Personalized Parking and Reservation System
First Claim
1. A parking facility management, personalized parking and reservation system comprising,(a) at least one electrical signaling sensor per parking space of a multi-space parking facility, said sensor having the capabilities to determine status of whether the parking space is occupied or unoccupied and if occupied whether a vehicle or person is occupying it, and to transmit continuous and periodic signals identifying that status;
- (b) at least one electrical signaling sensor per aisle of a multi-space parking facility with event based polling capabilities for detecting a moving vehicle and transmitting a signal identifying whether or not a moving vehicle has been detected;
(c) a plurality of repeaters having an antenna to capture and strengthen a signal from any sensor and retransmit said signal to a microprocessor receiving station;
(d) at least one ticket dispenser permitting input of parking space preference information from a parking patron and capable of printing a map and textual instructions for driving to a personalized recommended parking space;
(e) at least one microprocessor receiving station capable of receiving signals originating from the sensors and managed by secondary software residing on a computer connected to the microprocessor receiving station, said secondary software translates each signal received from a sensor into data and writes the data to a plurality of files and to a database on server readable medium on the computer; and
(f) primary software for the system operable by the computer, such primary software toenable parking administration management to enter setup information concerning parking facility space layout, parking space attributes, and preferences from a parking patron;
store parking space preference information;
compute the location of a recommended parking space for a parking patron based on the parking space attributes and the any personalized parking space preference information inputted by said parking patron;
compute the vehicles in motion in the aisles;
send information on the location of a recommended parking space to the parking patron;
provide directions for the shortest path to reach to the recommended parking space in both textual and graphical map format;
provide a printable display to a computer across the Internet of periodic executive management reports; and
integrate data from one or more parking facilities into the files and the database.
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Abstract
A parking facility management, personalized parking and reservation system enabling better parking administration management and further enabling a parking patron to find a recommended parking space most nearly matching his personal preferences and to receive instructions on the shortest path to reach to the available parking space. Electrical signaling sensors (10, 34a, 34b) are employed in parking spaces and aisles. The system includes signal repeaters (26), a microprocessor receiving station (27) employing files and a database on a server readable medium. Secondary software on a computer (31) connected to the microprocessor receiving station (27) manages the microprocessor receiving station, translates the signals, and sends data to files and a database. A ticket dispenser permits entry of parking space preference information. Primary software on the computer (31) enables a parking patron and parking administration management to enter information concerning preferences, parking facility space layout and parking space attributes. The primary software also computes the location of a recommended parking space for a parking patron, compute the vehicles in motion in the aisles; sends a recommended parking space location to the ticket dispenser, provides directions to the recommended parking space, provides periodic executive management reports, and sends instructions to the microprocessor receiving station to integrate data from a plurality of parking facilities into a centralized database.
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1. A parking facility management, personalized parking and reservation system comprising,
(a) at least one electrical signaling sensor per parking space of a multi-space parking facility, said sensor having the capabilities to determine status of whether the parking space is occupied or unoccupied and if occupied whether a vehicle or person is occupying it, and to transmit continuous and periodic signals identifying that status; -
(b) at least one electrical signaling sensor per aisle of a multi-space parking facility with event based polling capabilities for detecting a moving vehicle and transmitting a signal identifying whether or not a moving vehicle has been detected; (c) a plurality of repeaters having an antenna to capture and strengthen a signal from any sensor and retransmit said signal to a microprocessor receiving station; (d) at least one ticket dispenser permitting input of parking space preference information from a parking patron and capable of printing a map and textual instructions for driving to a personalized recommended parking space; (e) at least one microprocessor receiving station capable of receiving signals originating from the sensors and managed by secondary software residing on a computer connected to the microprocessor receiving station, said secondary software translates each signal received from a sensor into data and writes the data to a plurality of files and to a database on server readable medium on the computer; and (f) primary software for the system operable by the computer, such primary software to enable parking administration management to enter setup information concerning parking facility space layout, parking space attributes, and preferences from a parking patron; store parking space preference information; compute the location of a recommended parking space for a parking patron based on the parking space attributes and the any personalized parking space preference information inputted by said parking patron; compute the vehicles in motion in the aisles; send information on the location of a recommended parking space to the parking patron; provide directions for the shortest path to reach to the recommended parking space in both textual and graphical map format; provide a printable display to a computer across the Internet of periodic executive management reports; and integrate data from one or more parking facilities into the files and the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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