METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC PARKING ALLOCATION IN URBAN SETTINGS
First Claim
1. A parking allocation and management system for an urban environment for optimally allocating and reserving parking resources for a discrete user based on a user'"'"'s parking preferences, the system comprising:
- a parking resource management center that is adapted to continuously track in real-time a state of occupancy and geographical location of each parking location of a multiplicity of parking locations within the urban environment and to generate state of occupancy data signals and parking resource geographical location data signals;
a driver request processing center that is adapted to continuously receive user requests and user geographical location data and to generate user request data signals and user geographical location data signals; and
a smart parking allocation center that is adapted to receive said state of occupancy data signals, said parking resource geographical location data signals, said user request data signals, and said user geographical location data signals in order to optimally allocate to and reserve parking resources for each discrete user and to dynamically and continuously re-allocate and reserve parking resources until each discrete user has changed the state of occupancy of an allocated and accepted parking resource.
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Abstract
A “smart parking” system and method for an urban environment based on a dynamic resource allocation approach. The system assigns and reserves an optimal resource (parking space) for a discrete user based on the user'"'"'s objective function that combines proximity to destination with parking cost, while also ensuring that the overall parking capacity is efficiently utilized. The solution of each Mixed Integer Linear Program (MILP) is an optimal allocation based on current state information and subject to random events such as new user requests or parking spaces becoming available.
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1. A parking allocation and management system for an urban environment for optimally allocating and reserving parking resources for a discrete user based on a user'"'"'s parking preferences, the system comprising:
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a parking resource management center that is adapted to continuously track in real-time a state of occupancy and geographical location of each parking location of a multiplicity of parking locations within the urban environment and to generate state of occupancy data signals and parking resource geographical location data signals; a driver request processing center that is adapted to continuously receive user requests and user geographical location data and to generate user request data signals and user geographical location data signals; and a smart parking allocation center that is adapted to receive said state of occupancy data signals, said parking resource geographical location data signals, said user request data signals, and said user geographical location data signals in order to optimally allocate to and reserve parking resources for each discrete user and to dynamically and continuously re-allocate and reserve parking resources until each discrete user has changed the state of occupancy of an allocated and accepted parking resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of optimally allocating and reserving parking resources in an urban environment for a discrete user based on a user'"'"'s parking preferences, the method comprising:
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receiving a parking request for a parking allocation from at least one user; continuously receiving geographical positioning data for each of the at least one user; identifying each of the at least one user'"'"'s corresponding parking preferences; receiving continuous parking resource data as to a geographical location and a state of occupancy or vacancy of each parking resource within the urban environment; optimally allocating parking resources to select users during a first allocation period based on given performance metrics; reserving an allocated parking resource for a select user after said select user has expressed a desired for the allocated parking resource; and continuing to optimally allocate comparable or better parking resources to the select user during a second and subsequent allocation periods. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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