Pair of parking area sensing cameras, a parking area sensing method and a parking area sensing system

• US 10,368,036 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2016
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivotek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Vivotek, Inc.
• Inventors: Liu, Cheng-Chieh
• Primary Examiner(s): Perungavoor, Sathyanaraya V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dang, Philip P.
• Application Number:
  US15/354,575
• Publication Number:
  US 20180139414A1
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/04 using optical or ultrasonic detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/142 external to the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/146 where the parking area is a limited parking space, e.g. parking garage, restricted space
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A pair of parking area sensing cameras, comprising a first parking area sensing camera configured to monitor a first parking area and generate a parking area status of the first parking area and a second parking area sensing camera configured to monitor a second parking area and generate a parking area status of the second parking area. The first parking area sensing camera is configured to display the parking area status of the second parking area.

Claims

1. A pair of parking area sensing cameras, comprising:

a first parking area sensing camera configured to monitor a first parking area and generate a parking area status of the first parking area;

a second parking area sensing camera configured to monitor a second parking area different from the first parking area and generate a parking area status of the second parking area; and

wherein the first parking area sensing camera is configured to display the parking area status of the second parking area, wherein the parking area status of the second parking area is available to park;

wherein the first parking area sensing camera is connected to the second parking area sensing camera through an Ethernet connection, and the first parking area sensing camera is configured to receive the parking area status of the second parking area directly from the second parking area sensing camera;

wherein the first parking area sensing camera is mounted above and closer to the second parking area than to the first parking area, and the second parking area sensing camera is mounted above and closer to the first parking area than to the second parking area;

wherein the first parking area and the second parking area are separate from each other by a driving lane in a parking lot;

wherein the second parking area sensing camera is configured to receive the parking area status of the first parking area, and the second parking area sensing camera is configured to display the parking area status of the first parking area on an LED light; and

wherein the first parking area sensing camera is configured to display the parking area status of the second parking area on an LED light.

2. The pair of parking area sensing cameras according to claim 1, wherein both the first parking area sensing camera and the second parking area sensing camera are connected to a central server.

3. The pair of parking area sensing cameras according to claim 2, wherein the second parking area sensing camera is configured to transmit the parking area status of the second parking area to the central server, and the first parking area sensing camera is configured to receive the parking area status of the second parking area from the central server.

4. A method for sensing parking area, comprising:

monitoring a first parking area and generating a parking area status of the first parking area by a first parking area sensing camera;

monitoring a second parking area different from the first parking area and generating a parking area status of the second parking area by a second parking area sensing camera; and

displaying the parking area status of the second parking area on the first parking area sensing camera, wherein the parking area status of the second parking area is available to park;

wherein the first parking area sensing camera is connected to the second parking area sensing camera through an Ethernet connection, and the first parking area sensing camera is configured to receive the parking area status of the second parking area directly from the second parking area sensing camera;

wherein the first parking area sensing camera is mounted above and closer to the second parking area than to the first parking area, and the second parking area sensing camera is mounted above and closer to the first parking area than to the second parking area;

wherein the first parking area and the second parking area are separate from each other by a driving lane in a parking lot;

wherein the second parking area sensing camera is configured to receive the parking area status of the first parking area, and the second parking area sensing camera is configured to display the parking area status of the first parking area on an LED light; and

wherein the first parking area sensing camera is configured to display the parking area status of the second parking area on an LED light.

5. The method for sensing parking area according to claim 4, further comprising:

connecting both the first parking area sensing camera and the second parking area sensing camera to a central server.

6. The method for sensing parking area according to claim 5, further comprising:

transmitting the parking area status of the second parking area by the second parking area sensing camera to the central server; and

receiving the parking area status of the second parking area by the first parking area sensing camera from the central server.

7. A parking area sensing system, comprising:

a parking lot, including a first parking area and a second parking area;

a first parking area sensing camera configured to monitor a first parking area and generate a parking area status of the first parking area;

a second parking area sensing camera configured to monitor a second parking area different from the first parking area and generate a parking area status of the second parking area; and

wherein the first parking area sensing camera is configured to display the parking area status of the second parking area, wherein the parking area status of the second parking area is available to park;

the first parking area sensing camera is connected to the second parking area sensing camera through an Ethernet connection, and the first parking area sensing camera is configured to receive the parking area status of the second parking area directly from the second parking area sensing camera; and

wherein

the first parking area sensing camera is mounted above and closer to the second parking area than to the first parking area, and the second parking area sensing camera is mounted above and closer to the first parking area than to the second parking area; and

wherein

the first parking area and the second parking area are separate from each other by a driving lane in the parking lot; and

wherein

the second parking area sensing camera is configured to receive the parking area status of the first parking area, and the second parking area sensing camera is configured to display the parking area status of the first parking area on an LED light; and

wherein the first parking area sensing camera is configured to display the parking area status of the second parking area on an LED light.

8. The parking area sensing system according to claim 7, wherein both the first parking area sensing camera and the second parking area sensing camera are connected to a central server.

9. The parking area sensing system according to claim 8, wherein the second parking area sensing camera is configured to transmit the parking area status of the second parking area to the central server, and the first parking area sensing camera is configured to receive the parking area status of the second parking area from the central server.