METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER IN FINDING A PARKING SPOT
First Claim
1. A method for assisting a driver of a first vehicle to find a possible parking space comprising:
- receiving at the first vehicle a signal transmitted from a second vehicle, the signal indicating a location of an available parking space identified by the second vehicle; and
assigning to the available parking space a quality measure of usability as the possible parking space for the first vehicle.
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Abstract
A vehicle seeking a parking space receives a signals transmitted from a second vehicle operating in the same area as the first vehicle. The signals indicate the locations of one or more available parking space identified by the second vehicle. The spaces may be identified on the basis of the second vehicle having just vacated a space, or on the basis of an ambient sensor carried by the second vehicle. Each parking space has assigned to it a quality measure of usability as the possible parking space for the first vehicle. The quality measure may depend on a distance or travel time from the first vehicle to the space, and/or a time elapsed since the space was identified, and/or the proximity of other vehicles searching for a parking space. A display screen shows the locations of available parking spaces, their relative quality measures, and a proposed route to reach them.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for assisting a driver of a first vehicle to find a possible parking space comprising:
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receiving at the first vehicle a signal transmitted from a second vehicle, the signal indicating a location of an available parking space identified by the second vehicle; and assigning to the available parking space a quality measure of usability as the possible parking space for the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for assisting a driver of a first vehicle to find a possible parking space comprising:
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receiving at the first vehicle a signal transmitted from a second vehicle, the signal indicating a location of a first available parking space identified by the second vehicle; receiving at the first vehicle a second signal transmitted from a third vehicle, the second signal indicating a location of a second available parking space identified by the third vehicle; assigning to each of the first and second available parking spaces a respective quality measure of usability as the possible parking space for the first vehicle; and advising the driver as to which of the first and second available parking spaces are assigned a higher quality measure. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. Apparatus for assisting a driver of a first vehicle to find a possible parking space comprising:
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a wireless communication device receiving a signal from a second vehicle, the signal indicating a location of an available parking space identified by the second vehicle; and a computational device assigning to the available parking space a quality measure of usability as the possible parking space for the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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