Automated Parking System
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1. An automated parking system capable of parking, transporting, storing and retrieving a plurality of vehicles, comprising:
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(b) at least one communication system provided with a tracking system; and
(c) a transport system comprising at least one movable transporter for transporting the vehicles according to a parking arrangement in a parking structure, and at least one vertical transport facility for transporting the movable transporter from one level to another in the parking structure, wherein the guiding system comprises at least one guiding track embedded in the floor of the parking structure, providing mobility for the movable transporter, wherein the movable transporter can be moved vertically among floors of the parking structure and can be moved to desired locations(s) on each floor of the parking structure, and wherein the automated parking system provides a parking scheme having at least one unoccupied parking space in a parking area.
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Abstract
An automated parking system is capable of parking, transporting, storing and retrieving a plurality of vehicles. The system comprises a guiding system; at least one communication system provided with a tracking system; a transport system including at least one movable transporter for transporting the vehicles and at least one vertical transport facility for transporting the movable transporter, wherein the automated parking system provides a parking scheme comprising at least one unoccupied parking space in a parking area.
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1. An automated parking system capable of parking, transporting, storing and retrieving a plurality of vehicles, comprising:
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(a) a guiding system;
(b) at least one communication system provided with a tracking system; and
(c) a transport system comprising at least one movable transporter for transporting the vehicles according to a parking arrangement in a parking structure, and at least one vertical transport facility for transporting the movable transporter from one level to another in the parking structure, wherein the guiding system comprises at least one guiding track embedded in the floor of the parking structure, providing mobility for the movable transporter, wherein the movable transporter can be moved vertically among floors of the parking structure and can be moved to desired locations(s) on each floor of the parking structure, and wherein the automated parking system provides a parking scheme having at least one unoccupied parking space in a parking area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for parking, transporting, storing and retrieving a plurality of vehicles in a parking structure, comprising:
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(a) providing a driver with an electronic parking card after a driver arrives at the parking structure with his/her vehicle and parks the vehicle in a waiting area of the parking structure;
(b) generating an arrival time after the driver presents the parking card at a communication system; and
(c) recording the generated arrival time in a computer system and database connected to the communication system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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