Parking space detection
First Claim
1. A method for automatically acquiring information at a control center from a navigation system of a first vehicle in a traffic network related to occupied parking spaces in the traffic network, comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting standstill information related to a stationary phase of the first vehicle and a location of the first vehicle from the navigation system of the first vehicle to the control center;
(b) generating empty parking space information at the control center for parking spaces in the traffic network in response to the standstill information transmitted in said step (a); and
(c) transmitting the empty parking space information from the control center to the navigation system of a second vehicle.
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Abstract
A method for detecting information on occupied parking space in a traffic network, in particular a town, uses a parking space detection control center. Parking space information relating to a stationary phase of a vehicle and the vehicle location is transmitted to the control center from a navigation system at the vehicle. Information relating to empty parking space is generated by the control center and information relating to empty parking space is transmitted from the control center to a navigation system at the vehicle end.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for automatically acquiring information at a control center from a navigation system of a first vehicle in a traffic network related to occupied parking spaces in the traffic network, comprising the steps of:
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(a) transmitting standstill information related to a stationary phase of the first vehicle and a location of the first vehicle from the navigation system of the first vehicle to the control center;
(b) generating empty parking space information at the control center for parking spaces in the traffic network in response to the standstill information transmitted in said step (a); and
(c) transmitting the empty parking space information from the control center to the navigation system of a second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
wherein α
is the proportion of vehicles with navigation systems;
N is the number of parking bays in the traffic network;
I=[t0,t1] is the observing interval;
T=t1-t0 is the observing time;
n(t) is the number of parking operations in the area which start before time t; and
B(t) extent of occupancy at time t.
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18. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of compiling parking space forecasts on the basis of the current parking space information.
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19. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining parking space forecasts on the basis of historical parking space information in the control center.
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20. The method of claim 18, wherein the day of the week or the time of day of the future point in time is used to determine the parking space forecast.
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21. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (c) comprises transmitting information on the location of zones with a plurality of empty parking bays or on the location of individual empty parking bays by the control center to the navigation system of the second vehicle.
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22. The method of claim 1, wherein said steps (a) and (c) are performed via a wireless communication system.
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23. The method of claim 22, wherein said steps (a) and (c) are performed using mobile radio short messages.
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24. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (c) further comprises transmitting price information for empty parking spaces.
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25. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of producing a navigation route from a current location of the navigation system in the second vehicle to the empty parking space and outputting the navigation route by the navigation system.
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26. A parking space detection control center for acquiring information from navigation systems of vehicles in a traffic network related to occupied parking spaces, comprising
a transceiver for receiving information transmitted from the navigation systems in the traffic network related to occupied traffic spaces; -
a memory for storing the information related to occupied traffic spaces received by said transceiver; and
a parking space data processing device for generating information relating to empty parking spaces in response to the information related to occupied parking spaces and the memory, said transceiver transmitting the information relating to the empty parking spaces to the navigation systems in the traffic network. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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