Embodiments of the invention(s) described herein enable a system that may rely on a biometric identifier entry validation system The validation system uses biometric methods such as facial recognition, palm veins, and thumb prints as an entry or passage token. The validation system associates a form of fare media such as a smartcard or other electronic payment method with the biometric identifier after repeated transactions where both the fare media and the biometric identifier are read. In this manner the biometric identifier becomes a biometric token that replaces the need to use a form of fare media. Accordingly, the biometric identifier user can be validated for passage without the need to carry a form of fare media and, in some cases, in different geographic locations.

Proposed is a parking terminal (1), which encompasses a module (2), which integrates at least one component for operation of the parking terminal (1) and/or interaction between the parking terminal (1) and a vehicle passenger of a vehicle standing at the parking terminal (1) which, upon detection of a vehicle standing at the parking terminal (1), is reversibly moved out of the parking terminal (1) by a driving means for a prescribed distance in the direction of the standing vehicle.

A parking assignment system that comprises: a parking assignment device; a computer system running software comprising a parking assignment algorithm wherein the parking assignment algorithm is stored on a computer readable medium; and a sensor; wherein said computer system is in communication with said sensor; wherein said computer system is in communication with said parking assignment device; wherein said parking assignment algorithm is configured to optimally assign a parking space; wherein said parking assignment device is configured to accept input that comprises data from said sensor and communicate said data from said sensor to said computer system; wherein said computer system is configured to use said data from said sensor to track available parking spots; and wherein said computer system is configured to accept input comprising a user's parking preferences and assign an optimal parking space according to said parking assignment algorithm.

A parking assignment system that comprises: a parking assignment device; a computer system running software comprising a parking assignment algorithm wherein the parking assignment algorithm is stored on a computer readable medium; and a sensor; wherein said computer system is in communication with said sensor; wherein said computer system is in communication with said parking assignment device; wherein said parking assignment algorithm is configured to optimally assign a parking space; wherein said parking assignment device is configured to accept input that comprises data from said sensor and communicate said data from said sensor to said computer system; wherein said computer system is configured to use said data from said sensor to track available parking spots; and wherein said computer system is configured to accept input comprising a user's parking preferences and assign an optimal parking space according to said parking assignment algorithm.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating rules to apply to fare transactions when a fare card reader cannot communicate with an authorization server, for generating historical data and a risk score for a fare card that are used by a fare card reader, with the rules, to determine whether to authorize access to a transit service when the fare card reader cannot communicate with the authorization server, and for selectively permitting or denying access to the transit service using the rules and the historical data or the score for a fare card.

A server is communicably connected to a movement impeding means provided at a parking space. The server includes a controller configured to: upon detecting reservation of the parking space, operate the movement impeding means to prevent other vehicles from parking in the parking space; upon detecting approach of a reserving vehicle that is a subject of the reservation of the parking space, cancel operation of the movement impeding means to enable the reserving vehicle to park in the parking space; and upon detecting parking of the reserving vehicle in the parking space, operate the movement impeding means.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating rules to apply to fare transactions when a fare card reader cannot communicate with an authorization server, for generating historical data and a risk score for a fare card that are used by a fare card reader, with the rules, to determine whether to authorize access to a transit service when the fare card reader cannot communicate with the authorization server, and for selectively permitting or denying access to the transit service using the rules and the historical data or the score for a fare card.

Provided is an incoming and outgoing vehicle management method and an incoming and outgoing vehicle management system that are based on a vehicle number and a vehicle type identified therefrom, the method and system including: receiving incoming vehicle information including a vehicle number recognized from a vehicle image, and incoming time or an incoming gate identifier; determining a vehicle type by using the vehicle number of the incoming vehicle information; and generating an incoming vehicle message for directing the incoming vehicle to an incoming gate and transmitting the generated incoming vehicle message to a portable terminal designated to a user of the vehicle, wherein the incoming vehicle message includes incoming identification information that indicates the recognized vehicle number, and the incoming time or the incoming gate identifier.

An in-vehicle intelligent access control system and method are configured to automate access of a vehicle to an access point. Prior to approach of the vehicle to the access point, an enrollment system stores, in a database, first data identifying a non-human object in a vehicle, second data identifying the vehicle, third data identifying a human occupant of the vehicle, and fourth data identifying an itinerary of the vehicle. An access control management system receives at least the first data from the database. When the vehicle approaches the access point, the system detects the vehicle within a predetermined range of an access point, receives fifth data transmitted by the vehicle, determines a match of the fifth data with at least the first data within a prescribed tolerance, and controls the access point to allow access of the vehicle to a facility if the fifth data matches at least the first data.

A parking management system includes: a management server including a first processor that includes hardware; and a parking server including a second processor that includes hardware. The first processor is configured to acquire information of a vehicle that has entered a parking area from the parking server, identify the vehicle that has entered the parking area and a user boarding the vehicle based on the information of the vehicle, and connect the information of the vehicle and the payment information of the user and output the information of the vehicle and the payment information of the user to the parking server. The second processor is configured to calculate a parking fee of the vehicle based on parking time of the vehicle, a payment amount included in the payment information, and a parking fee agreement that is preset, and open an exit gate provided in the parking area.