Navigation system with parking space locator mechanism and method of operation thereof

• US 8,306,734 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2010
• Issued: 11/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TeleNav Incorporated
• Original Assignee: TeleNav Incorporated
• Inventors: Mathews, Emily Jaye
• Primary Examiner(s): Camby, Richard M.
• Application Number:
  US12/723,524
• Publication Number:
  US 20110224899A1
• Time in Patent Office: 970 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/408
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3685 the POI's being parking facilities

Abstract

A method of operation of a navigation system includes: selecting a user'"'"'s destination; determining an actual parking condition of an unmetered street parking space; and determining a travel path based on the actual parking condition from a user'"'"'s current position to the unmetered street parking space for displaying on a device.

Claims

1. A method of operation of a navigation system comprising:

selecting a user'"'"'s destination;

determining an actual parking condition of an unmetered street parking space;

determining a parking limitation for an un-sensored street parking space;

extrapolating an estimated parking condition based on the actual parking condition proximate to the un-sensored street parking space;

determining an estimated violation when the estimated parking condition is inconsistent with the parking limitation;

generating an alert based on the estimated violation; and

determining a travel path based on the actual parking condition from a user'"'"'s current position to the unmetered street parking space for displaying on a device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein determining the actual parking condition of the unmetered street parking space includes receiving a monitoring device reading, from a monitoring device associated with the unmetered street parking space, for providing the actual parking condition.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

determining the actual parking condition includes receiving a monitoring device reading, from a monitoring device associated with the unmetered street parking space, for the unmetered street parking space for providing the actual parking condition; and

extrapolating the estimated parking condition includes extrapolating the estimated parking condition for the un-sensored street parking space based on the actual parking condition.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

determining the parking limitation for the unmetered street parking space;

determining the parking violation for the unmetered street parking space; and

generating the alert based on the parking violation of the parking limitation.

5. A method of operation of a navigation system comprising:

selecting a user'"'"'s destination;

determining an actual parking condition of an unmetered street parking space;

determining a parking limitation of an un-sensored street parking space or the unmetered street parking space;

extrapolating an estimated parking condition based on the actual parking condition proximate to the un-sensored street parking space;

determining an estimated violation when the estimated parking condition is inconsistent with the parking limitation,

generating an alert based on the estimated violation,

determining a suggested parking space based on the actual parking condition as empty or the parking limitation allowing parking; and

determining a travel path based on the actual parking condition from a user'"'"'s current position to the suggested parking space for displaying on a device.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 further comprising:

determining a parked time in the unmetered street parking space;

determining a future violation based on an inconsistency between the actual parking condition and the parking limitation; and

generating the alert before the parked time violates the parking limitation based on the future violation.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5 further comprising:

estimating a future parking condition at a future time for the unmetered street parking space; and

generating the alert based on the future parking condition as empty at the future time.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5 further comprising:

calculating a turnover rate based on the actual parking condition; and

estimating a maximum availability time of the unmetered street parking space based on the turnover rate.

9. The method as claimed in claim 5 wherein determining the suggested parking space near the user'"'"'s destination based on the actual parking condition as empty or the parking limitation allowing parking includes:

calculating a travel time between the unmetered street parking space and the user'"'"'s destination; and

determining the suggested parking space based on the actual parking condition as empty, the parking limitation allowing parking, and the travel time.

10. A navigation system comprising:

a control unit for selecting a user'"'"'s destination;

a parking space module, coupled to the control unit, for determining;

an actual parking condition of an unmetered street parking space;

a parking limitation for an un-sensored street parking space;

an estimation module, coupled to the parking space module, for extrapolating an estimated parking condition based on the actual parking condition proximate to the un-sensored street parking space;

a violation module, coupled to the estimation module, for determining an estimated violation when the estimated parking condition is inconsistent with the parking limitation;

an alert module, coupled to the violation module, for generating an alert based on the estimated violation; and

a path module, coupled to the parking space module, for determining a travel path based on the actual parking condition from a user'"'"'s current position to the unmetered street parking space, the travel path for displaying on a device.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the parking space module is for receiving a monitoring device reading, from a monitoring device associated with the unmetered street parking space, for providing the actual parking condition.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein:

the parking space module is for receiving a monitoring device reading, from a monitoring device associated with the unmetered street parking space, for providing the actual parking condition; and

the estimation module, coupled to the parking space module, is for extrapolating the estimated parking condition for the un-sensored street parking space based on the actual parking condition.

13. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein:

the parking space module is for determining the parking limitation for the unmetered street parking space;

the violation module, coupled to the parking space module, for determining the parking violation for the unmetered street parking space; and

the alert module, coupled to the violation module, for generating the alert based on the parking violation of the parking limitation.

14. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein:

the parking space module is for determining the parking limitation of the unmetered street parking space; and

further comprising;

a suggestion module, coupled to the parking space module, for determining a suggested parking space based on the actual parking condition as empty or the parking limitation allowing parking.

15. The system as claimed in claim 14 wherein:

the violation module, coupled to the parking space module, is for determining a parked time in the unmetered street parking space and for determining a future violation; and

the alert module, coupled to the violation module, is for generating an alert before the parked time violates the parking limitation based on the future violation.

16. The system as claimed in claim 14 wherein:

the estimation module, coupled to the parking space module, is for estimating a future parking condition at a future time for the unmetered street parking space; and

the alert module is for generating the alert based on the future parking condition as empty at the future time.

17. The system as claimed in claim 14 further comprising:

a turnover module, coupled to the parking space module, for calculating a turnover rate based on the actual parking condition; and

an availability module, coupled to the turnover module, for estimating a maximum availability time of the unmetered street parking space based on the turnover rate.

18. The system as claimed in claim 14 wherein the suggestion module is for determining the suggested parking space near the user'"'"'s destination based on the actual parking condition as empty or the parking limitation allowing parking, the suggestion module includes a travel time module for calculating the travel time between the unmetered street parking space and the user'"'"'s destination.