Portable occupancy detection methods, systems and processor-readable media

A street location parking prediction system, said system comprising:

• a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer-usable medium capable of communicating with the processor, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for:
• identifying a first street location where real-time parking occupancy data is not available, the first street location including one or more parking spaces and at least one parking meter enabled to record financial transactions associated with parking on the first street location;
• enabling operation of a portable parking occupancy detection unit at the first street location and, for a period of time, recording video of the one or more parking spaces at the first street location to identify its parking occupancy data;
• identifying a second street location where real-time parking occupancy data is not available, the second street location including one or more parking spaces and at least one parking meter enabled to record financial transactions associated with parking on the first street location;
• enabling operation of a portable parking occupancy detection unit at the second street location and, for a period of time, recording video of the one or more parking spaces at the second street location to identify its parking occupancy data;
• obtaining parking meter transaction data corresponding to each parking meter at the first and second street locations;
• correlating the parking occupancy data and the parking meter transaction data for each respective street location;
• and
• in response to a request for parking occupancy information for at least one of the first street location and the second street location, providing an indication of at least one of a parking space status and a parking violation status.

A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a process for street location parking prediction, said code comprising code to:

• identify a first street location where real-time parking occupancy data is not available, the first street location including one or more parking spaces and at least one parking meter enabled to record financial transactions associated with parking on the first street location;
• enable operation of a portable parking occupancy detection unit at the first street location and, for a period of time, recording video of the one or more parking spaces at the first street location to identify its parking occupancy data;
• identify a second street location where real-time parking occupancy data is not available, the second street location including one or more parking spaces and at least one parking meter enabled to record financial transactions associated with parking on the first street location;
• enable operation of a portable parking occupancy detection unit at the second street location and, for a period of time, recording video of the one or more parking spaces at the second street location to identify its parking occupancy data;
• obtain parking meter transaction data corresponding to each parking meter at the first and second street locations;
• correlate the parking occupancy data and the parking meter transaction data for each respective street location;
• and
• in response to a request for parking occupancy information for at least one of the first street location and the second street location, provide an indication of at least one of a parking space status and a parking violation status.