Blockchain Parking Verification via Camera Nodes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current parking systems are inefficient and inaccurate, relying on user input and expensive sensors, which lead to frustration and increased traffic in densely populated areas.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a blockchain-based system that uses image data from cameras and machine learning algorithms to identify available parking spaces, allowing for secure online payment and navigation to reserved spaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional booking systems use expensive sensors and manual verification, then payment verification can be achieved, but system cost increases and accuracy decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces expensive physical sensors and manual verification systems with a blockchain-based digital verification system. Image data from cameras is processed through machine learning algorithms to detect vehicle presence and verify payment status on the blockchain, eliminating the need for costly hardware sensors while improving verification accuracy through cryptographic proof.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies of verification data on the blockchain ledger. Instead of relying on expensive physical sensors, the system captures image data, processes it into verification records, and stores these digital copies on the blockchain for immutable verification, significantly reducing hardware costs while maintaining or improving accuracy.
2Loss of information
If traditional systems require manual user input for account creation and payment, then user information can be collected, but processing time increases and traffic congestion worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-collecting user information through mobile applications before arrival, pre-processing image data for vehicle recognition, and pre-validating payment status on the blockchain. This allows users to arrive and simply present their digital credentials, eliminating on-site manual form filling and significantly reducing entrance processing time.
Solution Approach 2:
Users complete account creation, vehicle registration, and payment information entry through mobile applications at their convenience before arriving at the parking facility. The system automatically processes this self-submitted information and stores it on the blockchain, eliminating the need for manual staff assistance at entrances and reducing congestion.
3Measurement precision
If expensive sensors are deployed in parking spaces, then parking availability can be detected, but system cost increases and data reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces expensive physical sensors embedded in parking spaces with a camera-based optical detection system. Overhead or remote cameras capture images of parking spaces, and machine learning algorithms analyze these images to detect vehicle presence, eliminating the need for costly ground-based sensors while improving detection reliability through multiple angle verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera system serves multiple functions: it detects parking availability, captures payment verification images, monitors for unauthorized parking, and provides security surveillance. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate expensive sensors for each function, reducing overall system cost while maintaining or improving detection precision.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure generally relates to blockchain technology and, more specifically, to improved systems and methods of establishing, supporting and securing image-based parking recognition and navigation communications via blockchain systems. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a process for collecting, using one or more session border controllers (SBCs) and one or more cameras, a set of vehicle data wherein the set of vehicle data comprises one or more unique identification features corresponding to one or more vehicles and wherein the one or more vehicles are located in a parking facility. In some cases, the process can further include steps for establishing, using the one or more SBCs and the one or more cameras, a private blockchain wherein the one or more cameras serve as nodes in the private blockchain and wherein the one or more cameras serve as a gateway for the one or more session border controllers.