Automated system for vehicle tracking
Aspects described herein may allow for vehicle tracking. Systems and methods described herein may allow a vehicle to automatically detect the presence of a physical marker at a parking space. An image of the physical marker may be processed to determine the location of the vehicle, which may be stored and/or output for display.
1. A computing device comprising:
a wireless transceiver;
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
receive an indication from a parking sensor of a vehicle associated with the computing device that the vehicle has shifted into park;
capture, in response to receiving the indication and by an image sensor of the vehicle, first data indicating a first physical marker;
send, by the wireless transceiver and based on detecting the first data, the first data to a server, wherein the first data causes the server to store location information determined based on the first data, and wherein the location information corresponds to the parked vehicle;
send, by the wireless transceiver and to the server, a request to retrieve the location information;
receive, from the server, by the wireless transceiver, and in response to the request, the location information; and
cause output of the location information for display to a user.
2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the first physical marker comprises a QR code.
3. The computing device of claim 2 , wherein the first data comprises image data corresponding to the QR code.
4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the parking sensor comprises an electronic sensor for determining a selected gear of the vehicle.
5. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to validate the first data by determining that the first data comprises a location tag in a predetermined zone of an image.
6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to capture and send the first data based on determining, by the computing device, that a video stream captured by the image sensor comprises an instance of a QR code.
7. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless transceiver comprises a cellular transceiver.
8. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless transceiver comprises a Bluetooth™ transceiver, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to send the first data to the server by sending, by a tethered connection associated with the Bluetooth™ transceiver, the first data to the server.
9. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle comprises the computing device.
10. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, an indication from a parking sensor of a vehicle that the vehicle has shifted into park;
capturing, in response to receiving the indication and by an image sensor of the vehicle, an image;
determining, by the computing device, that the image comprises first data corresponding to a first physical marker;
sending, by the computing device and based on the determining, the first data to a server, wherein the first data causes the server to store location information determined based on the first data, and wherein the location information corresponds to the parked vehicle;
sending, by the computing device and to the server, a request to retrieve the location information;
receiving, from the server, by the computing device, and in response to the request, the location information; and
causing, by the computing device, output of the location information for display to a user.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first physical marker comprises a QR code.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first data comprises an image of the QR code.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the parking sensor comprises an electronic sensor for determining a selected gear of the vehicle.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining that the image comprises first data comprises determining that the image comprises a location tag in a predetermined zone of the image.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the location tag comprises a QR code.
16. The method of claim 10 , wherein sending the first data to the server comprises sending, by a wireless transceiver of the computing device, the first data.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the wireless transceiver comprises a cellular transceiver.
18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the wireless transceiver comprises a Bluetooth™ transceiver, and wherein sending the first data comprises sending, by a tethered connection associated with the Bluetooth™ transceiver, the first data.
19. The method of claim 10 , wherein the vehicle comprises the computing device.
20. One or more non-transitory media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:
detecting, based on feedback from a parking sensor of a vehicle, that the vehicle has shifted into park;
capturing, by an image sensor of the vehicle and in response to the detecting, an image;
determining, based on detecting that the image comprises a QR code, first data corresponding to the QR code;
sending, based on the determining, the first data to a server, wherein the first data causes the server to store location information determined based on the first data, and wherein the location information corresponds to the parked vehicle;
sending, to the server, a request to retrieve the location information;
receiving, from the server and in response to the request, the location information corresponding to the QR code; and
displaying the location information on a display screen.