Mobile Device Parking Locator Using Sensor Network Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
In city environments, users face difficulties in accessing city services due to lack of real-time information for intelligent transportation decisions, particularly regarding parking and service availability, leading to stress, inefficiencies, and health issues.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising mobile devices and sensor networks that provide real-time information on parking and service availability, allowing users to locate and purchase parking, and receive updates on service status, integrated with transportation modes, using sensors to detect and broadcast availability and location data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If real-time information on parking and service availability is provided through sensor networks and mobile devices, then user decision-making for transportation is enhanced and service access is improved, but device complexity and system infrastructure requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the city into multiple zones with distributed sensor nodes that independently monitor parking and service availability. Each sensor node operates autonomously within its zone, collecting and broadcasting local information. This segmentation reduces the complexity of centralized monitoring while enabling comprehensive real-time information coverage across the entire city.
Solution Approach 2:
Mobile devices serve as intermediaries between sensor nodes and users. The sensor nodes broadcast information to mobile devices in proximity, which then process and present the information to users. This intermediary layer simplifies the architecture by distributing information processing to end-user devices rather than requiring a complex centralized processing system.
2Measurement precision
If sensor nodes continuously broadcast parking and service availability information, then information accuracy and timeliness are improved, but energy consumption and network traffic increase
Solution Approach 1:
Sensor nodes broadcast information periodically at predetermined intervals rather than continuously. This periodic broadcasting maintains information accuracy by providing regular updates while significantly reducing energy consumption and network traffic compared to continuous transmission. The system can adjust broadcast frequency based on information change rates and user demand.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where mobile devices and users can request specific information updates. Sensor nodes receive feedback about information demand and adjust their broadcasting behavior accordingly, increasing update frequency when information is likely to change or when user demand is high, and reducing frequency when conditions are stable. This feedback-driven approach maintains information accuracy while optimizing energy usage.
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AI summary
Apparatus and methods related providing city services, such as parking, are described. A mobile device can be configured to receive information from local sensor nodes, such as parking sensor nodes, in the vicinity of the mobile device. In a parking application, the mobile device located in a moving vehicle can be configured to locate available parking based upon the information received from the parking sensor nodes. In other embodiments, the mobile device can be utilized in a retail establishment in conjunction with a remote server to display eye-level image data taken at various locations throughout the retail establishment. The eye-level image data can include products displayed throughout the retail establishment and can be augmented with one or more indicators that indicate product placement locations associated with the products.