SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE PARKING INFORMATION USING NAVIGATION SATELLITE

• US 20090085773A1
• Filed: 07/30/2008
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Sin, Cheon-Sig, Kim, Jae-Hoon, Lee, Sang-Uk
• Granted Patent: US 8,310,375 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/932.200
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/14 indicating individual free spaces in parking areas

Abstract

Provided is a system and method for providing vehicle parking information using a navigation satellite. The system includes: a monitoring unit for photographing an image of a vehicle parking space and transmitting the image to a parking space checking unit; the parking space checking unit for checking a vacant parking space based on the transmitted vehicle parking space image and transmitting vacant parking space acquisition information to a location information computing unit; and the location information computing unit for creating and transmitting location information of the vacant parking space, which is vehicle parking information, to a navigation satellite based on own location information acquired based on navigation information transmitted from an external navigation satellite and the transmitted vacant parking space acquisition information.

Claims

1. A system for providing vehicle parking information, comprising:

a monitoring means for photographing an image of a vehicle parking space and transmitting the image to a parking space checking means;

the parking space checking means for checking a vacant parking space based on the transmitted vehicle parking space image and transmitting vacant parking space acquisition information to a location information computing means; and

the location information computing means for creating and transmitting location information of the vacant parking space, which is vehicle parking information, to a navigation satellite based on vehicle location information acquired based on navigation information transmitted from the navigation satellite and the transmitted vacant parking space acquisition information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the location information computing means includes:

a receiving unit for receiving the navigation information broadcasted from the navigation satellite and the transmitted vacant parking space acquisition information;

a navigation signal processing unit for acquiring present vehicle location information on a Global Positioning System (GPS) by processing the received navigation information;

a location computing unit for computing the location information of the vacant parking space, which is vehicle parking information, based on the acquired present vehicle location information on GPS and the received vacant parking space acquisition information; and

a transmitting unit for transmitting the computed vehicle parking information to the navigation satellite.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the navigation satellite broadcasts the received vehicle parking information to a terminal.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the terminal displays vehicle parking information acquired at a close distance from vehicle location among the received vehicle parking information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the location information computing means includes:

a receiving unit for receiving the broadcasted navigation information, the transmitted vacant parking space acquisition information, and the vacant parking space image;

a navigation signal processing unit for acquiring present vehicle location information on GPS by processing the received navigation information;

a location computing unit for computing the vehicle parking information based on present vehicle location information on GPS and the received vacant parking space acquisition information;

an information adding unit for adding the received vacant parking space image and the outputted vehicle parking information to thereby produce added parking data; and

a transmitting unit for transmitting the added parking data acquired by adding vehicle parking information and vacant parking space image to the navigation satellite.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the navigation satellite broadcasts the received vehicle parking information and the vacant parking space image to the terminal.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the terminal displays the received vehicle parking information and the vacant parking space image.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the location computing unit computes vacant parking space location information in a horizontal axis of the vehicle parking space when the location information computing means is located in the horizontal axis of the vehicle parking space, and computes vacant parking space location information in a vertical axis of the vehicle parking space when the location information computing means is located in the vertical axis of the vehicle parking space.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the vacant parking space acquisition information includes identification (ID) to be recognized by the location information computing means.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the vacant parking space acquisition information includes location information on the vacant parking space inside a vehicle parking space region to be recognized by the location information computing means.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the parking space checking means determines an operation of the vehicle in each block of the vehicle parking space region and checks whether the vacant parking space is secured in the vehicle parking space region.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the parking space checking means determines whether there is a vehicle body in each block of the vehicle parking space region and checks whether the vacant parking space is secured in the vehicle parking space region.

13. A method for providing vehicle parking information, comprising:

photographing a vehicle parking space to acquire an image of the vehicle parking space;

creating vacant parking space acquisition information by finding a vacant parking space based on the acquired parking space image; and

creating location information of the vacant parking space, which is vehicle parking information, based on vehicle location information acquired based on navigation information transmitted from an external navigation satellite and the created vacant parking space acquisition information, and transmitting the vehicle parking information to the navigation satellite.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said creating the vehicle parking information includes:

acquiring present vehicle location information on Global Positioning System (GPS) by processing the received navigation information;

computing the vehicle parking information based on the acquired present vehicle location information on GPS and the created vacant parking space acquisition information; and

transmitting the computed vehicle parking information to navigation satellite and broadcasting the vehicle parking information to a terminal.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein said creating the vehicle parking information includes:

acquiring present vehicle location information on GPS by processing the received navigation information;

computing the vehicle parking information based on acquired present vehicle location information on GPS and the created vacant parking space acquisition information;

adding the vacant parking space image and the outputted vehicle parking information to thereby produce add data; and

transmitting the added data acquired by adding the vehicle parking information and the vacant parking space image to the navigation satellite and broadcasting the added data from the navigation satellite to a terminal.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the vacant parking space acquisition information includes identification (ID).

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the vacant parking space acquisition information includes location information on the vacant parking space in a vehicle parking space region.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the vacant parking space acquisition information is created by determining an operation of the vehicle in each block of the vehicle parking space and checking whether the vacant parking space is secured in the vehicle parking space region.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the vacant parking space acquisition information is created by determining whether there is a vehicle body in each block of the vehicle parking space region and checks whether the vacant parking space is acquired in the vehicle parking space region.