Real-time indoor parking advisor

US10268899B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Keke Cai · Beijing, CN
• Xin Chang · Beijing, CN
• Yue Chen · Beijing, CN
• Zhong Su · Beijing, CN
• Guoyu Tang · Beijing, CN
• Enliang Xu · Beijing, CN
• Li Zhang · Beijing, CN
• Shiwan Zhao · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/146
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In an approach for determining an available parking space, a computer accesses a streaming video. The computer identifies a vehicle and a corresponding identification characteristic within the accessed streaming video. The computer retrieves historical data associated with the identified identification characteristic, wherein the historical data includes previous parking locations. The computer determines a preferred parking space within the retrieved historical data associated with the identified identification characteristic. The computer determines whether the identified preferred parking space is available based on a parking database.