Systems and methods for enforcing plugin vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJimmy Kapadia, Khalid Ahmed, Daniel Lewis Boston
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Abstract
Systems and methods for enforcing plugin vehicle parking regulations are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: capture parked vehicle images of a parked vehicle in a parking location from a plurality of cameras on electric vehicle service equipment systems (EVSEs) in a parking facility; compare the parked vehicle images to a plurality of plugin vehicle type images in a database; and sound an alarm if the parked vehicle is not a plugin vehicle or if the parked vehicle is not charging from the electric vehicle service equipment systems associated with the parking location within a predetermined time.
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A system configured for enforcing plugin vehicle parking regulations, the system comprising:
- one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
- capture parked vehicle images of a parked vehicle in a parking location from a plurality of image capture devices in a parking facility;
- compare the parked vehicle images to a plurality of plugin vehicle type images;
- initiate an alert if the parked vehicle is not charging within a predetermined time;
- wherein the plugin vehicle type images are in a database containing a collection of pictures identified by vehicle make, model and year;
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- wherein the hardware processors include a learning algorithm which receives confirmation that a plugin vehicle occupies the parking location when an EVSE is activated and updates the database by adding the captured images from the parking facility containing a group of EVSEs.
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A method for enforcing plugin vehicle parking regulations, comprising:
- capturing parked vehicle images of a parked vehicle in a parking location from a plurality of image capturing devices in a parking facility, wherein the parked vehicle is a non-charge receiving vehicle or a charge-receiving vehicle capable of receiving a charge from an EVSE unit linked to a group of EVSEs in the parking facility;
- comparing the parked vehicle images to a plurality of plugin vehicle type images and, wherein the comparing is completed via one or more hardware processors that include a learning algorithm that receives confirmation that a plugin vehicle occupies the parking location when the EVSE unit is activated and updates the database by adding the captured images from the parking facility containing the group of EVSEs;
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- broadcasting an alert if the parked vehicle is not a plugin vehicle or if the parked vehicle is not charging within a predetermined time.
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A non-transient computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform a method for enforcing plugin vehicle parking regulations, the method comprising:
- capturing parked vehicle images of a parked vehicle in a parking location from a plurality of image capturing devices in a parking facility, wherein the plurality of image capturing devices are attached to a group of EVSEs in close proximity or the parking facility;
- comparing the parked vehicle images to a plurality of plugin vehicle type images in a database;
- broadcasting an alert if the parked vehicle is not a plugin vehicle or if the parked vehicle is not charging within a predetermined time;
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- wherein the instructions being executable by one or more hardware processors include a learning algorithm that receives confirmation that a plugin vehicle occupies the parking location when the EVSE is activated and updates the database by adding the captured images from the group of EVSEs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.