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- Patent Title: Parking lot management system, parking lot management apparatus, parking lot management method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
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Application No.: US17793186Application Date: 2020-12-25
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Publication No.: US12136296B2Publication Date: 2024-11-05
- Inventor: Miho Inoue , Makoto Kuzukubo , Ryota Kagiwada , Tatsuyuki Yazawa , Yuki Kobata , Takahiro Minami
- Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki
- Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki
- Priority: JPJP2020-014588 20200131
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/048876 WO 20201225
- International Announcement: WO2021/153136 WO 20210805
- Main IPC: G06V20/52
- IPC: G06V20/52 ; G06V20/62 ; G07B1/06 ; G08G1/14 ; H04N7/18

Abstract:
A parking lot management system according to the present disclosure includes a management apparatus, an image capturing apparatus, a cart, and a display apparatus. The management apparatus acquires, and stores as parking information, a license plate number and a spot number of a parking spot from the image capturing apparatus. Then, the management apparatus acquires, from a cart terminal of the cart, information that enables specification of the parking information of a vehicle of a customer using the cart and an identification number of the cart terminal, and stores the identification number of the cart terminal in association with the parking information. Then, the management apparatus detects return of the cart to a predetermined location, calculates a predicted time until the parking spot is freed up, and updates display on the display apparatus based on the predicted time.
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