Patent ID: 8730062

Claim:
A computer-implemented system for providing gunshot detection through a centralized parking services server, comprising: a server managing a multiplicity of motor vehicle parking spaces, the server comprising a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute computer executable program modules; a plurality of smart parking devices interfacing to the server that are each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces; a plurality of acoustic sensors interfacing to the server with at least one such acoustic sensor comprised in one of the smart parking devices; a plurality of vehicle occupancy sensors interfacing to the server that are also each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces; a plurality of parking availability indicators interfacing to the server that are each associated with at least one of the parking spaces; a parking management module executed by the server managing use of the parking spaces, comprising: an activation module activating the parking availability indicator associated with each of the parking spaces based on parking availability; an occupancy module sensing occupancy of each of the parking spaces by a motor vehicle through the nearest vehicle occupancy sensor; and a processing module processing use of the parking space based on an identity of a driver of the motor vehicle through the nearest smart parking device; and a gunshot detection module executed by the server detecting potential gunshots, comprising: a sound monitoring module aurally monitoring ambient sounds in the service region through the acoustic sensors; an evaluation module identifying the potential gunshots by evaluating the ambient sounds for sound characteristics of gun fire and triangulating the ambient sounds relative to the locations of the acoustic sensor comprised in one of the smart parking devices and at least one other of the acoustic sensors; and an alert module generating an alert through the server for the potential gunshot.