COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING THE AVAILABILITY OF A PARKING SPACE
First Claim
1. A method of using a V2V communication system on a vehicle for communicating availability of a parking space within a parking area, includes the steps of:
- detecting, using a sensor on the vehicle, whether an object is within a parking space as the vehicle drives past the parking space;
assigning, using a processor on the vehicle, a status to the parking space of either occupied or non-occupied;
determining, using a position locator on the vehicle, the location of the vehicle when the vehicle is adjacent the parking space;
assigning, using the processor, a location of the parking space based on the location of the vehicle; and
transmitting, using a transmitter on the vehicle, a vehicle data stream containing the status and location of the parking space.
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Abstract
A system and method of using V2V communication to inventory and communicate the availability of a parking space. The method includes capturing and analyzing an image of a parking area to identify the availability and location of a parking space. Real time images of roaming vehicles are also captured and analyzed to identify recently occupied or vacated parking spaces. Available parking spaces are inventoried in a data base. The method further includes a roaming V2V vehicle detecting the availability and location of a parking space and transmitting the information to other V2V vehicles and to the data base to augment the inventory. The database inventory is then transmitted by a roadside unit to a V2V equipped vehicle within the parking area. The V2V vehicle merges the information from the database and other V2V vehicles, and generates a LDM displaying the locations of non-occupied parking spaces contained in the multiple signals.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of using a V2V communication system on a vehicle for communicating availability of a parking space within a parking area, includes the steps of:
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detecting, using a sensor on the vehicle, whether an object is within a parking space as the vehicle drives past the parking space; assigning, using a processor on the vehicle, a status to the parking space of either occupied or non-occupied; determining, using a position locator on the vehicle, the location of the vehicle when the vehicle is adjacent the parking space; assigning, using the processor, a location of the parking space based on the location of the vehicle; and transmitting, using a transmitter on the vehicle, a vehicle data stream containing the status and location of the parking space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of using V2V communication to inventory and communicate an available parking space within a parking area, includes:
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capturing an image of a parking area having at least one parking space; analyzing the image to identify whether a parking space is occupied or non-occupied; assigning a location to a non-occupied parking space; inventorying the location of the non-occupied parking space in a database; transmitting a signal containing the location of the non-occupied parking space; receiving the signal by a V2V equipped vehicle; and processing the signal by the V2V equipped vehicle to display a local dynamic map showing the location of the non-occupied parking space. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for inventorying and communicating available parking spaces, includes:
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a sensor on a V2V vehicle configured to detect whether an object is within a parking space as the vehicle drives past the parking space; a vehicle locator for identifying the location of the vehicle when the vehicle is adjacent the parking space; a processor configured to assign a status to the parking space of either occupied or non-occupied, and assign a location of the parking space based on the location of the vehicle, and a transmitter for transmitting a vehicle data stream containing the status and location of the parking space. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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