VEHICLE PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH GUIDANCE FOR INDICATING FLOOR VACANT VEHICULAR PARKING DOCK

• US 20150170517A1
• Filed: 12/03/2014
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chen Yan
• Original Assignee: Chen Yan
• Inventors: YAN, Chen
• Application Number:
  US14/558,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20150170517A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/04 using optical or ultrasonic detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/142 external to 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 1/149 coupled to means for restricting the access to the parking space, e.g. authorization, access barriers, indicative lights

Abstract

A vehicle parking management system with guidance for indicating floor vacant vehicular parking dock comprises a plurality of detectors, a plurality of display units, a servo and a power supply. Each detector includes an optical sensor securely fixed in each corresponding vehicle parking dock. Each display unit includes an illuminator securely fixed in front margin of each corresponding vehicle parking dock. The servo, which respectively connects to an entrance ticket machine of the parking lot, each detector and each display unit of every vehicle parking dock via a connected cabled network, includes a controlling program functioning to create a chasing lights display of Marquee sign. By means of the chasing lights display, every driver can quickly find vacant parking dock in the parking lot without any difficulty so that no vehicle congestion or long vehicle queue will happen.

Claims

1. A vehicle parking management system with guidance for indicating floor vacant vehicular parking dock comprises a plurality of detectors, a plurality of display units, a servo and a power supply, wherein each said detector, which is securely fixed in each corresponding vehicle parking dock of parking position, includes an optical sensor for functioning to constantly monitor the parking status of its corresponding vehicle parking dock and immediately relaying a signal of such parking status to the servo via a connected cabled network;

each said display unit, which is securely fixed in front margin of each corresponding vehicle parking dock, includes a monochromatic illuminator for responding to immediately change the on/off lighting to reflect the parking status of its corresponding vehicle parking dock and sequencing the lighting on/off order as a chasing lights display of Marquee sign in accordance with the command from the servo via a connected cabled network;

said servo, which respectively connects to an entrance ticket machine of the parking lot, each detector and each display unit of every vehicle parking dock via a connected cabled network, includes a controlling program for serving to receive, process, store and update all signals of such parking status from detector, then transmit suitable command to each display unit of every vehicle parking dock if any incoming vehicle driver presses the start button on the entrance ticket machine so that each display unit of every vehicle parking dock starts to sequence the lighting on/off order as a chasing lights display of Marquee sign accordingly while the vehicle driver easily follows the planned vehicular circulating route of the parking lot sequential blinks by the chasing lights display of Marquee sign to quickly find the vacant parking dock in the parking lot; and

said power supply, which includes an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), provides electrical energy to the detectors, display units and servo.

2. The vehicle parking management system with guidance for indicating floor vacant vehicular parking dock as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal of such parking status generated and sent out by the optical sensor of the detector is that it is a signal of “

occupied parking dock”

if sensing a vehicle having parked in the corresponding vehicle parking dock while it is a signal of “

vacant parking dock”

if sensing no vehicle having parked in the corresponding vehicle parking dock, then simultaneously transmit the signal to the servo for processing, updating and storage.

3. The vehicle parking management system with guidance for indicating floor vacant vehicular parking dock as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optical sensor of the detector is made of anyone of the industrial electronic components such as thermoelectric infrared sensor, quantum infrared sensor, reflection-type active infrared transponder composing of an infrared LED and an infrared receiver, shading-type active infrared sensor composing of an infrared LED and an infrared receiver, as well as passive infrared sensor (PIR).

4. The vehicle parking management system with guidance for indicating floor vacant vehicular parking dock as claimed in claim 2, wherein the optical sensor of the detector is made of anyone of the industrial electronic components such as thermoelectric infrared sensor, quantum infrared sensor, reflection-type active infrared transponder composing of an infrared LED and an infrared receiver, shading-type active infrared sensor composing of an infrared LED and an infrared receiver, as well as passive infrared sensor (PIR).

5. The vehicle parking management system with guidance for indicating floor vacant vehicular parking dock as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display unit includes one illuminator chosen from anyone of following illuminators of different lighting colors such as incandescent lamps or LEDs of various colors like red, blue, green, yellow, white and so on.

6. The vehicle parking management system with guidance for indicating floor vacant vehicular parking dock as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display unit includes at least two illuminators of different lighting colors such that all illuminators function to change the on/off lighting to reflect the parking status of its corresponding vehicle parking dock and sequencing the lighting on/off order as a chasing lights display of Marquee sign in accordance with the command from the servo via a connected cabled network.

7. The vehicle parking management system with guidance for indicating floor vacant vehicular parking dock as claimed in claim 6, wherein the display unit includes two illuminators of different lighting colors chosen from anyone or dual-combination of following illuminators such as incandescent lamps or LEDs of various colors like red, blue, green, yellow, white and so on.