Parking Space Overlay Detection for Faster Urban Parking Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Parking in densely populated urban environments is challenging, time-consuming, and contributes to traffic congestion due to manual searching by vehicle operators, which existing systems fail to efficiently address.
Innovation Solution
A system using wireless devices to monitor sensor and location data, retrieve parking space data, capture images, and overlay graphical objects to facilitate parking space selection, enabling automatic reservation and detection of vehicle movements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual parking search is performed by vehicle operators, then parking space selection can be made, but traffic congestion increases and time is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting vehicle arrival, retrieving parking space data, and preparing graphical overlays before the user needs to make a selection. The system proactively monitors sensor data and location data to determine when a vehicle has arrived and immediately begins the process of identifying and displaying available parking spaces, eliminating the need for manual searching.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual parking search with an automated electronic system. Instead of drivers physically circling blocks and manually checking for parking spaces, the system uses sensors, processors, and display devices to automatically detect vehicle presence, retrieve parking data, and present available spaces through graphical overlays on captured images.
2Ease of operation
If manual parking search is performed by vehicle operators, then parking space selection can be made, but traffic congestion increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically performing parking space identification and presentation without requiring driver intervention. The system monitors sensor data, determines vehicle arrival autonomously, retrieves parking space data, captures images of the environment, and generates graphical overlays indicating available spaces - all without the driver needing to manually search or interact with the system until the final selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual parking search that causes traffic congestion with an automated electronic system. By eliminating the need for drivers to physically circle blocks and manually check for parking spaces, the system reduces vehicle movements and associated congestion while providing efficient parking space selection through automated detection and display.
3Loss of time
If automated detection system is implemented, then parking search time is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves multi-functionality by using a single integrated platform that performs multiple tasks: monitoring sensor data, determining vehicle arrival, retrieving parking space data from databases, capturing images with cameras, generating graphical overlays, and displaying results. This universal system consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate components into one cohesive solution, managing complexity through integration rather than proliferation of separate systems.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed technology provides solutions for facilitating the selection of a parking space by a user of a parking application. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for monitoring sensor data and location data associated with a user device, and retrieving, based on the location data associated with the user device, listing data associated with one or more parking spaces. Additionally, the process of the disclosed technology can further include steps for capturing image data that includes at least a portion of the one or more parking spaces, displaying the image data on a display of the user device, and overlaying one or more graphical objects onto the image data, based on the orientation of the user device. In some aspects, the one or more graphical objects are based on the listing data.