total pre-purchased time; a time measuring device; time-selector key means for manually selecting a predetermined time interval; a predetermined interval storage device for storing data representing the predetermined time interval selected; display means; and an electrical circuit including: decrementing means for decrementing said pre-purchased time storage device and said predetermined interval storage device according to the time measured by said time measuring device beginning at a predetermined time from the manual operation of said time-selector key means; device which terminates the operation of said decrementing means to decrement said pre-purchased time storage device and said predetermined interval storage device; and means for connecting said display means to display the time in said pre-purchased time storage device as decremented by said decrementing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The time metering device according to claim 1, wherein said time-selector key means may be manually operated to select any one of a plurality of different time intervals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The time metering device according to claim 2, wherein said time-selector key means selects different parking zones, and the predetermined time intervals represent the maximum parking time for the selected zone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The time metering device according to claim 3, wherein said decrementing means decrements said pre-purchased time storage device and said parking interval storage device at a different rate according to the parking zone selected.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
74 words
The time metering device according to claim 1, further including penalty means effective, when the selected predetermined time interval has expired and said devices which terminates the operation of the decrementing means has not been operated, to provide a signal in said display means of the fact that the selected predetermined time interval has expired, and thereafter to increase the rate of decrementing the pre-purchased time storage device until said latter device is operated.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
The time metering device according to claim 1, wherein said electrical circuit further includes means for displaying the remaining time stored in said pre-purchased time storage device substantially immediately upon operating said time-selector key means, before the selected predetermined time interval is displayed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The time metering device according to claim 4, wherein said display means displays the remaining time stored in both storage devices in a form which has been scaled according to the rate of the parking zone selected.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
The time metering device according to claim 1, wherein said electrical circuit includes delay means for delaying the decrementing means for a short time period sufficient for the user to view the display of the remaining pre-purchased time stored in the time storage device.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
The time metering device according to claim 1, wherein said time-selector key means may be operated to represent a zone of unlimited time, which when so operated, decrements the pre-purchased time storage device according to the time measured by the time measuring device until said device which terminates said decrementing means is operated.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
78 words
The time metering device according to claim 1, wherein said display means comprises: a digital display displaying the selected predetermined time interval in digital form as decremented by said decrementing means; and a bar display displaying the selected predetermined time interval in the form of a bar of full scale length, which bar is shortened by said decrementing means at a rate so as to be of zero length at the expiration of the selected predetermined time interval.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
62 words
The time metering device according to claim 1, wherein said electrical circuit includes comparator means comparing the selected predetermined time interval with the pre-purchased time stored in said pre-purchased time storage device; and display-enabling means enabling the display to display said predetermined time interval if said interval is no larger than the current pre-purchased time stored in said pre-purchased time storage device.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
48 words
The time metering device according to claim 1, wherein said device further carries a viewable serial number, and said display means further displays, at periodic intervals, a code marking viewable with the serial number of the respective time metering device to indicate whether the latter device is valid.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
78 words
The time metering device according to claim 3, wherein said device for terminating said decrementing means comprises an "off" key, and said electrical circuit further includes: means for storing an identification of the parking zone selected by the operation of the time selector key means; and means for preventing the selection of the same parking zone for a predetermined time period after the time interval for such previous zone was terminated by the operation of the "off" key.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
The time metering device according to claim 3, wherein said time selector key means includes a plurality of zone selector keys which are color coded.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The time metering device according to claims 1, wherein said card further includes a battery power supply.
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