ORCHESTRATING AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENTS OF PARKED VEHICLES TO OPTIMIZE PARKING EFFICIENCY
First Claim
1. A parking management computing device to manage vehicle parking, the parking management computing device comprising:
- a secure communications module to establish a secure control connection with a vehicle located in a parking zone;
a parking configuration module to (i) receive a parking request from the vehicle via the secure control connection, (ii) query a plurality of parked vehicles positioned in the parking zone for positional data of the parked vehicles, and (iii) determine a parking configuration including the plurality of parked vehicles and the vehicle; and
a vehicle movement module to transmit a movement request to a parked vehicle of the parked vehicles, the movement request to implement the parking configuration.
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Abstract
Technologies for optimized vehicle parking include a parking management computing device and a number of advanced vehicles, each having an in-vehicle computing system. The parking management computing device establishes a secure control channel with each of the in-vehicle computing systems. Each of the in-vehicle computing systems may send a parking request to park or access the vehicle to the parking management computing device. The parking management computing device queries a number of the advanced vehicles that are already parked for positional or sensor data and determines an optimized parking configuration based on the parking request. The parking management computing device transmits movement requests to the in-vehicle computing systems to implement the optimized parking configuration. Each in-vehicle computing system may perform the movement request by using an autonomous driving capability, by using a remote control capability, or by notifying an operator. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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25 Claims
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1. A parking management computing device to manage vehicle parking, the parking management computing device comprising:
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a secure communications module to establish a secure control connection with a vehicle located in a parking zone; a parking configuration module to (i) receive a parking request from the vehicle via the secure control connection, (ii) query a plurality of parked vehicles positioned in the parking zone for positional data of the parked vehicles, and (iii) determine a parking configuration including the plurality of parked vehicles and the vehicle; and a vehicle movement module to transmit a movement request to a parked vehicle of the parked vehicles, the movement request to implement the parking configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An in-vehicle computing system for managed vehicle parking, the in-vehicle computing system comprising:
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a secure communications module to establish a secure control connection with a parking management computing device associated with a parking zone; a request management module to transmit a parking request to the parking management computing device via the secure control connection, the parking request to park the vehicle in the parking zone; and a movement control module to (i) receive a movement request from the parking management computing device in response to transmission of the parking request, the movement request to be based on a parking configuration of a plurality of parked vehicles positioned in the parking zone, and (ii) perform the movement request received from the parking management computing device to park the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause a parking management computing device to:
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establish a secure control connection with a vehicle located in a parking zone; receive a parking request from the vehicle via the secure control connection; query a plurality of parked vehicles positioned in the parking zone for positional data of the parked vehicles; determine a parking configuration including the plurality of parked vehicles and the vehicle; and transmit a movement request to a parked vehicle of the parked vehicles, the movement request to implement the parking configuration. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause an in-vehicle computing system to:
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establish a secure control connection with a parking management computing device associated with a parking zone; transmit a parking request to the parking management computing device via the secure control connection, the parking request to park the vehicle in the parking zone; receive a movement request from the parking management computing device in response to transmitting the parking request, the movement request being based on a parking configuration of a plurality of parked vehicles positioned in the parking zone; and perform the movement request received from the parking management computing device to park the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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