Mobile on-street parking occupancy detection
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1. A method for parking occupancy detection comprising:
- collecting video of a blockface with at least one video recording module;
identifying a number of possible parking spaces along said blockface in said collected video;
defining a region of interest for each of said possible parking spaces;
detecting a time dependent occupancy of said defined regions of interest for each of said possible parking spaces; and
reporting said time dependent occupancy;
wherein defining a region of interest for each of said possible parking spaces further comprises;
introducing a line path in a street, parallel to a traffic flow and a selected distance from a curb, wherein said fine path avoids parked vehicles and wherein said possible parking spaces are all occupied in said video frame;
introducing a Sine path outside of said street, parallel to said traffic flow and a selected distance from said curd, wherein said line path avoids parked vehicles and wherein said possible parking spaces are all occupied in said video frame;
introducing a Sine path along said curb in a video frame wherein said possible parking spaces are substantially unoccupied in said video frame; and
introducing a dividing line between each of said possible parking spaces.
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A method, system, and apparatus for parking occupancy detection comprises collecting video of a blockface with at least one video recording module, identifying a number of possible parking spaces along the blockface in the collected video, defining, a region of interest for each of the possible parking spaces, detecting a time dependent occupancy of the defined regions of interest for each of the possible parking spaces, and reporting the time dependent occupancy. Drift correction of the recorded video and ground truth comparisons of occupancy determinations may be provided.
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1. A method for parking occupancy detection comprising:
- collecting video of a blockface with at least one video recording module;
identifying a number of possible parking spaces along said blockface in said collected video;
defining a region of interest for each of said possible parking spaces;
detecting a time dependent occupancy of said defined regions of interest for each of said possible parking spaces; and
reporting said time dependent occupancy;
wherein defining a region of interest for each of said possible parking spaces further comprises;
introducing a line path in a street, parallel to a traffic flow and a selected distance from a curb, wherein said fine path avoids parked vehicles and wherein said possible parking spaces are all occupied in said video frame;
introducing a Sine path outside of said street, parallel to said traffic flow and a selected distance from said curd, wherein said line path avoids parked vehicles and wherein said possible parking spaces are all occupied in said video frame;
introducing a Sine path along said curb in a video frame wherein said possible parking spaces are substantially unoccupied in said video frame; and
introducing a dividing line between each of said possible parking spaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- collecting video of a blockface with at least one video recording module;
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9. A system for parking occupancy detection comprising:
- a video recording module configured to collect image data of a blockface;
a processor; and
a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said processor, said computer code comprising non-transitory instruction media executable by said processor configured for;
identifying a number of possible parking spaces along said blockface in said collected video;
defining a region of interest for each of said possible parking spaces;
detecting a time dependent occupancy of said defined regions of interest for each of said possible parking spaces; and
reporting said time dependent occupancy;
wherein defining a region of interest for each of said possible parking spaces further comprises;
introducing a line path in a street, parallel to a traffic flow and a selected distance from a curb, wherein said line path avoids parked vehicles and wherein said possible parking spaces are all occupied in said video frame;
introducing a line path outside of said street, parallel to said traffic flow and a selected distance from said curd, wherein said line path avoids parked vehicles and wherein said possible parking spaces are all occupied in said video frame;
introducing a Sine path along said curb in a video frame wherein said possible parking spaces are substantially unoccupied in said video frame; and
introducing a dividing line between each of said possible parking spaces. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- a video recording module configured to collect image data of a blockface;
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16. A method for parking occupancy detection comprising:
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identifying an optimal location for at least one video recording module; configuring said at least one video recording module in said optimal location; adjusting said at least one video recording module to optimally observe said blockface; indexing said possible parking spaces along said blockface; collecting video of a blockface with at least one video recording module; identifying a number of possible parking spaces along said blockface in said collected video; defining a region of interest for each of said possible parking spaces wherein defining a region of interest further comprises; introducing a line path in a street, parallel to a traffic flow and a selected distance from a curb, wherein said line path avoids parked vehicles and wherein said possible parking spaces are all occupied in said video frame; introducing a line path outside of said street, parallel to said traffic flow and a selected distance from said curb, wherein said line path avoids parked vehicles and wherein said possible parking spaces are all occupied in said video frame; introducing a line path along said curb in a video frame wherein said possible parking spaces are substantially unoccupied in said video frame; and introducing a dividing line between each of said possible parking spaces; detecting a time dependent occupancy of said defined regions of interest for each of said possible parking spaces; performing a ground truth detection in order to collect a true occupancy of said possible parking spaces; merging the time dependent occupancies from the multiple cameras observing each blockface; and reporting said time dependent occupancy. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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