Vehicle detection systems and methods of operation thereof

• US 10,438,488 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2017
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pied Parker Inc.
• Original Assignee: Pied Parker Inc.
• Inventors: Rosas-Maxemin, Gianni, Sandoval, Francisco B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patton, Spencer D
• Application Number:
  US15/669,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20170337817A1
• Time in Patent Office: 795 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0284 Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/144 on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/146 where the parking area is a limited parking space, e.g. parking garage, restricted space
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/148 Management of a network of parking areas
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/149 coupled to means for restricting the access to the parking space, e.g. authorization, access barriers, indicative lights

Abstract

A parking management system and methods of operation are disclosed. In one variation, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving positional data concerning a listing location from a listing client device; establishing a radius boundary based on the positional data; filtering one or more databases using the radius boundary to determine an amount of parking spaces listed and the amount of parking spaces reserved within a preset time period; calculating a location-specific transaction rate using the amount of parking spaces listed, the amount of parking spaces reserved, and the preset time period; determining a recommended listing price based on the location-specific transaction rate; and transmitting the recommended listing price to the listing client device.

Claims

1. A hardware-based parking system comprising:

one or more hardware parking sensors;

memory; and

a plurality of instructions, wherein the plurality of instructions are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by one or more processors, the plurality of instructions comprising;

receiving a first parking location search request from a first user device, the first parking location search request including location data of the first user device and first search request parameters;

determining a location of the first user device based on the location data of the first user device;

detecting (A) a plurality of parking location search requests, other than the first parking location search request, associated with a first geographical region;

identifying, based on the detecting (A), the first geographical region as a region of interest;

identifying a causal point-of-interest (POI) based on a transaction rate associated with a plurality of parking listing locations located within the first geographical region;

determining (B) the first user device is en route to the causal POI;

responsive to determining (B), transmitting instructions to the first user device causing the first user device to be directed to a first parking listing location.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first search request parameters includes one or more of the group consisting of a type of listing location, an availability time, a listing price, and a spot proximity to an event location.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first user device is a control unit of a self-driving vehicle.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions further comprise transmitting a notification including an expiration time associated with a reservation period to the first user device.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions further comprise calculating a penalty multiplier in response to use time of the first parking listing location exceeding a reservation period made by the first user device.