Integrated Vehicle Parking Display Eliminates Physical Tickets
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Solution Overview
Problem
The current methods for parking a motor vehicle in urban areas are inconvenient, requiring users to purchase and handle parking tickets or use parking discs, which are perceived as laborious and environmentally unfriendly.
Innovation Solution
A motor vehicle equipped with a permanently integrated device, such as an electrical display or lighting unit, for displaying parking duration and start, eliminating the need for physical tickets or discs, and allowing for automatic billing through an electronic evaluation system using GPS and sensors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a parking ticket machine or parking disc is used, then parking information can be displayed, but user convenience deteriorates due to the need to leave the vehicle, handle physical tickets, or manually set and arrange parking discs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical parking information systems (physical tickets, parking discs) with an electronic display system integrated into the vehicle. The display device electronically shows parking duration and start time, eliminating the need for mechanical ticket handling or manual disc arrangement, thus improving convenience while reducing operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated display system automatically provides parking information without requiring user intervention to obtain or arrange physical tickets. The system serves itself by internally managing and displaying parking data, freeing the user from leaving the vehicle or manually handling parking accessories.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If physical parking tickets and discs are used, then parking information can be communicated, but environmental friendliness deteriorates due to plastic waste from tickets and discs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes physical parking tickets and discs made of plastic with an electronic display system. This replacement eliminates the generation of plastic waste associated with traditional parking methods while the electronic system provides the same information communication function, thereby reducing harmful environmental factors.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical state of parking information from tangible plastic objects to intangible electronic data. By transforming the medium from physical (plastic tickets/discs) to digital (electronic display), the system eliminates material waste while maintaining information delivery capability.
3Loss of time
If parking tickets are purchased at a ticket machine, then parking authorization is obtained, but time consumption increases due to leaving the vehicle and handling cash or small change
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically obtaining and storing parking authorization data before the user needs to view it. The display system is pre-configured to show parking duration and start time without requiring the user to first purchase a ticket, thus eliminating the time-consuming sequence of leaving the vehicle, buying a ticket, and then returning to view it.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical process of visiting a ticket machine, handling cash or change, and physically obtaining a ticket with an electronic system that automatically manages parking authorization and displays information, significantly reducing the time required to complete the parking operation.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a motor vehicle (1). In order to increase motor vehicle user convenience and eco-friendliness in connection with a parking of motor vehicles (1) subject to a charge, the motor vehicle (1) has at least one device (2) permanently integrated into at least one structure of the motor vehicle (1) for displaying a parking duration and/or a parking start of the motor vehicle.