PARKING SPACE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH UNMANNED PAIRED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV)
First Claim
1. A method for parking space control, comprising the steps of:
- a) flying a drone at regular intervals along a predefined path that covers an area of a parking lot;
b) scanning and registering the parking lot;
c) using, by software, features detection techniques as a part of image analysis algorithms;
d) scanning and searching data from the parking lot for similarities within a given time period to form an analysis;
e) determining, by the analysis, two outcomes for a specific parking lot including one of a new vehicle is parked and an old vehicle is still located at a same parking lot;
f) registering new vehicles at the time of detection;
g) registering and checking longer parked vehicles'"'"' stay time for violation;
h) determining if there is a violation;
i) flagging and marking the vehicle on a smart phone or tablet for an officer to view, locate, and ticket, if the answer to step h is yes;
j) determining if the parking time exceeds that allowed in the area of the parking lot;
k) flagging ticket alerts on program and emailing to a supervisor for evaluation and printing, if answer to step j is yes;
l) determining if a vehicle can be exempt from the rules;
m) deciding, by the supervisor, to generate a ticket with a click of a button, if answer to step 1 is no;
n) creating, by the supervisor, the ticket;
o) walking to the vehicle in order to assign the ticket thereto; and
p) repeating cycle after one of an hour and as approved.
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Abstract
A method for parking space control including the steps of: a) flying a drone at regular intervals along a predefined path that covers an area of a parking lot; b) scanning and registering the parking lot; c) using, by software, features detection techniques as a part of image analysis algorithms; d) scanning and searching data from the parking lot for similarities within a given time period to form an analysis; e) determining, by the analysis, two outcomes for a specific parking lot including either a new vehicle is parked or an old vehicle is still located at the same parking lot; f) registering new vehicles at the time of detection; g) registering and checking longer parked vehicles'"'"' stay time for violation; h) determining if there is a violation; i) flagging and marking the vehicle(s) on a smart phone or tablet for an officer to view, locate, and ticket, if the answer to step h is yes; j) determining if the parking time exceeds the one allowed in the area of the parking lot; k) flagging ticket alerts on the program and emailing to the supervisor for evaluation and printing, if answer to step j is yes; l) determining if a vehicle can be exempt from the rules; m) deciding, by the supervisor, to generate a ticket with a click of a button, if answer to step 1 is no; n) creating, by the supervisor, the ticket; o) walking to the vehicle in order to assign the ticket thereto; and p) repeating cycle after an hour or as approved.
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49 Claims
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1. A method for parking space control, comprising the steps of:
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a) flying a drone at regular intervals along a predefined path that covers an area of a parking lot; b) scanning and registering the parking lot; c) using, by software, features detection techniques as a part of image analysis algorithms; d) scanning and searching data from the parking lot for similarities within a given time period to form an analysis; e) determining, by the analysis, two outcomes for a specific parking lot including one of a new vehicle is parked and an old vehicle is still located at a same parking lot; f) registering new vehicles at the time of detection; g) registering and checking longer parked vehicles'"'"' stay time for violation; h) determining if there is a violation; i) flagging and marking the vehicle on a smart phone or tablet for an officer to view, locate, and ticket, if the answer to step h is yes; j) determining if the parking time exceeds that allowed in the area of the parking lot; k) flagging ticket alerts on program and emailing to a supervisor for evaluation and printing, if answer to step j is yes; l) determining if a vehicle can be exempt from the rules; m) deciding, by the supervisor, to generate a ticket with a click of a button, if answer to step 1 is no; n) creating, by the supervisor, the ticket; o) walking to the vehicle in order to assign the ticket thereto; and p) repeating cycle after one of an hour and as approved. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for controlling a parking lot, comprising the steps of:
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a) inputting data; b) image detecting analyzing with feature detection, key point detector, and descriptor extractor algorithm; c) extracting key points; d) decision analyzing; and e) defining results and channeling analysis towards an application in parking areas'"'"' surveillance methodologies. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for controlling a parking lot, comprising:
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a) a managing device; b) an image capture device; c) a storage device; and d) a user device; wherein said user device is linkable together by network communication links. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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