US 12,676,006 B2 · Apparatus and method for monitoring illegally parked/stopped vehicles

Abstract

An apparatus and method for monitoring illegally parked/stopped vehicles using a movable camera device or a fixed camera device are provided. In an example of the monitoring method, the monitoring apparatus receives location information of a plurality of parking/stopping monitoring areas and generates a patrol route for a movable camera device to collect captured images based on the location information of the parking/stopping monitoring areas. The monitoring apparatus provides the patrol route to the movable camera device, receives, from the movable camera device, first captured images of the parking/stopping monitoring areas included in the patrol route and second captured images of the parking/stopping monitoring areas after a specified time has elapsed, and determines that a vehicle commonly detected in the first and second captured images is an illegally parked/stopped vehicle.

Claims12

Dependent claims

An apparatus for monitoring illegally parked/stopped vehicles, the apparatus comprising:

a server communication circuit;
and
a server processor functionally connected to the server communication circuit, the server processor configured to:
receive location information of a plurality of parking/stopping monitoring areas,
generate a patrol route for a movable camera device to collect captured images based on the location information of the parking/stopping monitoring areas,
in relation to generating the patrol route, group the plurality of parking/stopping monitoring areas according to a number of the movable camera devices,
provide the patrol route to the movable camera device,
receive, from the movable camera device, first captured images of the parking/stopping monitoring areas included in the patrol route and second captured images of the parking/stopping monitoring areas after a specified time has elapsed, and
determine that a vehicle commonly detected in the first and second captured images is an illegally parked/stopped vehicle.

6 more elements

A method for monitoring illegally parked/stopped vehicles, performed by a server processor of a monitoring apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving location information of a plurality of parking/stopping monitoring areas;
generating a patrol route for a movable camera device to collect captured images based on the location information of the parking/stopping monitoring areas;
providing the patrol route to the movable camera device;
receiving, from the movable camera device, first captured images of the parking/stopping monitoring areas included in the patrol route and second captured images of the parking/stopping monitoring areas after a specified time has elapsed;
and
determining that a vehicle commonly detected in the first and second captured images is an illegally parked/stopped vehicle,
wherein generating the patrol route includes:
grouping the plurality of parking/stopping monitoring areas according to a number of the movable camera devices.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus and method for monitoring illegally parked/stopped vehicles

Life of this patent

Apparatus and method for monitoring illegally parked/stopped vehicles

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims12