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(11) EP 1 530 183 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.02.2006 Bulletin 2006/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.05.2005 Bulletin 2005/19

(21) Application number: 04256804.8

(22) Date of filing: 04.11.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G08G 1/14(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 08.11.2003 GB 0326135

(71) Applicant: Highlight Parking Systems Ltd
London SW16 1SN (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Winpenny, Julian
    Bournemouth Dorset BH9 1SZ (GB)

(74) Representative: Deans, Michael John Percy 
M.J.P. Deans, Lane End House Hookley Lane
Elstead Surrey GU8 6JE
Elstead Surrey GU8 6JE (GB)

   


(54) Parking indicator and control system


(57) A vehicle park has potentially available parking bays for vehicles arranged in groups of parking bays, the groups being arranged in a hierarchy such that successive groups are located further from an entrance for vehicles than preceding groups. Each group has an associated controller linked to individual sensors associated with individual parking bays of its group. Each sensor is adapted to detect the presence or absence of a vehicle in the respective bay and to communicate such presence or absence to its controller. Each controller is linked to a respective indicator adapted to give an indication of the number of vacant bays at any time in the group to which its controller belongs.







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