Patent ID: 9036027
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G06T,G07B,G07F,G08G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of tracking the use of at least one destination location, the method comprising: receiving four or more first images from a first camera having a first field of view, the four or more first images showing a first vehicle and at least one destination location, a first image of the four or more first images showing an occupant of the first vehicle adjacent to the first vehicle, and a second image of the four or more first images showing the occupant of the first vehicle adjacent to a payment station of a third-party parking payment system; determining, based on at least one of the four or more first images, that the first vehicle is stopped within the at least one destination location at a first time; determining, based on at least another of the four or more first images, that the first vehicle has left the at least one destination location at a second time that is after the first time; determining, based on the first image, a first characteristic of the occupant of the first vehicle; determining, based on the second image, a second characteristic of the occupant of the first vehicle; determining that the second characteristic of the occupant of the first vehicle corresponds to the first characteristic of the occupant of the first vehicle; determining, in response to the determination that the second characteristic of the occupant of the first vehicle corresponds to the first characteristic of the occupant of the first vehicle, that the occupant of the first vehicle traveled between the first vehicle and the payment station of the third-party parking payment system; receiving, from the third-party parking payment system, a unique identifier of a vehicle; associating, in response to the determination that the occupant of the first vehicle traveled between the first vehicle and the payment station of the third-party parking payment system, the unique identifier received from the third-party parking payment system with the first vehicle; and indicating the first time, the second time, and the unique identifier of the first vehicle, wherein the steps of receiving, determining, associating, and indicating are performed by one or more processors.