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PORTABLE OCCUPANCY DETECTION METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSOR-READABLE MEDIA

  • US 20150085129A1
  • Filed: 09/26/2013
  • Published: 03/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A street location parking prediction method, comprising:

  • identifying a first street location where real-time parking occupancy data is not available, the first street location including one or more parking spaces and at least one parking meter enabled to record financial transactions associated with parking on the first street location;

    enabling operation of a portable parking occupancy detection unit at the first street location and, for a period of time, recording video of the one or more parking spaces at the first street location to identify its parking occupancy data;

    identifying a second street location where real-time parking occupancy data is not available, the second street location including one or more parking spaces and at least one parking meter enabled to record financial transactions associated with parking on the first street location;

    enabling operation of a portable parking occupancy detection unit at the second street location and, for a period of time, recording video of the one or more parking spaces at the second street location to identify its parking occupancy data;

    obtaining parking meter transaction data corresponding to each parking meter at the first and second street locations;

    correlating the parking occupancy data and the parking meter transaction data for each respective street location; and

    in response to a request for parking occupancy information for at least one of the first street location and the second street location, providing an indication of at least one of a parking space status and a parking violation status.

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