Method and system for managing a parking lot based on intelligent imaging

US9594956B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PARK ASSIST LLC. · US

Inventors

• Daniel Cohen · Brooklyn, US
• Richard M. Joffe · Palisades Park, US
• Bob Caspe · Sherborn, US
• Aaron Isaksen · Brooklyn, US
• Ilan Goodman · New York, US
• Ian Yamey · New York, US
• Michael Klevansky · New York, US
• Andrew Crawford · San Francisco, US
• Konstantyn Prokopenko · Brooklyn, US
• Steven Paul Hartman · Round Rock, US
• Aurelien Ramondou · New York, US
• Mark Kudas · Minneapolis, US
• Ezequiel Cura · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N7/18
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

To manage a plurality of parking spaces, one or more images are acquired, with each parking space appearing in at least one image. Periodically acquired images of occupancy and identity are used in directing a customer to a parked vehicle. Periodically acquired images of just occupancy are used in controlling respective environmental aspects, such as illumination and ventilation, of the parking spaces. For these purposes, the images are classified automatically as “vacant” or “occupied”, and are displayed along with their classifications so that the classifications can be corrected manually.