VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF

• US 20170083025A1
• Filed: 12/01/2016
• Published: 03/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pied Parker Inc.
• Original Assignee: Pied Parker Inc.
• Inventors: ROSAS-MAXEMIN, GIANNI, Strickland, Alston, Sandoval, III, Francisco B.
• Granted Patent: US 9,761,140 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0284 Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/144 on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/146 where the parking area is a limited parking space, e.g. parking garage, restricted space
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/148 Management of a network of parking areas
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/149 coupled to means for restricting the access to the parking space, e.g. authorization, access barriers, indicative lights

Abstract

A parking management system and methods of operation are disclosed. In one variation, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving positional data concerning a listing location from a listing client device; establishing a radius boundary based on the positional data; filtering one or more databases using the radius boundary to determine an amount of parking spaces listed and the amount of parking spaces reserved within a preset time period; calculating a location-specific transaction rate using the amount of parking spaces listed, the amount of parking spaces reserved, and the preset time period; determining a recommended listing price based on the location-specific transaction rate; and transmitting the recommended listing price to the listing client device.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to execute instructions to perform operations comprising;

obtaining, from a plurality of object detection sensors, status data sets associated with a plurality of geographical locations, the status data sets being automatically generated by the plurality of object detection sensors based on one or more determinations that an object optically or acoustically obstructs one or more object detection sensors;

determining, based on the status data sets, occupancy statuses of the plurality of geographical locations;

identifying a physical location of a user device based on location data provided by the user device;

automatically selecting a geographical location, from the plurality of geographical locations, based on the physical location of the user device; and

generating instruction data descriptive of one or more driving directions to the geographical location.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining that the status data sets correspond to the plurality of geographical locations based on location data sets generated by GPS components associated with the plurality of object detection sensors.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining an occupancy status change of a geographical location using a first object detection sensor associated with the geographical location; and

requesting an updated status data set from the first object detection sensor, responsive to determining the occupancy status change.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining location data sets from a plurality of user devices associated with a group of user devices; and

determining, based on the location data sets, that the group of user devices are travelling to a destination within a predefined proximity to the plurality of geographical locations.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying a radius boundary based on the location data sets from the plurality of user devices;

selecting, based on the radius boundary, geographic locations from the plurality of geographic locations within the radius boundary;

generating instruction data descriptive of one or more driving directions to one or more of the plurality of geographical locations; and

transmitting the instruction data descriptive of the one or more driving directions to one or more user devices of the group of user devices.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting requests to second user devices to promote second users to list one or more second geographical locations as available for occupation.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from a first user device, a departure notification from a first parking location;

determining, by a first parking sensor, an occupancy status of the first parking location; and

updating in one or more databases coupled to the one or more processors an amount of available parking spaces.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device includes a self-driving vehicle and the operations further comprise causing the self-driving vehicle to proceed to the geographical location using the instruction data.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of object detection sensors includes one of an Infra-Red (IR) light transceiver, an IR distance sensor, an ultrasonic detector, and an imaging sensor.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise activating one or more cameras associated with a geographical location to capture one or more images of the geographical location.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise automatically identifying a geographical location as available for occupation based on data collected by a first object detection sensor associated with the geographical location.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of object detection sensors includes a proximity detector, one or more sensor processors, a sensor communication interface, and a portable power supply.

13. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

receiving, on a network interface device, a search request including positional data of a first user device and search request parameters;

filtering, using one or more processors, in response to the search request, one or more databases to determine parking spaces within a reservation region that match the search request parameters, the reservation region being based on the positional data;

in response to determining parking spaces within the reservation region that match the search request parameters, automatically selecting a first parking space of the determined parking spaces based on proximity of the first parking space, a determined occupancy status of the first parking space, and dimensions of the first parking space; and

transmitting instructions to the first user device directing the first user device to the first parking space.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the determined occupancy status of the first parking space is determined by querying a parking sensor in a vicinity of the first parking space.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising capturing, by a camera unit of the parking sensor, one or more images of a parking space area of the first parking space.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein querying a parking sensor is performed in response to receiving a status update from a booking client device.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising providing a notification to listing users in response to determined parking spaces within the reservation region being below a first threshold.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising providing a notification to listing users in response to determined parking spaces within the reservation region being below a first threshold.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising determining a transaction rate using an amount of the determined parking spaces, an amount of parking spaces reserved, and the search request parameters, including a time period, the reservation region, and a parking space type.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method, comprising:

determining a causal point of interest (POI) based on requests from a plurality of user devices exceeding a first threshold;

receiving, on a network interface device, route information from a first user device including destination coordinates;

determining the destination coordinates are within the causal POI;

transmitting a request to the first user device to transmit a search request;

receiving the search request including positional data of a first user device and search request parameters;

automatically selecting a first parking space within a radius boundary of the causal POI based on the search request parameters; and

transmitting instructions causing the first user device to be directed to the first user device to the first parking space.