US 12,380,802 B2
Parking space detection method and system
Mark J. Moran, Woodbury, MN (US); Richard W. Kelley, II, Corcoran, MN (US); and Marcus N. Schmidt, Minnetonka, MN (US)
Assigned to Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed by Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/738,787.
Application 18/738,787 is a continuation of application No. 17/516,626, filed on Nov. 1, 2021, granted, now 12,008,898.
Application 17/516,626 is a continuation of application No. 15/956,375, filed on Apr. 18, 2018, granted, now 11,164,452, issued on Nov. 2, 2021.
Application 15/956,375 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/335,978, filed on Oct. 27, 2016, granted, now 10,657,814, issued on May 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/246,787, filed on Oct. 27, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0331533 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G01S 7/41 (2006.01); G01S 13/04 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/04 (2013.01) [G01S 7/411 (2013.01); G01S 13/04 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G06T 7/0008 (2013.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G08G 1/142 (2013.01); G08G 1/147 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30264 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle presence monitoring bollard, comprising:
an outer enclosure;
a video sensor disposed inside of the enclosure and arranged such that the video sensor can sense a change of state due to a vehicle entering or leaving a monitored area;
a non-video sensor provided to the enclosure and that is configured to sense a change of state due to the vehicle entering or leaving the monitored area;
a processor disposed inside of the enclosure and coupled to the video sensor and the non-video sensor, the processor further coupled to a physical memory and software code stored in the physical memory, the software code being executable by the processor,
wherein the processor is configured to conclude that the vehicle is present in the monitored area only when data from both of the video sensor and the non-video sensor indicate that the vehicle is present in the monitored area.