Parking Seeker Detection System for Real-Time Spot Availability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing parking systems fail to accurately detect when a vehicle is intending to occupy a parking spot, leading to navigation instructions being sent to vehicles that will arrive to find the spot occupied, resulting in inefficiencies and frustration.
Innovation Solution
A parking seeker detection system that includes a server with a database of parking spots and a controller to determine if a target vehicle is a registered member or not, using data from detecting vehicles to identify intended parking spots and update the database accordingly, preventing navigation instructions from being sent to vehicles that will arrive to find the spot occupied.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the system provides navigation instructions to a requesting vehicle based on available parking spots, then the vehicle can be directed to a parking spot, but the parking spot may already be occupied by a parking seeker vehicle
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of parking seeker vehicles and updates the parking spot database before navigation instructions are provided to requesting vehicles. By identifying vehicles intending to park and marking their target spots as occupied in advance, the system prevents the contradiction of directing users to already-occupied spots.
2Measurement precision
If the system monitors all vehicles to detect parking intent, then parking spot availability can be accurately updated, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different detection strategies to different vehicle types. Registered member vehicles are tracked with full monitoring capabilities to detect parking intent, while non-registered vehicles receive basic tracking. This localized quality approach maintains high detection precision for members while reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The parking seeker detection system serves multiple functions: it identifies parking intent, updates the parking spot database, and provides navigation assistance. By consolidating these functions into a single multi-functional system rather than separate systems for each function, the patent reduces overall complexity while maintaining measurement precision.
3Productivity
If the system updates the parking spot database in real-time, then navigation efficiency is improved, but the processing load and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system updates the parking spot database periodically based on detected parking seeker vehicles rather than continuously. This periodic action maintains navigation efficiency by providing timely updates while reducing energy consumption compared to continuous real-time updates of every vehicle movement.
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AI summary
A parking seeker detection system and method for updating an availability of one or more parking spots of a parking spot database is provided. The method includes determining whether a target vehicle is a registered member vehicle, and in response to determining that the target vehicle is not a registered member vehicle, identifying a target parking spot in which the target vehicle is intending to park and updating an availability of a parking spot of a parking spot database corresponding to the target parking spot.