ALLOCATING AN AREA TO A VEHICLE
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1. A method of directing a vehicle (100) to an allocated area (126), the method including:
- obtaining (204) data representing a current geographical location of the vehicle;
using (208) the geographical location data to identify at least one destination location (122), each said destination location having a set of allocatable areas;
checking (208) availability of the allocatable areas at the at least one destination location in order to allocate a said available allocatable area to the vehicle, andgenerating data for use in directing (214) the vehicle to the area allocated to the vehicle.
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Abstract
A method of directing a vehicle (100) to an allocated area (126) includes obtaining (204) data representing a current geographical location of the vehicle; using (208) the geographical location data to identify at least one destination location (122), each said destination location having a set of allocatable areas; checking (208) availability of the allocatable areas at the at least one destination location in order to allocate a said available allocatable area to the vehicle, and generating data for use in directing (214) the vehicle to the area allocated to the vehicle.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of directing a vehicle (100) to an allocated area (126), the method including:
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obtaining (204) data representing a current geographical location of the vehicle; using (208) the geographical location data to identify at least one destination location (122), each said destination location having a set of allocatable areas; checking (208) availability of the allocatable areas at the at least one destination location in order to allocate a said available allocatable area to the vehicle, and generating data for use in directing (214) the vehicle to the area allocated to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system (102, 110) adapted to direct a vehicle (100) to an allocated area (126), the system including:
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a location device (108) for obtaining data representing a current geographical location of the vehicle; a device (102, 110) configured to use the geographical location data to identify at least one destination location (122), each said destination location having a set of allocatable areas (126); a device (102, 110) configured to check availability of the allocatable areas at the at least one destination location in order to allocate a said available allocatable area to the vehicle, and a device (102, 110) configured to generate data for use in directing the vehicle to the area allocated to the vehicle.
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