Bollard Camera Enforcement for Automated No-Parking Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing parking enforcement systems struggle to efficiently detect and issue citations for vehicles parked in prohibited areas without significantly increasing manpower and costs.
Innovation Solution
A bollard-based parking enforcement device equipped with cameras, sensors, and processors that automatically detect vehicles in no-parking zones, capture license plates, and issue citations or request towing services, connected via internet or wireless means.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If more enforcement officers are added to monitor and cite illegal parking, then the number of cited violations increases, but the cost of enforcement significantly increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human enforcement officers with an automated electronic system. The enforcement device uses cameras, sensors, processors, and communication modules to automatically detect vehicles in no-parking zones, capture images, and issue citations without human intervention, thereby eliminating the need to hire additional officers while maintaining effective enforcement.
Solution Approach 2:
The enforcement device is designed to autonomously perform all enforcement functions. It self-monitors the no-parking area using its camera and sensor systems, self-detects violations through its processing unit, and self-issues citations through its communication module. The system serves itself without requiring external human enforcement resources.
2Reliability
If more enforcement officers are deployed to capture all illegal parking acts, then compliance improves, but the manpower requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human enforcement officers with an automated electronic system. The enforcement device uses cameras, sensors, processors, and communication modules to automatically detect vehicles in no-parking zones, capture images, and issue citations without human intervention, thereby eliminating the need to hire additional officers while maintaining effective enforcement.
Solution Approach 2:
The enforcement device integrates multiple functions into a single unit: it monitors the no-parking area using cameras and sensors, detects vehicles and violations through processing, captures images of violations, communicates citation details to authorities, and stores data locally. This multi-functional design provides comprehensive enforcement coverage without requiring multiple specialized personnel.
3Quantity of substance
If manual monitoring of no-parking areas is used, then enforcement costs are low, but the number of uncited violations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The enforcement device operates continuously and automatically to monitor the no-parking area. Its camera and sensor systems continuously scan the designated zone, the processing unit continuously analyzes detected objects, and the system continuously captures images and issues citations whenever a violation occurs, ensuring no violations go uncited while maintaining low operational costs through automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human enforcement officers with an automated electronic system. The enforcement device uses cameras, sensors, processors, and communication modules to automatically detect vehicles in no-parking zones, capture images, and issue citations without human intervention, thereby eliminating the need to hire additional officers while maintaining effective enforcement.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Automated enforcement reduces uncited violations and operational costs by providing real-time monitoring and citation issuance, enhancing compliance in prohibited parking areas.
Implementation Method 1
vehicle detection sensing (magnetometer, radar, etc.. .) means
Implementation Method 2
vehicle detection sensing (magnetometer, radar, etc.. .) means
Implementation Method 3
A camera can be aimed towards the area designated as NO PARKING and monitor this area for the entry of a vehicle
Implementation Method 4
Power is supplied via hard-wiring, battery, and/or solar panels
Data Source
AI summary
A parking enforcement device can be secured to a surface adjacent to the area designated as NO PARKING. The enforcement device can include a camera aimed towards the area designated as NO PARKING and monitor this area for the entry of a vehicle. A parking violation is determined to have occurred upon determining that the vehicle has entered the area designated as NO PARKING, and image data of the entry of a vehicle into the NO PARKING area that was captured by the camera can be relayed to a remote computing system. The parking enforcement device can be provided as a bollard that includes a camera secured to a center pole extending vertically upwards inside of the bollard. The camera can be located along the center pole so that the camera views outward from the bollard via a window section of the bollard.