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Method and system for detecting a free area inside a parking lot

US10776632B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Lehn · Ludwigsburg, DE
Stefan Nordbruch · Kornwestheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 12, 2018
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 26, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N13/239
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For detecting a free area located inside a parking lot using at least one video camera, in particular a stereo-video camera, which is fixedly installed inside the parking lot, the visual range of the video camera including a section of the floor of the parking lot, a method includes: recording a camera image and/or an image sequence of camera images of at least a section of the floor of the parking lot using the video camera; comparing the camera images to a reference in order to identify a change in the section of the floor of the parking lot; and detecting a free area if no change is identified.

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