Mobile on-street parking occupancy detection

A system for parking occupancy detection comprising:

• a video recording module configured to collect image data of a blockface:
• a processor;
• and
• a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said processor, said computer code comprising non-transitory instruction media executable by said processor configured for:
• identifying a number of possible parking spaces along said blockface in said collected video;
• defining a region of interest for each of said possible parking spaces;
• detecting a time dependent occupancy of said defined regions of interest for each of said possible parking spaces;
• and
• reporting said time dependent occupancy.

A method for parking occupancy detection comprising:

• identifying an optimal location for said at least one video recording module;
• configuring said at least one video recording module in said optimal location;
• adjusting said at least one video recording module to optimally observe said blockface;
• indexing said possible parking spaces along said blockface;
• collecting video of a blockface with at least one video recording module;
• identifying a number of possible parking spaces along said blockface in said collected video;
• defining a region of interest for each of said possible parking spaces;
• detecting a time dependent occupancy of said defined regions of interest for each of said possible parking spaces;
• performing a ground truth detection in order to collect a true occupancy of said possible parking spaces;
• merging the time dependent occupancies from the multiple cameras observing each blockface;
• and
• reporting said time dependent occupancy.