US 12,456,374 B2
Vehicle monitoring system for parking facility
James Paul Martin, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Mark J. Moran, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Golden Valley, MN (US)
Filed by Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed on May 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/654,310.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/463,878, filed on May 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0371270 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 20/62 (2022.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/148 (2013.01) [G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 20/625 (2022.01); G08G 1/146 (2013.01); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated parking system for a parking facility comprising a first sublot, a second sublot, an entrance and an exit, the automated parking system comprising:
a first camera disposed adjacent to the entrance of the parking facility;
a second camera disposed adjacent to the exit of the parking facility;
a third camera disposed in the parking facility such that the third camera can image vehicles exiting the first sublot and entering the second sublot; and
a central computer located remote from the parking facility, the central computer networked with the first camera, the second camera and the third camera,
wherein the first camera is configured to image a vehicle identification characteristic of a vehicle entering the parking facility and transmit the vehicle identification characteristic to the central computer,
wherein the second camera is configured to image the vehicle identification characteristic of the vehicle exiting the parking facility and transmit the vehicle identification characteristic to the central computer, and
wherein the third camera is configured to image the vehicle identification characteristic of the vehicle exiting the first sublot and entering the second sublot and transmit the vehicle identification characteristic to the central computer.