PARKING SENSORS CAPABLE OF DETERMINING DIRECTION AND SPEED OF VEHICLE ENTERING OR LEAVING A PARKING LOT

    公开(公告)号:US20200043329A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-06

    申请号:US16601277

    申请日:2019-10-14

    发明人: Sean O'Callaghan

    摘要: A parking inventory management system includes a sensor apparatus with a plurality of magnetometers each configured to respectively generate a magnetic signatures of a vehicle as it drives across the sensor apparatus. A computing device is associated with the sensor apparatus and compares the magnetic signatures of the vehicle generated by each of the plurality of magnetometers to the magnetic signatures of the vehicle generated by each other magnetometer of the plurality thereof so as to determine a direction of the vehicle. A match between the magnetic signature of the vehicle as generated by at least two of the plurality of magnetometers indicates that the direction of travel of the vehicle is along a direction between those two of the plurality of magnetometers. A speed of the vehicle is derived as a function of a time difference between points of peak similarity between matching magnetic signatures of the vehicle.

    Parking Lot Management System
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200013282A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-09

    申请号:US16502800

    申请日:2019-07-03

    发明人: Satoshi KIHARA

    摘要: To provide a parking lot management system capable of maintaining a high vehicle number recognition rate even with reduced camera performance. A parking lot management system 1 comprises a parking lot system 10 installed in a parking lot, and a server device 30 connected thereto by a network 2. The parking lot system 10 comprises a camera unit 11, and the server device 30 comprises a server-side control means 31, server-side memory 32, a data analysis means 33, and a server-side communication means 34. The camera unit 11 comprises a camera-side control means 13, a flashlight 14, an indicator 15 for indicating that a space is occupied, a camera 16, camera-side memory 17, and a camera-side communication means 18. Because the data analysis means 33 of the server device 30 has high analytical power, a low-performance camera 16 is sufficient for the camera unit 11.

    Parking availability monitor for a non-demarcated parking zone

    公开(公告)号:US10522037B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-31

    申请号:US16202824

    申请日:2018-11-28

    IPC分类号: G08G1/14 G06K9/00 G08G1/065

    摘要: An example method described herein includes receiving an image stream of a non-demarcated parking zone; identifying dimensions of the non-demarcated parking zone; determining an overall area of the non-demarcated parking zone based on the dimensions of the non-demarcated parking zone; calculating a capacity of the non-demarcated parking zone based on the dimensions of the overall area and predetermined vehicle dimensions; determining a number of vehicles parked in the non-demarcated parking zone based on the image stream and an object detection model, wherein the object detection model is configured to detect vehicles in the image stream that are parked in the non-demarcated parking zone; determining a parking availability of the non-demarcated parking zone based on the number of vehicles parked in the non-demarcated parking zone and the capacity; and performing an action associated with the parking availability.

    Reducing Autonomous Vehicle Downtime and Idle Data Usage

    公开(公告)号:US20190340928A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-07

    申请号:US16401629

    申请日:2019-05-02

    摘要: Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle to reduce idle data usage and vehicle downtime are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain data associated with autonomous vehicle(s) that are online with a service entity. The computing system can obtain data indicative of the geographic area with an imbalance in a number of vehicles associated with the geographic area. The computing system can determine a first autonomous vehicle for re-positioning with respect to the geographic area based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more autonomous vehicles and the data indicative of the geographic. The computing system can communicating data indicative of a first re-positioning assignment associated with the first autonomous vehicle. In some implementations, the computing system can generate vehicle service incentive to entice a vehicle provider to re-position its autonomous vehicles with respect to the geographic area.

    Method and System for Determining Risk Areas in Road Traffic

    公开(公告)号:US20190272746A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-05

    申请号:US16306783

    申请日:2017-06-06

    申请人: CooDriver GmbH

    IPC分类号: G08G1/01 G08G1/065

    摘要: A method, comprising: receiving position data from a mobile device; incrementing a counter variable, said counter variable associated with a predefined geographic area that includes a position of the position data, and initializing a time variable, said time variable set to a predefined value and decremented continuously; and decrementing said counter variable in response to expiration of said time variable.