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Method and navigation device for providing information relating to a parking space

US9664522B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 2014
Grant dateMay 30, 2017
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/3896
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method provides information relating to a parking space. Reliable information is transmitted relative to one or more parking spaces, to provide the information to a driver of a vehicle. A detection device detects feature-related data of a parking space which describe an environmental influence to which a first vehicle parked in the parking space was exposed, and/or which describe an event that has taken place in the parking space and/or that describe a geographical location of the parking space. The feature-related data are stored by an information unit outside the vehicle. An information device then transmits the feature-related data to a navigation device by which the driver of a second vehicle searches for a parking space for the second vehicle.

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