US 12,067,878 B1
Crowd sourced real-time parking space detection and notification
Jeffery R. Campbell, Warkworth (CA)
Assigned to WAYLENS, INC., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed by Waylens, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/367,168.
Application 17/367,168 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/233,084, filed on Apr. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,803,617.
Application 17/233,084 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/197,534, filed on Nov. 21, 2018, granted, now 11,010,643, issued on May 18, 2021.
Application 16/197,534 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/158,546, filed on Oct. 12, 2018, abandoned.
Application 16/197,534 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/157,777, filed on Oct. 11, 2018, granted, now 11,416,542.
Application 16/197,534 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/156,254, filed on Oct. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,250,054.
Application 16/197,534 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/106,777, filed on Aug. 21, 2018, abandoned.
Application 16/197,534 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/618,286, filed on Jun. 9, 2017, granted, now 11,151,192.
Application 16/197,534 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/591,459, filed on May 10, 2017, granted, now 11,856,331.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/572,768, filed on Oct. 16, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/571,891, filed on Oct. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/571,884, filed on Oct. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/548,548, filed on Aug. 22, 2017.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/143 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a capture device configured to (i) capture video, (ii) implement a processor configured to (a) perform video analysis on said captured video to extract metadata corresponding to said captured video, (iii) store said captured video and (iv) communicate with a wireless communication device; and
a database configured to (i) communicate with said wireless communication device, (ii) receive said metadata from said wireless communication device, (iii) analyze said metadata, (iv) determine a location of an available parking space in response to (a) said analysis of said metadata and (b) a current location of a parking user and (v) communicate said location of said available parking space to said parking user, wherein
(A) said metadata is (i) extracted by said processor of said capture device to generate information about objects present in said captured video and (ii) uploaded to said database for storage without said captured video,
(B) said processor is configured to (i) perform computer vision on said objects present in said captured video to detect a status of a plurality of parking spaces and (ii) determine whether each of said plurality of parking spaces is said available parking space,
(C) said capture device is implemented in a first vehicle of a scanning user, and
(D) said parking user is in a second vehicle having said current location different than a scanning location of said first vehicle.