Parking lot monitoring system

TG Hudson, JM Caldwell, RC Gage… - US Patent 10,121,172, 2018 - Google Patents
A parking lot management system and method may include capturing image data and time
of entry of a vehicle entering the parking lot and transmitting the image data and time data to …

Beacon deployment for use with location based services (LBS)

E Mendelson - US Patent 9,674,684, 2017 - Google Patents
An infrastructure of Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi enabled RF tags or beacons deployed within a
structure, an urban environment, a residence, buildings, real estate property, in a parking …

Parking meter system

TG Hudson, JM Caldwell, RC Gage - US Patent 9,773,351, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A parking meter includes a housing, processor, memory, network interface,
graphical user interface, first camera disposed in the housing and facing outward from the …

Beacon deployment for use with location based services (LBS)

E Mendelson - US Patent 9,538,332, 2017 - Google Patents
(62) Division of application No. 15/086,028, filed on Mar. 3,130,298 A 4, 1964 Schwarz 30,
2016, now Pat. No. 9,420,423, which is a division(Continued) of application No. 14/285.406 …

System and method of obtaining and using a vehicle identifier for providing information to an end user

E Mendelson - US Patent 9,020,687, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A wireless transmitter using Wi-Fi or long range Bluetooth wireless devices
for emitting a signal including one of the vehicle ID or the VIN. The signal is received by one …

System and method for autonomous valet parking using plenoptic cameras

LD Elie, DS Rhode - US Patent 9,557,741, 2017 - Google Patents
Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for autonomously valet parking a
vehicle based on images obtained from a plurality of plenoptic (light field) cameras …

Beacon deployment enabling location based services (LBS) in an urban or city environment

E Mendelson - US Patent 9,961,507, 2018 - Google Patents
Utilizing a series of beacons deployed within an urban environment to support Location
Based Services (LBS). Each beacon emits a beacon signal comprising LBS supporting …

Dynamic payment authorization system and method

R Gramling - US Patent App. 14/194,337, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003 Payment instruments (ie credit cards, debit cards, charge cards,
prepaid cards, gift cards, stored-value cards, fleet cards, etc.) have long been important to …

Method and system for parking verification via blockchain

W Becker - US Patent 10,198,949, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for distributing parking availability data via blockchain includes:
storing a blockchain comprised of a plurality of blocks, each block having a block header …

Audio alerts for remote park-assist tethering

HM Golgiri, EM Lavoie, V Elangovan - US Patent 10,627,811, 2020 - Google Patents
Method and apparatus are disclosed for audio alerts for remote park-assist tethering. An
example vehicle includes an exterior surface, a speaker, a communication node for wire less …