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Vehicle parking system

  • US 6,847,308 B2
  • Filed: 10/15/2002
  • Issued: 01/25/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A parking system of a vehicle comprising:

  • a position input connection for receiving an approximate vehicle position from a positioning system, a map database for extracting a plurality of map information, said plurality of map information comprising a plurality of parking information that at least includes information relating to time-based availability of parking spaces and being related to said approximate vehicle position, and an output connection for providing an alerting signal to at least a driver of said vehicle, said alerting signal being related to said plurality of map information, a processor for controlling the alerting signal, the processor including an autonomous parking information presentation mode for automatically providing the alerting signal if a parking brake of the vehicle is activated or if the processor identifies a parking space in a position where the vehicle is stopped.

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