On-street parking management methods and systems for identifying a vehicle via a camera and mobile communications devices

• US 9,323,993 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2013
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLC (Conduent, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Wang, Yao Rong, Cummins, David, Darst, Matthew, Furst, Michael, Chanawangsa, Panya, Fan, Zhigang
• Primary Examiner(s): Liew, Alex
• Application Number:
  US14/018,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20150063646A1
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 382103-105
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/586 of parking space

Abstract

Methods, systems and processor-readable media for identifying a vehicle for street parking management. An initial identification of one or more vehicles detected parked along a street can be generated based on one or more of a group of factors. The initial identification can be communicated to a user of the vehicle by transmitting an image indicative of the vehicle parked along the street (e.g., via a mobile communications device). An operation can then be implemented for requesting a confirmation or a non-confirmation as to whether the vehicle detected and displayed on the image is associated with the user. Upon confirmation, an operation can be implemented for identifying the at least one vehicle as the initial identification. Upon non-confirmation, an operation can be implemented to query to identify the vehicle associated with the user from among a group of vehicles displayed via the image.

Claims

1. A method for identifying a vehicle for street parking management, said method comprising:

generating an initial identification of at least one vehicle detected parked along a street based on at least one of a plurality of factors;

communicating said initial identification to a user of said at least one vehicle by transmitting and displaying an image indicative of said at least one vehicle parked along said street;

requesting a confirmation or a non-confirmation as to whether said at least one vehicle detected and displayed on said image is associated with said user;

upon said confirmation, identifying said at least one vehicle as said initial identification; and

upon said non-confirmation, querying to identify said at least one vehicle associated with said user from among a plurality of vehicles displayed via said image.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising detecting said at least one vehicle parked along said street via a camera.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said plurality factors includes at least one of the following:

a time stamp, a vehicle color, a vehicle size, and a vehicle shape.

4. The method of claim 1 transmitting said image to said user via a wireless communications device.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein said plurality of factors further comprises a GPS location.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein said wireless communications device comprises an on-board wireless communications device associated with said at least one vehicle detected parked along said street.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said image displays a bounding box of said at least vehicle detected parked along said street.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said confirmation from said user comprises user inputs via a graphical user interface.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said user inputs include clicking a graphically displayed yes button or no button, a graphically displayed bounding box of said at least one vehicle on said image, and said at least one vehicle displayed on said image.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one vehicle associated with said user is pre-registered.

11. A system for identifying a vehicle for street parking management, said system comprising:

a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer-usable medium capable of communicating with the processor, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for;

generating an initial identification of at least one vehicle detected parked along a street based on at least one of a plurality of factors;

communicating said initial identification to a user of said at least one vehicle by transmitting and displaying an image indicative of said at least one vehicle parked along said street;

requesting a confirmation or a non-confirmation as to whether said at least one vehicle detected and displayed on said image is associated with said user;

upon said confirmation, identifying said at least one vehicle as said initial identification; and

upon said non-confirmation, querying to identify said at least one vehicle associated with said user from among a plurality of vehicles displayed via said image.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein said instructions are further configured for detecting said at least one vehicle parked along said street via a camera.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said plurality of factors includes at least one of the following:

a time stamp, a vehicle color, a vehicle size, and a vehicle shape.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein said instructions are further configured for transmitting said image to said user via a wireless communications device.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein said plurality of factors further comprises a GPS location.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said image displays a bounding box of said at least one vehicle detected parked along said street and wherein said confirmation from said user comprises user inputs via a graphical user interface.

17. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a process for identifying a vehicle for street parking management, said code comprising code to:

generate an initial identification of at least one vehicle detected parked along a street based on at least one of a plurality of factors;

communicate said initial identification to a user of said at least one vehicle by transmitting and displaying an image indicative of said at least one vehicle parked along said street;

request a confirmation or a non-confirmation as to whether said at least one vehicle detected and displayed on said image is associated with said user;

upon said confirmation, identify said at least one vehicle as said initial identification; and

upon said non-confirmation, query to identify said at least one vehicle associated with said user from among a plurality of vehicles displayed via said image.

18. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 17 wherein said code further comprises code to detect said at least one vehicle parked along said street via a camera.

19. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 17 wherein said plurality of factors includes at least one of the following:

a time stamp, a vehicle color, a vehicle size, and a vehicle shape.

20. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 19 wherein said code further comprises code to transmit said image to said user via a wireless communications device and wherein said plurality of factors further includes a GPS location.