Systems and methods for secure communications via blockchain for use in image-based parking systems

A system comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one processor configured to:
• detect motion of an object at a first location associated with a geographic area using a motion sensor, the geographic area including one or more parking locations;
• responsive to detecting the motion of the object at the first location, capture, using one or more cameras, image data associated with the first location;
• extract, by a computer-vision model executing on one or more edge processors located within a threshold proximity to the one or more parking locations, one or more vehicle-identification features from the image data;
• assign a session identifier to the extracted vehicle-identification features for an individual vehicle event, the session identifier uniquely identifying a vehicle entry or exit within the facility;
• identify a user status associated with a user account;
• select, from the one or more parking locations, a parking location based on the user status;
• generate, for the session identifier, a blockchain transaction record including the extracted one or more vehicle-identification features, a timestamp, and location data;
• transmit, using the one or more cameras, the blockchain transaction record securely using a smart contract on a blockchain, wherein the smart contract is a self-executing code sent to an address on the blockchain as a transaction, and wherein the self-executing code is verified by that blockchain's consensus mechanism;
• determine that the user account identified by one or more of the vehicle identification features matches a vehicle-user account stored in the computerized vehicle management system by comparing vehicle-identification features against a vehicle-user account database included in the computerized vehicle management system;
• execute one or more actions with respect to the user account in the computerized vehicle management system;
• and
• responsive to executing the one or more actions with respect to the user account, transmit a confirmation identifier that causes an access control mechanism to activate at the geographic area permit access to the one or more parking locations by the vehicle.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising at least one instruction for causing a computer or processor to:

• detect motion of an object at a first location associated with a geographic area using a motion sensor, the geographic area including one or more parking locations;
• responsive to detecting the motion of the object at the first location, capture, using one or more cameras, image data associated with the first location;
• extract, by a computer-vision model executing on one or more edge processors located within a threshold proximity to the one or more parking locations, one or more vehicle-identification features from the image data;
• assign a session identifier to the extracted vehicle-identification features for an individual vehicle event, the session identifier uniquely identifying a vehicle entry or exit within the facility;
• generate, for the session identifier, a blockchain transaction record including the extracted one or more vehicle-identification features, a timestamp, and location data;
• transmit, using the one or more cameras, the blockchain transaction record securely using a smart contract on a blockchain, wherein the smart contract is a self-executing code sent to an address on the blockchain as a transaction, and wherein the self-executing code is verified by that blockchain's consensus mechanism;
• determine that a user account identified by one or more of the vehicle-identification features matches a vehicle-user account stored in the computerized vehicle management system by comparing vehicle-identification features against a vehicle-user account database included in the computerized vehicle management system;
• identify a user status associated with the user account;
• select, from the one or more parking locations, a parking location based on the user status;
• execute one or more actions with respect to the user account in the computerized vehicle management system;
• and
• responsive to executing the one or more actions with respect to the user account, transmit a confirmation identifier that causes an access control mechanism to activate at the geographic area permit access to the one or more parking locations by the vehicle.