Method for providing parking information on free parking spaces
First Claim
1. A method for providing parking information regarding free parking spaces within at least a single city block, the method comprising the acts of:
- receiving current information regarding available, free parking spaces, wherein a knowledge database with historical data is generated from the information, wherein the historical data respectively comprise statistical data regarding free parking spaces for specified city blocks and/or specified times or periods of time;
fusing the historical data and the current information at a first given point-in-time for at least one selected city block to form fused data,updating, independently from said fusing, the historical data in the knowledge database with said current information;
determining a probability distribution of the free parking spaces to be expected for the at least one selected city block based on the fused data; and
generating a visualization of the probability distribution that represents the parking information regarding free parking spaces in the at least one selected city block.
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Abstract
A method is provided for providing parking information regarding free parking spaces within at least one city block. The method provides for detecting information regarding available, free parking spaces, wherein a knowledge database with historical data is generated from the detected information. The historical data for specified city blocks and/or specified times or periods of time respectively comprise statistical data regarding free parking spaces. From the historical data and current information that are detected by vehicles in traffic for a first given point in time for a single or a plurality of selected city blocks, a probability distribution of free parking spaces to be expected for the single or the plurality of city blocks is determined. A visualization of the probability distribution is generated that represents the parking information regarding free parking spaces within the single or the plurality of city blocks.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for providing parking information regarding free parking spaces within at least a single city block, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving current information regarding available, free parking spaces, wherein a knowledge database with historical data is generated from the information, wherein the historical data respectively comprise statistical data regarding free parking spaces for specified city blocks and/or specified times or periods of time; fusing the historical data and the current information at a first given point-in-time for at least one selected city block to form fused data, updating, independently from said fusing, the historical data in the knowledge database with said current information; determining a probability distribution of the free parking spaces to be expected for the at least one selected city block based on the fused data; and generating a visualization of the probability distribution that represents the parking information regarding free parking spaces in the at least one selected city block. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for providing parking information regarding free parking spaces within at least one city block, comprising:
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an information detecting unit configured to detect current information regarding available, free parking spaces so as to generate a knowledge database with historical data based on said detected information, wherein the historical data comprise respective statistical data regarding free parking spaces for specified city blocks and/or specified times or time periods; a probability distribution determining unit configured to (i) fuse the historical data and current information that are available at a first given point-in-time for at least one selected city block received from vehicles that are in traffic to form fused data, (ii) update, independently from the fused data, the historical data with said current information, and (iii) determine a probability distribution of free parking spaces to be expected for the at least one selected city block based on the fused data; and a visualization generating unit configured to generate a visualization of the probability distribution that represents the parking information regarding free parking spaces within the at least one selected city block. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method for providing parking information regarding free parking spaces within at least a single city block, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving current information regarding available, free parking spaces, wherein a knowledge database with historical data is generated from the information, wherein the historical data respectively comprise statistical data regarding free parking spaces for specified city blocks and/or specified times or periods of time; fusing the historical data and the current information at a first given point-in-time for at least one selected city block to form fused data, updating, independently from said fusing, the historical data with said current information; determining a probability distribution of the free parking spaces to be expected for the at least one selected city block based on the fused data; and generating a visualization of the probability distribution that represents the parking information regarding free parking spaces in the at least one selected city block, wherein the current information comprises information regarding maneuvering actions by a vehicle for entering a parking space and/or maneuvering actions by a vehicle for exiting a parking space, wherein a rate of maneuvering for exiting a parking space is determined based on holding times between maneuvering for entering a parking space and maneuvering for exiting a parking space. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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