Cognitive parking guidance

• US 10,458,809 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2016
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Flores, Romelia H., Kwan, Hung Tack, Dejewski, Donald
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lewandroski, Sara J
• Application Number:
  US15/042,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20170234694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,356 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/80 characterised by the intended use of the viewing arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3685 the POI's being parking facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096838 where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/141 with means giving the indication of available parking spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/143 inside the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/145 where the indication depends on the parking areas
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/147 where the parking area is within an open public zone, e.g. city centre

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for cognitive parking guidance. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for cognitive parking guidance includes initially receiving in memory of a computer either an express or implied definition of a navigation waypoint for a specified vehicle. The method also includes retrieving from over a computer communications network into the memory of the computer, a set of available parking spaces within a pre-specified distance of the navigation waypoint and loading into the memory of the computer a context of the vehicle. The method yet further includes filtering the available parking spaces in the set into a subset of one or more available parking spaces in accordance with the context. Finally, the method includes displaying a location of a selected one of the parking spaces in the subset in a display of the computer.

Claims

1. A method for cognitive parking guidance comprising:

receiving in memory of a computer, a set of navigation waypoints defining a route for a specified vehicle of a motorist;

retrieving from over a computer communications network into the memory of the computer, a set of available parking spaces within a pre-specified distance of a selected one of the navigation waypoints;

loading into the memory of the computer a context of the vehicle that includes a physical characteristic of the vehicle;

filtering the available parking spaces in the set into a subset of one or more available parking spaces in accordance with the context and also in consideration of a subsequent one of the navigation waypoints following the selected one of the navigation waypoints; and

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displaying a location of a selected one of the parking spaces in the subset in a display of the computer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the context includes one of a vehicle type, a vehicle model and a vehicle dimension.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the the filtering is additionally based upon an environmental factor includes a factor selected from the group consisting of a weather report, and a time of day.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtering is additionally based upon a pre-stored preference of a motorist providing the navigation waypoint.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the pre-stored preference is a past selection of a parking space proximate to the navigation waypoint.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtering is additionally based upon a location of a public event relative to the navigation waypoint.

7. An intelligent vehicle data processing system configured for cognitive parking guidance, the system comprising:

a host computing device comprising memory and at least one processor;

a navigation system executing in the memory of the host computing device; and

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a cognitive parking guidance module coupled to the navigation system, the module comprising program code enabled upon execution in the memory of the device to receive in the memory of the device from the navigation system, a set of navigation waypoints defining a route for a specified vehicle of a motorist, to retrieve from over a computer communications network into the memory of the device a set of available parking spaces within a pre-specified distance of a selected one of the navigation waypoints, to load into the memory of the computer a context of the vehicle that includes a physical characteristic of the vehicle, to filter the available parking spaces in the set into a subset of one or more available parking spaces in accordance with the context and also in consideration of a subsequent one of the navigation waypoints following the selected one of the navigation waypoints, and to display in the device a location of a selected one of the parking spaces in the subset in a display of the computer.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the filtering is additionally based upon a location of a public event relative to the navigation waypoint.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the context includes one of a vehicle type, a vehicle model and a vehicle dimension.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the context includes a factor selected from the group consisting of a weather report, and a time of day.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the filtering is additionally based upon a pre-stored preference of a motorist providing the navigation waypoint.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the pre-stored preference is a past selection of a parking space proximate to the navigation waypoint.

13. A computer program product for cognitive parking guidance, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to perform a method comprising:

receiving in memory of a computer, a set of navigation waypoints defining a route for a specified vehicle of a motorist;

retrieving from over a computer communications network into the memory of the computer, a set of available parking spaces within a pre-specified distance of a selected one of the navigation waypoints;

loading into the memory of the computer a context of the vehicle that includes a physical characteristic of the vehicle;

filtering the available parking spaces in the set into a subset of one or more available parking spaces in accordance with the context and also in consideration of a subsequent one of the navigation waypoints following the selected one of the navigation waypoints; and

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displaying a location of a selected one of the parking spaces in the subset in a display of the computer.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the filtering is additionally based upon a pre-stored preference of a motorist providing the navigation waypoint.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the pre-stored preference is a past selection of a parking space proximate to the navigation waypoint.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the context includes one of a vehicle type, a vehicle model and a vehicle dimension.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the context includes a factor selected from the group consisting of a weather report, and a time of day.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the filtering is additionally based upon a location of a public event relative to the navigation waypoint.