Estimating a number of people at a point of interest using vehicle sensor data and generating related visual indications
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsLeon Oliver STENNETH, Catalin Bogdan CAPOTA
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Abstract
Methods and systems for estimating a number of people at a point of interest using vehicle data are provided. In some examples, vehicle data is received, from a plurality of vehicles, that corresponds to a geographic boundary encompassing a point of interest. From the vehicle data, a first subset of data corresponding to door sensor information is extracted. Based on the first subset of data, an estimated number of people within the geographic boundary, during a specified period of time, is determined. An indication corresponding to the estimated number of people within the geographic boundary is generated.
Claims20
A method, the method comprising:
- receiving a first estimated number of people who have exited vehicles within a geographic boundary;
- receiving a capacity for a point of interest corresponding to the geographic boundary;
- calculating a capacity index, the capacity index being a ratio of the first estimated number of people to the capacity;
- generating a first visual indicator, based on the capacity index;
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- displaying the first visual indicator on a map, based on a location of the point of interest.
A method, the method comprising:
- receiving a first estimated number of people, outside of vehicles, corresponding to a first point of interest;
- receiving a second estimated number of people, outside of vehicles, corresponding to a second point of interest;
- receiving a first capacity for the first point of interest and a second capacity for the second point of interest;
- calculating a first capacity index for the first point of interest and a second capacity index for the second point of interest;
- generating a first indicator, based on the first capacity index, and a second indicator, based on the second capacity index.
A method, the method comprising:
- receiving an estimated number of people, outside of vehicles, within one or more geographic boundaries;
- receiving a capacity for a point of interest corresponding to the one or more geographic boundaries;
- calculating a capacity index, the capacity index being a ratio of the estimated number of people to the capacity;
- generating a visual indicator, based on the capacity index,
- wherein the estimated number of people, the capacity index, and the visual indicator are updated periodically.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.