Method for Displaying Parking Spaces
First Claim
1. A method for displaying free parking space areas on a display unit, in which at least one camera delivers image indications of parking space areas, whereingeographic coordinates of a parking space zone located in a visual range of the at least one camera are stored in a recognition unit;
- the recognition unit associates a respective occupation status with parking space areas disposed within the parking space zone in dependence on the image indications, said occupation status marking whether a respective parking space area is free or occupied;
the recognition unit provides the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space areas with the associated geographic coordinates to a transmission unit; and
the transmission unit transmits the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space areas with the associated geographic coordinates to the display unit; and
the display unit of a user has an input via which a desired parking space area can be selected, whereupon a selection code associated with the selected parking space area is transmitted to a server, whereupon in turn a parking space area reserved in this manner is no longer displayed as free on the display units of other users.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for displaying free and preferably also occupied parking space regions on a display device, wherein at least one camera supplies image indications of parking space regions. The geographic coordinates of a car park area located in the visual range of the camera are stored in a recognition unit. On the basis of the image indications, the recognition unit assigns each of the parking space regions inside the car park area a respective occupation status that indicates whether a respective parking space region is free or occupied. The recognition unit calculates the dimensions of a free parking space region at least in the longitudinal direction thereof (“size value”) from the supplied image indications. The recognition unit provides the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space regions along with the associated geographical coordinates to a transmission unit, and the transmission unit transmits the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space regions along with the associated geographic coordinates and the associated calculated size values to the display device. The invention further relates to a system comprising at least a camera, a recognition unit, a transmission unit and a display device, as well as to a data carrier having a computer program that can be executed on a recognition unit according to the invention. Finally the invention further relates to a recognition unit that can be used in accordance with the invention.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for displaying free parking space areas on a display unit, in which at least one camera delivers image indications of parking space areas, wherein
geographic coordinates of a parking space zone located in a visual range of the at least one camera are stored in a recognition unit; -
the recognition unit associates a respective occupation status with parking space areas disposed within the parking space zone in dependence on the image indications, said occupation status marking whether a respective parking space area is free or occupied; the recognition unit provides the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space areas with the associated geographic coordinates to a transmission unit; and the transmission unit transmits the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space areas with the associated geographic coordinates to the display unit; and the display unit of a user has an input via which a desired parking space area can be selected, whereupon a selection code associated with the selected parking space area is transmitted to a server, whereupon in turn a parking space area reserved in this manner is no longer displayed as free on the display units of other users. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for displaying free parking space areas on a display unit, in which at least one camera delivers image indications of parking space areas, wherein
geographic coordinates of a parking space zone located in a visual range of the at least one camera are stored in a recognition unit; -
the recognition unit associates a respective occupation status with parking space areas disposed within the parking space zone in dependence on the image indications, said occupation status marking whether a respective parking space area is free or occupied; the recognition unit provides the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space areas with the associated geographic coordinates to a transmission unit; and the transmission unit transmits the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space areas with the associated geographic coordinates to the display unit; a current location of a user X and an identification code of this user X are transmitted to a server; the server triggers a display of only that free parking space area on the display unit of user X which is closest to the location of user X or which can be reached the fastest for user X while taking account of the current traffic situation known to the server; the server associates the status “
only display to user X”
with this free parking space area; andthe server instigates a masking out of this free parking space area on the display units of other users Yn. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system of at least one camera, of a recognition unit, of a transmission unit, and of a display unit, wherein the system is configured to carry out a method for displaying free parking space areas on a display unit, in which at least one camera delivers image indications of parking space areas, wherein
geographic coordinates of a parking space zone located in a visual range of the at least one camera are stored in a recognition unit; -
the recognition unit associates a respective occupation status with parking space areas disposed within the parking space zone in dependence on the image indications, said occupation status marking whether a respective parking space area is free or occupied; the recognition unit provides the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space areas with the associated geographic coordinates to a transmission unit; and the transmission unit transmits the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space areas with the associated geographic coordinates to the display unit; in which method either the display unit of a user has an input via which a desired parking space area can be selected, whereupon a selection code associated with the selected desired parking space area is transmitted to a server, whereupon in turn a parking space area reserved in this manner is no longer displayed as free on display units of other users, wherein a reservation status of the reserved parking space area is cancelled if the reserved parking space area has not been occupied within a predefined time duration after generation of the reservation status;
ora current location of a user X and an identification code of this user X are transmitted to a server; the server triggers a display of only that free parking space area on the display unit of user X which is closest to the location of user X or which can be reached the fastest for user X while taking account of the current traffic situation known to the server; the server associates the status “
only display to user X”
with this free parking space area; andthe server instigates a masking out of this free parking space area on the display units of other users Yn.
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28. A data carrier with a computer program which executes the steps in accordance with a method for displaying free parking space areas on a display unit, in which at least one camera delivers image indications of parking space areas, wherein
geographic coordinates of a parking space zone located in a visual range of the at least one camera are stored in a recognition unit; -
the recognition unit associates a respective occupation status with parking space areas disposed within the parking space zone in dependence on the image indications, said occupation status marking whether a respective parking space area is free or occupied; the recognition unit provides the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space areas with the associated geographic coordinates to a transmission unit; and the transmission unit transmits the respective occupation status of at least the free parking space areas with the associated geographic coordinates to the display unit; in which method either the display unit of a user has an input via which a desired parking space area can be selected, whereupon a selection code associated with the selected desired parking space area is transmitted to a server, whereupon in turn a parking space area reserved in this manner is no longer displayed as free on display units of other users;
ora current location of a user X and an identification code of this user X are transmitted to a server; the server triggers a display of only that free parking space area on the display unit of user X which is closest to the location of user X or which can be reached the fastest for user X while taking account of the current traffic situation known to the server; the server associates the status “
only display to user X”
with this free parking space area; andthe server instigates a masking out of this free parking space area on the display units of other users Yn; on execution on a computer.
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