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Parking space detection

  • US 6,266,609 B1
  • Filed: 12/01/1999
  • Issued: 07/24/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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:

  • (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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