PARKED VEHICLE LOCATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. Parked vehicle location system, wherein it comprises:
- guiding means distributed in the parking lot to allow the displacement of at least one license plate capturing device along the driving lanes of the parking lot so as to capture the license plates of the vehicles parked in the parking spaces of the parking lot;
a plurality of positioning means distributed along the guiding means to allow at least one license plate capturing device circulating along the guiding means to know its position inside the parking lot;
at least one license plate capturing device comprising;
traction means set up for moving the license plate capturing device along at least one section of the guiding means;
image capturing means set up for obtaining the image of the license plate of vehicles parked in the parking spaces of the parking lot through which the license plate capturing device closely circulates;
means for reading the positioning means, through which the license plate capturing device determines its position;
data transmission means, through which the license plate capturing device sends information related to the license plates captured and the position where each license plate was captured to a control unit; and
a control unit, having data reception means through which it receives the information sent by the data transmission means of the license plate capturing device, and data processing means set up for obtaining from the information received the license plates of the vehicles parked at the parking lot and the parking space associated to each license plate.
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Abstract
The parked vehicle location system, comprising guiding means (2) distributed in the parking lot; positioning means (4) distributed along the guiding means (2); at least one license plate capturing device (3), comprising traction means for travelling along at least one section (2′,2″) of the guiding means (2); image capturing means (40) for obtaining the license plate of vehicles parked in the parking lot; means for reading (37) the positioning means (4), to determine its position; data transmission means (38) for sending information related to the license plates captured and the position where each license plate was captured to a control unit (5); the control unit (5) with data processing means (52) for obtaining from the information received the license plates of the vehicles parked in the parking lot and the parking space associated with each license plate.
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14 Claims
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1. Parked vehicle location system, wherein it comprises:
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guiding means distributed in the parking lot to allow the displacement of at least one license plate capturing device along the driving lanes of the parking lot so as to capture the license plates of the vehicles parked in the parking spaces of the parking lot; a plurality of positioning means distributed along the guiding means to allow at least one license plate capturing device circulating along the guiding means to know its position inside the parking lot; at least one license plate capturing device comprising; traction means set up for moving the license plate capturing device along at least one section of the guiding means; image capturing means set up for obtaining the image of the license plate of vehicles parked in the parking spaces of the parking lot through which the license plate capturing device closely circulates; means for reading the positioning means, through which the license plate capturing device determines its position; data transmission means, through which the license plate capturing device sends information related to the license plates captured and the position where each license plate was captured to a control unit; and a control unit, having data reception means through which it receives the information sent by the data transmission means of the license plate capturing device, and data processing means set up for obtaining from the information received the license plates of the vehicles parked at the parking lot and the parking space associated to each license plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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