DETERMINING PARKING OF A VEHICLE

• US 20150170031A1
• Filed: 05/01/2013
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Attar, Mohammad Hossain Sheikh, Taylor, Michael James, Costanzo, Jerred James
• Application Number:
  US13/875,126
• Publication Number:
  US 20150170031A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining parking of a vehicle are provided. One or more possible parking indicators associated with a user and a vehicle are obtained. The possible parking indicators include a manual parking confirmation, a disconnection from a vehicle dock, a disconnection from a vehicle'"'"'s short-range, an acceleration determination based on data obtained from an accelerometer of the portable computer, the location of the portable computer at a known parking location, an arrival at a user-specific destination, and the location of the portable computer at a high traffic location. Certainty measures are assigned to each obtained possible parking indicator and the probability of a parking event is determined.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for determining parking of a vehicle, the method comprising:

obtaining, by one or more processors, one or more parking indicators associated with a user and a vehicle, the one or more parking indicators selected from the group consisting of;

a manual parking confirmation from a user of a portable computer;

a disconnection of the portable computer from a dock of the vehicle;

a disconnection of the portable computer from a short-range radio provided by the vehicle;

a determination based on data received from an accelerometer of the portable computer;

a determination that a location of the portable computer is a known parking location;

an arrival at a user-specific destination; and

a determination that the location of the portable computer is not in a high traffic area;

calculating, by one or more processors, a probability of a parking event of the vehicle based on the one or more parking indicators;

determining, by one or more processors, that the probability of the parking event is greater than a threshold value; and

storing, by one or more processors, the location of the parking event on the portable computer.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a determination that a location of the portable computer is a known parking location further comprises:

determining a location of the portable computer;

obtaining a list of known parking locations in a geographic area that includes the location of the portable computer; and

identifying the location of the portable computer as a location within the list of known parking locations.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a determination that the location of the portable computer is not in a high traffic area further comprises:

determining a location of the portable computer;

obtaining a measurement of traffic congestion in an area that includes the location of the portable computer from a remote server via a network accessible by the portable computer.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein calculating the probability of the parking event comprises assigning a certainty measure to each of the one or more possible parking indicators obtained, and combining the certainty measures.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a determination based on data received from an accelerometer of the portable computer further comprises:

matching the acceleration data to one of a plurality of acceleration profiles; and

determining, based on the matched profile, whether the user is traveling in the vehicle or on foot.

6. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium having executable computer code stored thereon for determining parking of a vehicle, the code comprising a set of instructions that causes one or more processors to perform the following:

obtaining, by one or more processors, one or more parking indicators associated with a user and a vehicle, the one or more parking indicators selected from the group consisting of;

a manual parking confirmation from a user of a portable computer;

a disconnection of the portable computer from a dock of the vehicle;

a disconnection of the portable computer from a short-range radio provided by the vehicle;

a determination based on data received from an accelerometer of the portable computer;

a determination that a location of the portable computer is a known parking location;

an arrival at a user-specific destination; and

a determination that the location of the portable computer is not in a high traffic area;

calculating, by one or more processors, a probability of a parking event of the vehicle based on the one or more parking indicators;

determining, by one or more processors, that the probability of the parking event is greater than a threshold value; and

storing, by one or more processors, the location of the parking event on the portable computer.

7. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the computer code further comprises a set of instructions that causes one or more processors to perform the following:

wherein obtaining a determination that a location of the portable computer is a known parking location further comprises;

determining a location of the portable computer;

obtaining a list of known parking locations in a geographic area that includes the location of the portable computer; and

identifying the location of the portable computer as a location within the list of known parking locations.

8. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein obtaining a determination that the location of the portable computer is not in a high traffic area further comprises:

determining a location of the portable computer;

obtaining a measurement of traffic congestion in an area that includes the location of the portable computer from a remote server via a network accessible by the portable computer.

9. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein calculating the probability of the parking event comprises assigning a certainty measure to each of the obtained one or more possible parking indicators and combining the certainty measures.

10. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the obtaining a determination based on data received from an accelerometer of the portable computer further

matching the acceleration data to one of a plurality of acceleration profiles;

and

determining based on the matched profile whether the user is traveling in the vehicle or on foot.

11. A system for determining parking of a vehicle, the system comprising:

one or more processors;

a tangible non-transitory memory accessible by the one or more processors, the memory having computer code stored thereon, the code comprising a set of instructions that causes one or more processors to perform the following;

obtaining, by one or more processors, one or more parking indicators associated with a user and a vehicle, the one or more parking indicators selected from the group consisting of;

a manual parking confirmation from a user of a portable computer;

a disconnection of the portable computer from a dock of the vehicle;

a disconnection of the portable computer from a short-range radio provided by the vehicle;

a determination based on data received from an accelerometer of the portable computer;

a determination that a location of the portable computer is a known parking location;

an arrival at a user-specific destination; and

a determination that the location of the portable computer is not in a high traffic area;

calculating, by one or more processors, a probability of a parking event of the vehicle based on the one or more parking indicators;

determining, by one or more processors, that the probability of the parking event is greater than a threshold value; and

storing, by one or more processors, the location of the parking event on the portable computer

12. The system of claim 11, wherein obtaining a determination that a location of the portable computer is a known parking location further comprises:

determining a location of the portable computer;

obtaining a list of known parking locations in a geographic area that includes the location of the portable computer; and

identifying the location of the portable computer as a location within the list of known parking locations.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein obtaining a determination that the location of the portable computer is not in a high traffic area further comprises:

determining a location of the portable computer;

obtaining a measurement of traffic congestion in an area that includes the location of the portable computer from a remote server via a network accessible by the portable computer

14. The system of claim 11, wherein calculating the probability of the parking event comprises assigning a certainty measure to each of the one or more possible parking indicators obtained and combining the certainty measures.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein obtaining a determination based on data received from an accelerometer of the portable computer further comprises:

matching the acceleration data to one of a plurality of acceleration profiles; and

determining, based on the matched profile, whether the user is traveling in the vehicle or on foot.