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US 12,639,953 · App. 18/854,657 · Granted May 26, 2026

Parking lot management system, parking lot management method, and recording medium

Inventors: Yuki Tsuruoka (Tokyo, JP); Kenichi Asada (Tokyo, JP); Shuta Okada (Tokyo, JP); Akira Tada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06V20/52G06V40/172G06V40/25
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Patent No.
US 12,639,953
App. No.
18/854,657
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A parking lot management system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: determine, based on a predetermined condition, whether a person who has been detected from an image in which a parking lot is imaged is a parking lot user who has come in by vehicle; determine, based on an appearance of the person who has been determined to be the parking lot user, and an appearance of a person who has been detected from an image in which a store area is imaged, whether the parking lot user was detected in the store area; and output information about the parking lot user based on a result of the determination regarding whether the parking lot user was detected in the store area.

Claims (42)

1 . A parking lot management system comprising:

at least one memory configured to store instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:

determine, based on a predetermined condition, whether a person who has been detected from an image in which a parking lot is imaged is a parking lot user who has come in by vehicle;

determine, based on a matching degree between an appearance of the person who has been determined to be the parking lot user, and an appearance of a person who has been detected from an image in which a store area is imaged, that the parking lot user was detected in the store area when the matching degree exceeds a threshold;

lower the threshold for the matching degree for a predetermined time after the parking lot user is no longer detected in the parking lot; and

output information about the parking lot user based on a result of the determination regarding whether the parking lot user was detected in the store area.

2 . The parking lot management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the information about the parking lot user is information indicating that a parking lot user not detected in the store area is present.

3 . The parking lot management system according to claim 2 , wherein

the information about the parking lot user is information for identifying the parking lot user not detected in the store area.

4 . The parking lot management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

output information indicating that the person detected in the store area is a parking lot user as the information about the parking lot user to a store clerk.

5 . The parking lot management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

determine whether the parking lot user who was no longer detected in the parking lot was detected in a store area.

6 . The parking lot management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

in a case where a vehicle is detected within a predetermined range from a position where the person is detected in the parking lot, determine that the person is a parking lot user.

7 . The parking lot management system according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

in a case where the vehicle is detected from an image in which the parking lot is imagined within a predetermined time from a time when the person is detected in the parking lot, determine that the person is a parking lot user.

8 . The parking lot management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

determine that a vehicle on which the parking lot user has ridden is parked, and

in a case where the vehicle is parked, determine whether the parking lot user was detected in the store area.

9 . The parking lot management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

determine whether the person outside the vehicle is a parking lot user.

10 . The parking lot management system according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

determine whether the person outside the vehicle is a parking lot user based on a position first detected in the parking lot.

11 . The parking lot management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

determine, based on a walking direction of the person in the parking lot, whether the person is a parking lot user who has come in by vehicle.

12 . A parking lot management method comprising:

determining, based on a predetermined condition, whether a person who has been detected from an image in which a parking lot is imaged is a parking lot user who has come in by vehicle;

determining, based on a matching degree between an appearance of the person who has been determined to be the parking lot user, and an appearance of a person who has been detected from an image in which a store area is imaged, that the parking lot user was detected in the store area when the matching degree exceeds a threshold;

lowering the threshold for the matching degree for a predetermined time after the parking lot user is no longer detected in the parking lot; and

outputting information about the parking lot user based on a result of the determination regarding whether the parking lot user was detected in the store area.

13 . A non-transitory recording medium that records a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

determining, based on a predetermined condition, whether a person who has been detected from an image in which a parking lot is imaged is a parking lot user who has come in by vehicle;

determining, based on a matching degree between an appearance of the person who has been determined to be the parking lot user, and an appearance of a person who has been detected from an image in which a store area is imaged, that the parking lot user was detected in the store area when the matching degree exceeds a threshold;

lowering the threshold for the matching degree for a predetermined time after the parking lot user is no longer detected in the parking lot; and

outputting information about the parking lot user based on a result of the determination regarding whether the parking lot user was detected in the store area.

14 . The parking lot management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the parking lot and the store area have different lighting conditions.

15 . The parking lot management system according to claim 14 , wherein

the parking lot is located outdoors, and the store area is located inside a building.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2024
From: TSURUOKA, YUKI; ASADA, KENICHI; OKADA, SHUTA; TADA, AKIRA
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068813/0107 →
Continuity (1)
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