Coordinated parking-monitoring system
View Patent ↗A coordinated parking-monitoring system comprises a plurality of camera-based parking-monitoring devices. Each camera in the coordinated parking-monitoring system can effectively monitor more parking areas than a single camera-based parking-monitoring device.
1. A coordinated parking-monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of parking spaces including at least a co-monitored parking space, comprising:
a first camera-based parking-monitoring device including a first camera for obtaining a first occupancy likelihood of said co-monitored parking space from a first image captured by said first camera;
a second camera-based parking-monitoring device including a second camera for obtaining a second occupancy likelihood of said co-monitored parking space from a second image captured by said second camera;
wherein said first camera-based parking-monitoring device transfers said first occupancy likelihood of said co-monitored parking space to said second parking-monitoring device; and, said second parking-monitoring device determines the parking occupancy of said co-monitored parking space from said first and second occupancy likelihoods.
2. The coordinated parking-monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein said first camera-based parking-monitoring device transfers said first occupancy likelihood to said second parking-monitoring device with at least a communication means.
3. The coordinated parking-monitoring system according to claim 2 , wherein said communication means is a Bluetooth communication means.
4. The coordinated parking-monitoring system according to claim 2 , wherein said communication means is a WiFi communication means.
5. The coordinated parking-monitoring system according to claim 2 , wherein said communication means is a cellular communication means.