An information processing apparatus communicable with a reader provided in a parking lot includes a controlling portion. The controlling portion executes an operation including: detecting a vehicle by the reader; detecting one or more vacant spots from among parking spots in the parking lot; calculating a parking fee for each of the one or more vacant spots; and notifying a user of the vehicle of the calculated parking fee.

An information processing apparatus communicable with a reader provided in a parking lot includes a controlling portion. The controlling portion executes an operation including: detecting a vehicle by the reader; detecting one or more vacant spots from among parking spots in the parking lot; calculating a parking fee for each of the one or more vacant spots; and notifying a user of the vehicle of the calculated parking fee.

A method and an apparatus for pushing vehicle information, a user account server, and user equipment are provided. The method includes: receiving an entry event that is of a vehicle and that is sent by a parking management server, and obtaining geo-fence information of a parking lot managed by the parking management server; obtaining, by a user account server, a user account bound to the license plate number of the vehicle; obtaining a location determining result of user equipment corresponding to the user account; and pushing the entry event of the vehicle to the user equipment when the current location of the user equipment is within a geo-fence range.

A method and an apparatus for pushing vehicle information, a user account server, and user equipment are provided. The method includes: receiving an entry event that is of a vehicle and that is sent by a parking management server, and obtaining geo-fence information of a parking lot managed by the parking management server; obtaining, by a user account server, a user account bound to the license plate number of the vehicle; obtaining a location determining result of user equipment corresponding to the user account; and pushing the entry event of the vehicle to the user equipment when the current location of the user equipment is within a geo-fence range.

Systems and apparatuses for receiving data from a plurality of sensors and using the data, as well as other data, to generate a parking recommendation for a first vehicle are provided. Data may be received from sensors associated with a first vehicle for which a parking recommendation may be generated. Data may also be received from sensors associated with other vehicles and/or from one or more structures or other non-vehicle devices. In some examples, historical parking data may be extracted from a database. The collected and extracted data may be used to generate a parking recommendation for the first vehicle. In some examples, pre-stored user preferences, may be used in generating the parking recommendation as well. The parking recommendation may then be transmitted to a computing device within the first vehicle and may be displayed on the computing device.

Systems and apparatuses for receiving data from a plurality of sensors and using the data, as well as other data, to generate a parking recommendation for a first vehicle are provided. Data may be received from sensors associated with a first vehicle for which a parking recommendation may be generated. Data may also be received from sensors associated with other vehicles and/or from one or more structures or other non-vehicle devices. In some examples, historical parking data may be extracted from a database. The collected and extracted data may be used to generate a parking recommendation for the first vehicle. In some examples, pre-stored user preferences, may be used in generating the parking recommendation as well. The parking recommendation may then be transmitted to a computing device within the first vehicle and may be displayed on the computing device.

System and method for verification and/or reconciliation of electronic transactions, such as for example, toll transactions or other purchase transactions. A vehicle utilizes an onboard communication device, such as a mobile phone, to locate virtual tolling points using GPS location, and then to communicate to an electronic tolling service provider that the vehicle has passed through the virtual tolling point. In addition, roadside equipment may be used to capture photo/video of the vehicle as it passes the virtual tolling point. The GPS-based toll transaction data is used in conjunction with the photo-based toll transaction data to verify a proper toll transaction, and optionally to reconcile between missing and/or inconsistent GPS-based and photo-based toll transaction data.

System and method for verification and/or reconciliation of electronic transactions, such as for example, toll transactions or other purchase transactions. A vehicle utilizes an onboard communication device, such as a mobile phone, to locate virtual tolling points using GPS location, and then to communicate to an electronic tolling service provider that the vehicle has passed through the virtual tolling point. In addition, roadside equipment may be used to capture photo/video of the vehicle as it passes the virtual tolling point. The GPS-based toll transaction data is used in conjunction with the photo-based toll transaction data to verify a proper toll transaction, and optionally to reconcile between missing and/or inconsistent GPS-based and photo-based toll transaction data.

A parking lot management and control method based on object activity prediction, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a scene video of a parking lot; detecting and tracking objects in the scene video to generate a spatial AND-OR graph model of the parking lot, the spatial AND-OR graph model representing spatial position relationships of the objects in the scene video; performing a sub-activity extraction on the spatial AND-OR graph model to obtain a sub-activity tag set representing activity states of concerned ones of the objects; inputting the sub-activity tag set into a temporal AND-OR graph model to obtain a future activity prediction result of concerned objects in the parking lot; and transmitting control information based on the future activity prediction result of the concerned objects to a device corresponding to the parking lot.

A parking lot management and control method based on object activity prediction, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a scene video of a parking lot; detecting and tracking objects in the scene video to generate a spatial AND-OR graph model of the parking lot, the spatial AND-OR graph model representing spatial position relationships of the objects in the scene video; performing a sub-activity extraction on the spatial AND-OR graph model to obtain a sub-activity tag set representing activity states of concerned ones of the objects; inputting the sub-activity tag set into a temporal AND-OR graph model to obtain a future activity prediction result of concerned objects in the parking lot; and transmitting control information based on the future activity prediction result of the concerned objects to a device corresponding to the parking lot.