System and method for delivering parking information to motorists
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1. A server based method for automatically reporting vacant parking stalls comprising:
- a) accessing a plurality of digital images, each image associated with a portion of a parking facility and each image covering a plurality of parking stalls;
b) performing computerized image processing on each image to automatically detect vacant parking stalls of said plurality of parking stalls;
c) indexing a map database with information regarding said vacant parking stalls of each image to determine physical locations of vacant parking stalls of said parking facility;
d) reporting information regarding a portion of said vacant parking stalls of said parking facility; and
e) a motorist conveying native language information to said server and wherein said information of d) is reported in a language-specific format based on said native language of said motorist.
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Abstract
A system and method for delivering parking information is disclosed. Embodiments of the present claimed invention utilize video imaging to analyze the availability of parking spaces. More specifically, a computer is used to process video images of a parking location to determine if a parking space is available.
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19 Claims
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1. A server based method for automatically reporting vacant parking stalls comprising:
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a) accessing a plurality of digital images, each image associated with a portion of a parking facility and each image covering a plurality of parking stalls;
b) performing computerized image processing on each image to automatically detect vacant parking stalls of said plurality of parking stalls;
c) indexing a map database with information regarding said vacant parking stalls of each image to determine physical locations of vacant parking stalls of said parking facility;
d) reporting information regarding a portion of said vacant parking stalls of said parking facility; and
e) a motorist conveying native language information to said server and wherein said information of d) is reported in a language-specific format based on said native language of said motorist. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer system comprising a processor coupled to a bus and a memory coupled to a bus, said memory comprising instructions for executing a method for automatically reporting vacant parking stalls comprising:
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a) accessing a plurality of digital images, each image associated with a portion of a parking facility and each image covering a plurality of parking stalls;
b) performing computerized image processing on each image to automatically detect vacant parking stalls of said plurality of parking stalls;
c) indexing a map database with information regarding said vacant parking stalls of each image to determine physical locations of vacant parking stalls of said parking facility;
d) reporting information regarding a portion of said vacant parking stalls of said parking facility; and
e) on a remote computer system accessible to a motorist, displaying said information regarding a portion of said vacant parking stalls of said parking facility. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer system comprising a processor coupled to a bus and a memory coupled to a bus, said memory comprising instructions for executing a method for automatically reporting vacant parking stalls comprising:
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a) accessing a plurality of digital images, each image associated with a portion of a parking facility and each image covering a plurality of parking stalls;
b) performing computerized image processing on each image to automatically detect vacant parking stalls of said plurality of parking stalls;
c) indexing a map database with information regarding said vacant parking stalls of each image to determine physical locations of vacant parking stalls of said parking facility;
d) reporting information regarding a portion of said vacant parking stalls of said parking facility to a mobile computer system accessible to a motorist; and
e) conveying native language information of said motorist to said server and wherein said information of d) is reported in a language-specific format based on said native language of said motorist. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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