PARKING CONTROL APPARATUS, PARKING CONTROL METHOD AND PARKING CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20150054661A1
• Filed: 06/17/2014
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HL Klemove Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mando Corporation
• Inventors: NOH, Tae Bong
• Granted Patent: US 9,520,063 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/932.2
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/027 Parking aids, e.g. instruction means
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/141 with means giving the indication of available parking spaces
• 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: G08G 1/147 where the parking area is within an open public zone, e.g. city centre

Abstract

The present invention relates to a parking control technology. In particular, the present invention relates to a parking control apparatus, a parking control method, and a parking control system which may search a plurality of parking space around a vehicle and allocate identification information to each of the searched parking spaces.

Claims

1. A parking control apparatus comprising:

a space search unit configured to search one or more spaces to park a vehicle; and

a searched space management unit configured to allocate identification information to correspond to each of the searched spaces.

2. The parking control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the space search unit is configured to recognize an object around the vehicle through a search apparatus and to search a space to park the vehicle based on a result of recognizing the object.

3. The parking control apparatus of claim 2, wherein the searched space management unit performs a control such that space images for the searched spaces are displayed on a display apparatus, and performs a control such that the identification information allocated to correspond to each of the searched spaces is further displayed on the display apparatus.

4. The parking control apparatus of claim 3, wherein the identification information allocated to correspond to each of the searched spaces includes at least one of an inherent figure, a symbol, an image, and a color for each of the searched space.

5. The parking control apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a parking space selection unit configured to select one of the searched spaces as a parking space to actually park the vehicle.

6. The parking control apparatus of claim 5, wherein the parking space selection unit selects the parking space by receiving an input of driver selection information for the one of the searched spaces from the display apparatus.

7. The parking control apparatus of claim 5, wherein, when a space is searched and then another space is searched by the space search unit, the parking space selection unit suppresses the previously searched space from being selected as the parking space.

8. The parking control apparatus of claim 1, wherein a plurality of spaces are searched.

9. A parking control method comprising:

searching a space to park a vehicle; and

allocating identification information to correspond to the searched space.

10. A parking control system including:

a parking control apparatus configured to search one or more spaces to park a vehicle and to allocate identification information to correspond to each of the searched spaces; and

a display apparatus configured to display the identification information allocated to correspond to each of the searched spaces.