SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PARKING INFORMATION BASED ON DUAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120139757A1
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Published: 06/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Ji, Sang Woo, Lee, Jun Hyeong, Bae, Hyun Cheol, Yoon, Hun Joung
• Granted Patent: US 8,754,784 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/932.2
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/143 inside the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/146 where the parking area is a limited parking space, e.g. parking garage, restricted space
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/14 Reselecting a network or an air interface

Abstract

A system for providing parking information based on dual wireless communication including a vehicle terminal configured to connect to a server via a first wireless communication network when a parking information request is generated, and configured to connect to the server via a second wireless communication network if a connection via the first wireless communication network is failed, thereby receiving and displaying the parking information on a screen.

Claims

1. A system for providing parking information based on dual wireless communication, the system comprising:

a vehicle terminal configured to connect to a server via a first wireless communication network when a parking information request is generated, and configured to connect to the server via a second wireless communication network if a connection via the first wireless communication network fails, thereby receiving and displaying the parking information on a screen.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication is code division multiples access (CDMA) and the second wireless communication is WiFi.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle terminal comprises:

a wireless communication unit configured to perform a wireless communication with the server via at least one of a group consisting of CDMA, WiFi and WiBro;

a control unit configured to perform a handover to the at least one of a group consisting of CDMA, WiFi and WiBro; and

a display unit configured to display on a screen parking information received from the server.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the parking information includes announcement information, parking information of each level, and detailed information of a selected level listed in the parking information of each level.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the detailed information is divided into a plurality of subsections and the display unit is configured to display an enlarged view of a subsection selected by a user.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the announcement information includes an address of a parking site, a total number of spaces, a service provider and event information.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein, in the detailed information of the selected level, an available parking space is marked as white and an occupied parking space is marked as red.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the server determine, upon receiving the parking information request from the vehicle terminal, whether a user is a subscriber to a parking information service.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein the server determine, upon receiving the parking information request from the vehicle terminal, whether a user is a subscriber to a parking information service.

10. A method of providing parking information based on dual wireless communication, the method comprising:

sending a request for parking information to a server via a first wireless communication network when a parking information request is generated;

sending the request for the parking information to the server via a second wireless communication network if a connection via the first wireless communication network is failed; and

displaying, on a screen, the parking information received from the server.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first wireless communication is CDMA and the second wireless communication is WiFi.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the parking information includes announcement information, parking information of each level, and detailed information of a selected level listed in the parking information of each level.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the detailed information is divided into a plurality of subsections and the display unit is configured to display an enlarged view of a subsection selected by a user.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein, in the detailed information of the selected level, an available parking space is marked as a first color and an occupied parking space is marked as a second color.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the announcement information includes an address of a parking site, a total number of spaces, a service provider and event information.