On-street parking map generation

A system comprising:

• a data store;
• a communication interface;
• and
• a processing unit;
• wherein:
• the processing unit is configured to perform the following:
• based on data that (a) are received via the communication interface from at least one ascertaining vehicle, (b) correspond to spaces in a street section, and (c) include information corresponding to a beginning edge of at least one object and an ending edge of at least one second object, determine at least one of a first boundary and a second boundary of a space in which parking is permitted;
• and
• generate a display representation of the boundaries of the space in which parking is permitted;
• the received data includes:
• 1) a total number of detected beginning edges for a particular region of the street section;
• 2) a total number of detected ending edges for the particular region;
• and
• 3) a total number of detected edges for the particular region;
• the received data are ascertained using sensors situated on the at least one ascertaining vehicle driving through the street section;
• the determining of the at least one of the first boundary and the second boundary includes determining, for the particular region of the street section, a boundary variable (R) as
• (
• Σ
• ⁢
• ⁢
• Edge
• end
• -
• Σ
• ⁢
• ⁢
• Edge
• beginning
• )
• Σ
• ⁢
• ⁢
• Edge
• region
• ;
• Σ Edgeend represents the total number of detected ending edges in the particular region of the street section;
• Σ Edgebeginning represents the total number of beginning edges in the particular region of the street section;
• and
• Σ Edgeregion represents the total number of detected edges in the particular region of the street section.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that are executable by a computer processor and that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

• determining at least one of a first boundary and a second boundary of a space in which parking is permitted based on received data that (a) correspond to spaces in a street section and (b) include information corresponding to a beginning edge of at least one object and an ending edge of at least one second object;
• and
• generating a display representation of the at least one of the first boundary and the second boundary of the space in which parking is permitted;
• wherein:
• the received data includes:
• 1) a total number of detected beginning edges for a particular region of the street section;
• 2) a total number of detected ending edges for the particular region;
• and
• 3) a total number of detected edges for the particular region;
• the received data are ascertained using sensors situated on at least one ascertaining vehicle driving through the street section;
• the determining of the at least one of the first boundary and the second boundary includes determining, for the particular region of the street section, a boundary variable (R) as
• (
• Σ
• ⁢
• ⁢
• Edge
• end
• -
• Σ
• ⁢
• ⁢
• Edge
• beginning
• )
• Σ
• ⁢
• ⁢
• Edge
• region
• ;
• Σ Edgeend represents the total number of detected ending edges in the particular region of the street section;
• Σ Edgebeginning represents the total number of beginning edges in the particular region of the street section;
• and
• Σ Edgeregion represents the total number of detected edges in the particular region of the street section.