AUTOMATED REMOTE CAR COUNTING

摘要

A system for automated car counting comprises a satellite-based image collection subsystem; a data storage subsystem; and an analysis software module stored and operating on a computer coupled to the data storage subsystem. The satellite-based image collection subsystem collects images corresponding to a plurality of areas of interest and stores them in the data storage subsystem. The analysis module: (a) retrieves images corresponding to an area of interest from the data storage subsystem; (b) identifies a parking space in an image; (c) determines if there is a car located in the parking space; (d) determines a location, size, and angular direction of a car in a parking space; (e) determines an amount of overlap of a car with an adjacent parking space; (f) iterates steps (b)-(e) until no unprocessed parking spaces remain; and (g) iterates steps (a)-(f) until no unprocessed images corresponding to areas of interest remain.

主权项

1. A system for automated remote car counting, the system comprising:
a satellite-based image collection subsystem; a data storage subsystem comprising a database of images obtained from the satellite-based image collection subsystem; and an analysis software module stored and operating on computer coupled to the data storage subsystem; wherein the satellite-based image collection subsystem collects a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality areas of interest and stores them in the data storage subsystem; and wherein the analysis module carries out the following steps to compute the number of cars in an area of interest:
(a) retrieving an image corresponding to an area of interest from the data storage subsystem;(b) identifying a parking space in the image;(c) determining if there is a car located in the parking space;(d) determining location, size, and angular direction of a car in a parking space;(e) determining an amount of overlap of a car with an adjacent parking space;(f) iterating steps (b)-(e) until no unprocessed parking spaces remain; and(g) iterating steps (a)-(f) until no unprocessed images corresponding to areas of interest remain.