Method of collecting parking availability information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system
First Claim
1. A method of obtaining data for a geographic database for use with a navigation system, the method comprising:
- collecting data indicating an event in a geographic region in which a parking facility is located, wherein said event selected from the group consisting of;
sporting event, entertainment event, convention, exhibit, parade and holiday;
collecting data indicating parking availability at said parking facility during said event including collecting data indicating locations of respective empty parking spaces;
analyzing said data indicating parking availability;
based on said analyzing, modeling an influence factor corresponding to historic parking data for said parking facility, said historic parking data indicating past parking availability at said parking facility including location information of available parking spaces and said influence factor indicating an increase or decrease in said past parking availability based on said event; and
storing said historic parking data and said influence factor in said geographic database.
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Abstract
A method of obtaining data for a geographic database for use with a navigation system includes collecting data indicating parking availability at a parking facility at a plurality of times and analyzing the data indicating parking availability. Based on the analyzing, the method derives historic parking data for the parking facility. The historic parking data indicates past parking availability at the parking facility at predetermined times. The historic parking data is stored in the geographic database. The historic parking data may indicate past parking availability for predetermined time intervals, days of the week, weather conditions and events.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of obtaining data for a geographic database for use with a navigation system, the method comprising:
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collecting data indicating an event in a geographic region in which a parking facility is located, wherein said event selected from the group consisting of;
sporting event, entertainment event, convention, exhibit, parade and holiday;collecting data indicating parking availability at said parking facility during said event including collecting data indicating locations of respective empty parking spaces; analyzing said data indicating parking availability; based on said analyzing, modeling an influence factor corresponding to historic parking data for said parking facility, said historic parking data indicating past parking availability at said parking facility including location information of available parking spaces and said influence factor indicating an increase or decrease in said past parking availability based on said event; and storing said historic parking data and said influence factor in said geographic database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of obtaining data for a geographic database that represents roads in a geographic region, the method comprising:
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collecting data indicating parking availability at a parking facility at a plurality of times during a predetermined time period, wherein collecting the data includes collecting data indicating parking availability at said parking facility during a weather condition including collecting data indicating locations of respective empty parking spaces; analyzing said data indicating parking availability to identify a pattern of past parking availability at said parking facility, wherein data representing said pattern includes location information of available parking spaces at said parking facility, using said pattern of past parking availability at said parking facility to develop a historic parking model and a weather influence factor, said historic parking model provides parking availability at said parking facility for a plurality of times for different days of the week and said weather influence factor comprises a percentage change in said parking availability of said historic parking model based on said weather condition; and associating data representing said historic parking model and said weather influence factor with data representing said parking facility in said geographic database. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of obtaining parking information, the method comprising:
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collecting data indicating parking availability at a parking facility at a plurality of times during a time period including collecting data indicating locations of respective empty parking spaces at said parking facility; identifying a pattern of past parking availability at said parking facility from said collected data, wherein data representing said pattern includes location information of available parking spaces at said parking facility; and associating said data representing said pattern of past parking availability with data of a geographic database that represents a location of said parking facility. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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