Parking Management Systems and Methods for Indicating Occupied and Unoccupied Parking Spaces
First Claim
1. A parking management system comprising:
- a light detector, wherein the light detector comprises a solar light detector;
a reflector positioned within a parking space and aligned to direct received light to the light detector; and
a processor receiving a signal from the light detector, the signal being indicative of an amount of light detected by the light detector, and the processor causing a parking space indicator to indicate that the parking space is unoccupied based on the amount of light detected by the light detector being greater than a threshold and causing the parking space indicator to indicate that the parking space is occupied based on the amount of light detected by the light detector being less than the threshold.
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Abstract
A parking management system is described that includes a light detector, a reflector positioned within a parking space and aligned to direct received light to the light detector, and a processor receiving a signal from the light detector that indicates an amount of light detected by the light detector. The processor causes a parking space indicator to indicate that the parking space is unoccupied based on the amount of light detected by the light detector being greater than a threshold, and causes the parking space indicator to indicate that the parking space is occupied based on the amount of light detected by the light detector being less than the threshold.
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20 Claims
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1. A parking management system comprising:
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a light detector, wherein the light detector comprises a solar light detector; a reflector positioned within a parking space and aligned to direct received light to the light detector; and a processor receiving a signal from the light detector, the signal being indicative of an amount of light detected by the light detector, and the processor causing a parking space indicator to indicate that the parking space is unoccupied based on the amount of light detected by the light detector being greater than a threshold and causing the parking space indicator to indicate that the parking space is occupied based on the amount of light detected by the light detector being less than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A parking management system comprising:
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a plurality of light detectors, and each light detector being associated with a respective parking space of a plurality of parking spaces, wherein the plurality of light detectors comprise solar light detectors; a plurality of reflectors, and each reflector positioned within a respective parking space of the plurality of parking spaces and aligned to direct received light to a respective light detector of the plurality of light detectors that is associated with the respective parking space; and a plurality of processors, and each processor receiving a signal from a respective light detector, the signal being indicative of an amount of light detected by the respective light detector, and each processor causing a parking space indicator associated with a respective parking space to indicate that the respective parking space is unoccupied based on the amount of light detected by the respective light detector associated with the respective parking space being greater than a threshold and causing the respective parking space indicator to indicate that the respective parking space is occupied based on the amount of light detected by the respective light detector associated with the respective parking space being less than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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receiving a signal from a light detector associated with a parking space, the signal being indicative of an amount of light detected by the light detector including any light directed to the light detector by a reflector positioned within the parking space, wherein the light detector comprises a solar light detector; causing a parking space indicator to indicate that the parking space is unoccupied based on the amount of light detected by the light detector being greater than a threshold; and causing the parking space indicator to indicate that the parking space is occupied based on the amount of light detected by the light detector being less than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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