PARKING AVAILABILITY DETECTION WITH HUMAN SENSING
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1. A system comprising:
- a parking payment station comprising a user interface wherein the user interface comprises a parking occupancy input that accepts a reported occupancy from a person, and wherein the parking payment station indicates at least one parking rate;
a violation module that detects a parking violation;
a violation indicator that indicates the parking violation;
a payment module that accepts payment and determines when the next parking violation will occur for a particular parking spot; and
a pricing module that determines the at least one parking rate.
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Abstract
Providing means for people to input their observations can reduce the need for sensor deployments because humans have excellent sensing abilities. One thing people tend to observe carefully is parking availability. Parking meters and pay stations can request people to enter their observations of parking availability and other environmental factors. The observations, being numerical in nature, can be processed to determine reasonable parking fees, likelihood of violators in an area, and the statistical, observed, or estimated dispersion of available parking with a geographic region.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a parking payment station comprising a user interface wherein the user interface comprises a parking occupancy input that accepts a reported occupancy from a person, and wherein the parking payment station indicates at least one parking rate; a violation module that detects a parking violation; a violation indicator that indicates the parking violation; a payment module that accepts payment and determines when the next parking violation will occur for a particular parking spot; and a pricing module that determines the at least one parking rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a plurality of parking payment stations connected to a communications network wherein the parking payment stations each comprise a user interface comprising a parking occupancy input that accepts a reported occupancy from a person, wherein the parking payment stations each are associated with a geographic location, and wherein the parking payment stations indicate at least one parking rate; a violation module that indicates a parking violation; a violation indicator that indicates the parking violation; a payment module that accepts payment and determines when the next parking violation will occur for a particular parking spot; and a pricing module that determines the at least one parking rate. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a server connected to a communications network; a plurality of parking payment stations connected to a communications network wherein the parking payment stations comprise a plurality of user interfaces comprising a parking occupancy input field that accept a plurality of reported occupancies from people, wherein the parking payment stations are associated with a plurality of geographic locations, and wherein the parking payment stations indicate at least one parking rate; a violation module that indicates a parking violation; a violation indicator that indicates the parking violation; a payment module that accepts payment and determines when the next parking violation will occur for a particular parking spot; and a pricing module that determines the at least one parking rate. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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