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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2017
Knightscope, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
William Santana Li, Mountain View, CA (US);
Phillip Wong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stacy Dean Stephens, McKinney, TX (US);
Mercedes Soria-Li, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dominic A. Villa, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aaron J. Lehnhardt, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Nicholas L. Xydes, San Jose, CA (US);
Ina L. Liu, Alameda, CA (US);
Hen-You Tan, San Mateo, CA (US);
Arne Stoschek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for autonomous monitoring of parking areas are provided. In one aspect, a method for collecting information associated with a parking space includes providing a self-propelled autonomous data machine comprising one or more sensors. The autonomous data machine can be navigated to a location near a parking space for a vehicle. Parking information pertaining to the parking space can be obtained via the one or more sensors of the autonomous data machine. The obtained parking information can include at least occupancy data for the parking space. The parking information can be transmitted to a remote computing system configured to display the parking information to a user.