Method and system for providing interactive parking management via artificial intelligence analytic (AIA) services using cloud network

• US 10,186,155 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2017
• Issued: 01/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xevo, Inc. (Lear Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Xevo, Inc. (Lear Corporation)
• Inventors: Tong, Richard Chia Tsing, Welland, Robert Victor, Ludwig, John Hayes, Cordell, John Palmer, McKelvie, Samuel James
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Toan N
• Application Number:
  US15/853,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20180204465A1
• Time in Patent Office: 396 Days
• Field of Search: 3409322
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0231 Circuits relating to the driving or the functioning of the vehicle monitoring tyres B60C23/00; indicating overspeed B60K31/00; for dash boards B60K37/00, B60Q3/10; for indicating emergencies B60Q1/52; brake control systems B60T; registering or indicating the working of vehicles G07C5/00; measuring distance G01C, e.g. combinations of speed and distance G01C23/00; engine indicators G01L; measuring speed or acceleration G01P
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2400/3015 Optical cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/25 Fusion techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/022 Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 7/01 Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/014 Providing recall services for goods or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/80 Fusion, i.e. combining data from various sources at the sensor level, preprocessing level, feature extraction level or classification level multimodal speaker identification or verification G10L17/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/56 exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/586 of parking space
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/597 Recognising the driver's state or behaviour, e.g. attention or drowsiness
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/006 Indicating maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/10 using counting means or digital clocks
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/143 inside the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/168 : Driving aids for parking, e.g. acoustic or visual feedback on parking space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40 : Bus networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40215 : Controller Area Network CAN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 : for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention is able to provide an interactive parking management (“IPM”) in accordance with information obtained from interior and exterior sensors, vehicle onboard computer (“VOC”), and cloud data. The process, in one embodiment, is capable of acknowledging a parking activity initiated by a vehicle traveling in a geographic location via a communications network. Upon providing parking information to the vehicle based on the data obtained from the current parking status, historical parking status, and big data for facilitating the parking activity, the movement of the vehicle is monitored in accordance with the current parking status. After recording a physical location where the vehicle is parked and parking duration, a parking invoice is generated in response to information relating to the recorded information such as physical location and parking duration.

Claims

1. A method able to provide an interactive parking management (“

IPM”

) in accordance with information obtained from a plurality of interior and exterior sensors, vehicle onboard computer (“

VOC”

), and cloud data, the method comprising;

acknowledging a first parking activity initiated by a first vehicle traveling in a first geographic location via a communications network;

providing parking information to the first vehicle based on data obtained from current parking status, historical parking status, and big data for facilitating the first parking activity;

monitoring movement of the first vehicle in accordance with the current parking status;

recording a first physical location in which the first vehicle is parked and first parking duration according to the current parking status, historical parking status, and big data;

generating a first parking invoice in response to information relating to the first physical location and first parking duration;

activating at least a portion of a plurality of interior and exterior sensors mounted on a vehicle operated by a driver for obtaining real-time data relating to external surroundings and interior settings of the first vehicle; and

forwarding the real-time data to the VOC to generate the first current parking status representing substantially real-time information of parking situation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising forwarding the first parking invoice to owner of the first vehicle for collecting a parking fee.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a first report identifying identity of the first vehicle, location of first parking, duration of the first parking duration.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a first report identifying identity of the first vehicle, location of first parking, duration of the first parking duration to one or more subscribers.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

transferring the real-time data from the VOC to IPM which at least partially resides at a cloud connected via the communications network; and

obtaining big data from the cloud representing large parking samples accumulated over time with similar attributes.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein acknowledging a first parking activity includes receiving a notification sent from the first vehicle indicating an attempt to park in the first geographic location via the communications network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein recording a first physical location includes receiving a first parking notice from the first vehicle indicating the first vehicle is parked.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a first report identifying identity of the first vehicle, location of first parking, duration of the first parking duration to a city municipal to update city parking map.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein providing parking information to the first vehicle includes facilitating to assist guiding the first vehicle into a proposed parking spot using vehicle driving assistance capabilities.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein activating at least a portion of a plurality of interior and exterior sensors includes:

enabling a set of outward facing cameras mounted on the vehicle for recording external surrounding images representing a geographic environment in which the vehicle operates; and

initiating one or more inward facing cameras mounted in the vehicle for collecting interior images of the vehicle.

11. A method capable of interactively managing automobile parking space across a metropolitan area utilizing an interactive parking management (“

IPM”

) via embedded and cloud data, the method comprising;

monitoring traffic flow traveling through the metropolitan area via stationary cameras, sensors, and moving on-car cameras based on real-time information;

identifying a first vehicle attempting to find a parking spot in a first geographic region of the metropolitan area;

obtaining first real-time information associated with the first geographic region through moving sensors, stationary sensors, and car-info sharing report via a communications network;

generating a first parking information message containing available parking spots in the first geographic region with parking fees charged based on location of parking spots; and

pushing the first parking information message from IPM to the first vehicle via the communications network.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising monitoring movement of the first vehicle after the first parking information message reaches to the first vehicle.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising recording a first physical parking spot in which the first vehicle is parked and first parking duration according to the first real-time information.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising generating a first parking invoice in response to information relating to the first physical parking spot and first parking duration associated with the first vehicle.

15. A method able to provide an interactive parking management (“

IPM”

) in accordance with information obtained from a plurality of interior and exterior sensors, vehicle onboard computer (“

VOC”

), and cloud data, the method comprising;

acknowledging a parking attempt initiated by a vehicle traveling in a geographic location via a communications network;

recording a physical location in which the vehicle is parked and time duration of parking in the physical location according to the current parking status obtained through various interior, exterior, and stationary sensors;

generating a parking invoice in response to information relating to the physical location and parking duration; and

forwarding the parking invoice to an owner of the vehicle from the IPM;

providing parking information to the vehicle for facilitating the parking attempt;

wherein providing parking information to the vehicle includes activating a car-info sharing model for collecting real-time parking availability nearby the vehicle via a group of cars traveling within the geographic location.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising generating a report identifying an identity of the vehicle, location of parking, and the duration of the parking for subscribers.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein providing parking information to the vehicle includes receiving collected real-time parking availability from the car-info sharing model to IPM via the communications network.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein providing parking information to the vehicle includes offering a bidding option to buy next available parking spot.

19. A method able to provide an interactive parking management (“

IPM”

) in accordance with information obtained from a plurality of interior and exterior sensors, vehicle onboard computer (“

VOC”

), and cloud data, the method comprising;

acknowledging a first parking activity initiated by a first vehicle traveling in a first geographic location via a communications network;

providing parking information to the first vehicle based on data obtained from current parking status, historical parking status, and big data for facilitating the first parking activity;

monitoring movement of the first vehicle in accordance with the current parking status;

recording a first physical location in which the first vehicle is parked and first parking duration according to the current parking status, historical parking status, and big data; and

generating a first parking invoice in response to information relating to the first physical location and first parking duration;

wherein providing parking information to the first vehicle includes;

activating a car-info sharing model for collecting real-time parking availability nearby the first vehicle via a group of cars traveling within the first geographic location; and

receiving collected real-time parking availability from the car-info sharing model to IPM via the communications network.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein providing parking information to the first vehicle includes pushing parking availability matrix to the first vehicle indicating probability of parking locations and real-time parking fee assessment for different parking locations.