Camera Patrol Routing for Illegal Parking Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for detecting illegally parked/stopped vehicles are ineffective due to limited manpower and facilities, leading to low enforcement of parking and stopping regulations.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring apparatus and method using a movable camera device or a fixed camera device, equipped with a server processor, to generate patrol routes, capture images, and determine illegally parked/stopped vehicles by comparing images over time, with features like license plate recognition and vehicle object information analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If police directly patrol to detect illegally parked/stopped vehicles, then detection capability is improved, but manpower requirements increase and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual police patrol (mechanical human effort) with an automated monitoring apparatus that uses cameras, sensors, and image processing algorithms to detect illegally parked or stopped vehicles. The system automatically captures images, analyzes vehicle positions, determines whether vehicles are illegally parked or stopped, and generates notifications, thereby eliminating the need for continuous manual patrolling while maintaining or improving detection accuracy.
2Productivity
If unmanned surveillance cameras are installed to detect illegally parked/stopped vehicles, then manpower requirements decrease, but detection effectiveness remains low due to limited facilities
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring apparatus is designed to perform multiple functions: capturing images of vehicles, analyzing whether vehicles are parked or stopped based on image comparison, determining illegal parking or stopping status, and generating notifications. This multi-functional system replaces multiple separate facilities (surveillance cameras, manual inspection processes, notification systems) with a single integrated apparatus that improves detection effectiveness while maintaining high enforcement efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically performs image capture, analysis, and violation determination without human intervention. The monitoring apparatus self-services by comparing images taken at different times, identifying vehicles that have moved versus those that have not, determining their legal or illegal status, and issuing notifications automatically, thereby eliminating the need for additional manual facilities or processes.
3Measurement precision
If multiple surveillance facilities are deployed to improve detection effectiveness, then detection capability is improved, but facility requirements and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines image capture, vehicle status analysis, illegal parking/stopping determination, and notification functions into a single integrated monitoring apparatus. By merging these previously separate facilities and processes into one system, the patent reduces facility requirements and complexity while maintaining or improving detection effectiveness through coordinated operation of all functions within the unified apparatus.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus and method for monitoring illegally parked/stopped vehicles using a movable camera device or a fixed camera device are provided. In an example of the monitoring method, the monitoring apparatus receives location information of a plurality of parking/stopping monitoring areas and generates a patrol route for a movable camera device to collect captured images based on the location information of the parking/stopping monitoring areas. The monitoring apparatus provides the patrol route to the movable camera device, receives, from the movable camera device, first captured images of the parking/stopping monitoring areas included in the patrol route and second captured images of the parking/stopping monitoring areas after a specified time has elapsed, and determines that a vehicle commonly detected in the first and second captured images is an illegally parked/stopped vehicle.