Automated parking lot space assignment
US10482766B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 1, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/146
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and systems for assigning a parking space to a vehicle. One system includes a database storing parking space data for a plurality of parking spaces in a parking lot and a server including an electronic processor. The electronic processor receives a request for a parking space assignment for the vehicle, determines a vehicle identifier for the vehicle, and determines at least one selected from a group consisting of a driver preference for a driver of the vehicle and a preference for the parking lot. The electronic processor also generates a plurality of available parking space identifiers from the parking space data, selects, from the plurality of available parking space identifiers, the parking space assignment for the vehicle based on the vehicle identifier and at least one selected from a group consisting of the driver preference and the preference of the parking lot, and transmits the parking space assignment.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.