METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION RELATING TO VACANT SPACES OF A PARKING LOT

• US 20150112586A1
• Filed: 10/22/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NS Solutions Corporation (Nippon Steel Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NS Solutions Corporation (Nippon Steel Corporation)
• Inventors: IHARA, Noboru, SASAO, Kazuhiro, YOKOYAMA, Masaru, SAKURAI, Arata
• Application Number:
  US14/521,259
• Publication Number:
  US 20150112586A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/428
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 2213/02 using satellite radio beacon positioning systems, e.g. the Global Positioning System GPS
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 43/18 preventing collision or grounding; reducing collision damage reducing pollution by collision B63B25/082
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 49/00 Arrangements of nautical instruments or navigational aids nautical measuring instruments G01C; radio navigation, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 13/008 measuring depth of open water
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/203 Specially adapted for sailing ships
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3407 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3685 the POI's being parking facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3889 Transmission of selected map data, e.g. depending on route
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/003 : Navigation within 3D models or images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 : Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/04 : using optical or ultrasonic detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/143 : inside the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 3/00 : Traffic control systems for marine craft marking of navigational route B63B22/16, B63B51/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 : using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/30 : Assessment of water resources

Abstract

A mobile terminal (200) obtains image data related to a product posted on a flier (300) by imaging and sends the image data related to the product to a shopping management server (100). Upon reception of the image data related to the product from the mobile terminal (200), the shopping management server (100) determines the product by analyzing the image data related to the product, obtains at least one of inventory information and sales information of the product, and sends at least one of the inventory information and the sales information of the product to the mobile terminal (200). The mobile terminal (200) combines computer-graphics image data indicating at least one of the inventory information and the sales information of the product sent from the shopping management server (100) with an image of the flier in real space and presents the combined image, thereby solving the problem.

Claims

1-31. -31. (canceled)

32. A system comprising an information processing apparatus and a car,

wherein the information processing apparatus comprises:

a vacant space information obtaining unit obtaining vacant space information of a parking lot;

a vehicle information obtaining unit obtaining a position and a direction of a car in the parking lot based on one or more images obtained by one or more imaging devices installed in the parking lot;

a vacant space determining unit determining one or more vacant spaces existing in a traveling direction of the car based on the obtained vacant space information, the obtained position and the direction of the car, and information related to position information of respective vacant spaces of a parking lot map stored in a storage device;

a route determining unit determining one or more routes from the car to a vacant space in the parking lot based on the determined one or more vacant spaces, the obtained position and the direction of the car, and the parking lot map and selecting one of the determined one or more routes based on searching at least a portion of the parking lot that corresponds to a user preferred and specified parking destination;

an image generating unit generating one or more virtual space images comprising one or more vacant space objects indicating the determined one or more vacant spaces and one or more guidance objects indicating the determined one or more routes and indicating a position of the vacant space; and

a transmitting unit transmitting the generated one or more virtual space images to the car, wherein the vacant space information obtaining unit, the vehicle information obtaining unit, the vacant space determining unit, the route determining unit, the image generating unit, and the transmitting unit of the information processing apparatus are configured to constantly process dynamically obtained information until the car enters the parking lot and is parked in parking space, and

wherein the car comprises;

a receiving unit receiving the transmitted one or more virtual space images from the information processing apparatus; and

a display control unit performing control to project the received one or more virtual space images on a display of the car, the projected one or more virtual space images being overlaid on a parking lot view from the display.

33. The information processing apparatus according to claim 32, wherein the vacant space determining unit determines the one or more vacant spaces existing in the traveling direction of the car based on route information of the parking lot map.

34. The information processing apparatus according to claim 32, wherein when plural vacant spaces existing in the traveling direction of the car are determined in the vacant space determining unit, the route determining unit determines a route from the car to the vacant space which is closest to the car out of the plural vacant spaces.

35. The information processing apparatus according to claim 32, further comprising a fixed object determining unit configured to determine one or more fixed objects in the parking lot existing in the traveling direction of the car based on the obtained position and the direction of the car and the parking lot map stored in the storage device,

wherein the image generating unit generates the virtual space image which further includes the determined one or more fixed objects indicating the fixed objects existing in the traveling direction of the car and indicating the position of the vacant space and a position of the determined one or more fixed objects.

36. The information processing apparatus according to claim 32, wherein when plural vacant spaces existing in the traveling direction of the car are determined in the vacant space determining unit, the image generating unit generates the virtual space image including the one or more vacant space objects which differ in shape or color corresponding to distances from the car to the plural vacant spaces.

37. The information processing apparatus according to claim 32, wherein the image generating unit generates, when a distance between the vacant space existing in the traveling direction of the car determined in the determining unit and the car is more than or equal to a predetermined distance, a virtual space image which includes a vacant space ratio object representing a ratio of vacant space in one of predetermined blocks dividing the parking lot and indicates a position of the one block, and generates, when the distance is less than the predetermined distance, a second virtual space image which includes a vacant space object representing the vacant space and indicates the position of the vacant space.

38. A vacant space guidance method in a system comprising an information processing apparatus and a car, the method comprising:

obtaining by the information processing apparatus vacant space information of a parking lot;

obtaining by the information processing apparatus a position and a direction of a car in the parking lot based on one or more images obtained by one or more imaging devices installed in the parking lot;

determining by the information processing apparatus one or more vacant spaces existing in a traveling direction of the car based on the obtained vacant space information, the obtained position and the direction of the car in the parking lot, and information related to position information of respective vacant spaces of a parking lot map stored in a storage device;

determining by the information processing apparatus one or more routes from the car to a vacant space in the parking lot based on the determined one or more vacant spaces, the obtained position and the direction of the car, and the parking lot map, and selecting one of the determined one or more routes based on searching at least a portion of the parking lot that corresponds to a user preferred and specified parking destination;

generating by the information processing apparatus one or more virtual space images comprising one or more vacant space objects indicating the determined one or more vacant spaces and one or more guidance objects indicating the determined one or more routes and indicating a position of the vacant space;

transmitting by the information processing apparatus the generated one or more virtual space images to the car;

receiving by the car the transmitted one or more virtual space images from the information processing apparatus; and

performing by the car control to project the received one or more virtual space images on a display of the car, the projected one or more virtual space images being overlaid on a parking lot view from the display,

wherein the vacant space guidance method is configured to constantly process dynamically obtained information until the car enters the parking lot and is parked in parking space.

39. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which are executable by a computer for processing information by performing steps comprising:

obtaining vacant space information of a parking lot;

obtaining a position and a direction of a car in the parking lot based on one or more images obtained by one or more imaging devices installed in the parking lot;

determining one or more vacant spaces existing in a traveling direction of the car based on the obtained vacant space information, the obtained position and the direction of the car, and information related to position information of respective vacant spaces of a parking lot map stored in a storage device;

determining one or more routes from the car to a vacant space in the parking lot based on the determined one or more vacant spaces, the obtained position and the direction of the car, and the parking lot map, and selecting one of the determined one or more routes based on searching at least a portion of the parking lot that corresponds to a user preferred and specified parking destination;

generating one or more virtual space images comprising one or more vacant space objects indicating the determined one or more vacant spaces and one or more guidance objects indicating the determined one or more routes and indicating a position of the vacant space; and

transmitting the generated one or more virtual space images to the car,

wherein the steps are configured to constantly process dynamically obtained information until the car enters the parking lot and is parked in parking space.