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Vehicle location tracking systems and methods

  • US 10,559,210 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2018
  • Issued: 02/11/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle location system, comprising:

  • a plurality of vehicle identification tags respectively coupled to a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle identification tag configured to emit an identification signal associated with one of the plurality of vehicles;

    a plurality of driver identification tags associated with a plurality of drivers, each driver identification tag configured to emit a driver identification signal associated with one of the plurality of drivers;

    a plurality of stall identification tags, each stall identification tag being located within a corresponding parking stall of a plurality of parking stalls, each stall identification tag being configured to emit a stall identification signal associated with the corresponding parking stall;

    a plurality of transceivers to;

    receive the identification signals from the plurality of vehicle identification tags, the driver identification signals from the plurality of driver identification tags, and the stall identification signals from the plurality of stall identification tags;

    determine a signal strength associated with each of the received identification signals, the received driver identification signals, and the received stall identification signals; and

    transmit a marker signal comprising a transceiver identification, a vehicle identifier, and the signal strengths; and

    a coordinator to receive the marker signal from the plurality of transceivers, determine a location of one or more of the plurality of vehicles based on a comparison of the determined signal strengths associated with the received identification signals and the received stall identification signals, determine a location of one or more of the plurality of drivers based at least partially on the determined signal strengths associated with the received driver identification signals, and send directions to the one or more drivers comprising a map from the determined location of the one or more drivers to the determined location of at least one of the one or more vehicles, the determined location of at least one of the one or more vehicles comprising identification of a particular parking stall of the plurality of parking stalls.

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