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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
Donald R. High, Noel, MO (US);
Chandrashekar Natarajan, San Ramon, CA (US);
Michael D. Atchley, Springdale, AR (US);
John P. Thompson, Bentonville, AR (US);
Brian G. McHale, Chadderton Oldham, GB;
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein for monitoring a parking area. A system for monitoring a parking area comprises a satellite image database storing a plurality of satellite images of a parking lot taken by one or more satellites over time, a baseline database storing baseline models of a plurality of sections of the parking lot, and a control circuit coupled to the satellite image database and the baseline database. The control circuit being configured to: determine a utilization condition for each of the plurality of sections of the parking lot based on performing image analysis on the plurality of satellite images of the parking lot, compare the utilization condition for each of the plurality of sections of the parking lot with the baseline model of the plurality of sections of the parking lot, and in an event that the utilization condition of a section of the plurality of sections of the parking lot substantially deviates from the baseline model of the section, automatically generate an action recommendation for the section of the parking lot.