Smart spacing allocation
First Claim
1. A method of determining a size and a location for a parking space in a defined parking lot for a vehicle, the parking lot having a plurality of pools of parking areas, the method comprising:
- measuring specified dimensional information about an identified vehicle;
using the measured specified dimensional information to determine one of the pools, and positional information within said one of the pools, for the identified vehicle;
forming markings in the one of the pools to mark a parking space in the one of the pools for the identified vehicle;
triggering an alarm signal when the identified vehicle approaches the parking space;
terminating the alarm signal when the identified vehicle is completely within the parking space; and
removing said markings after the identified vehicle leaves the parking space.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for allocating parking spaces for vehicles in a parking area. In one embodiment, the invention provides a system comprising a sensor system for generating output representing measurements of vehicles in the parking area, a marking system for identifying parking spaces in the parking area, and a controller for calculating parking spaces for vehicles. The controller obtains defined measurements for the vehicles in the parking area, and calculates for each of the vehicles, a respective one parking space in the parking area. Embodiments of the invention dynamically allocate parking spaces based on: (1) Determining the minimum space that should be enough for the size of the car that is being currently identified for parking; and (2) Maximizing utilization of space by preventing improper fragmentation, where because of allocating fixed size spaces to all cars, big/small/medium, fragments of space would be wasted.
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1. A method of determining a size and a location for a parking space in a defined parking lot for a vehicle, the parking lot having a plurality of pools of parking areas, the method comprising:
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measuring specified dimensional information about an identified vehicle; using the measured specified dimensional information to determine one of the pools, and positional information within said one of the pools, for the identified vehicle; forming markings in the one of the pools to mark a parking space in the one of the pools for the identified vehicle; triggering an alarm signal when the identified vehicle approaches the parking space; terminating the alarm signal when the identified vehicle is completely within the parking space; and removing said markings after the identified vehicle leaves the parking space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for determining a size and a location for a parking space in a defined parking lot for a vehicle, the parking lot having a plurality of pools of parking areas, the system comprising:
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a sensor system for generating output representing measured specified dimensional information about an identified vehicle; a controller including one or more processor units for receiving the output from the sensor system, for using said output to determine one of the pools, and positional information within said one of the pools, for the identified vehicle; a marking system for forming markings in the one of the pools to mark a parking space in the one of the pools for the identified vehicle; and an alarm system for triggering an alarm signal when the identified vehicle approaches the parking space and for terminating the alarm signal when the identified vehicle is completely within the parking space; and wherein the marking system removes said markings after the identified vehicle leaves the parking space. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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at least one tangible computer readable medium having computer readable program code logic to execute machine instructions in one or more processing units for determining a size and a location for a parking space in a defined parking lot for a vehicle, the parking lot having a plurality of pools of parking areas, said computer readable program code logic, when executing, performing the following; receiving specified dimensional information about an identified vehicle; using the specified dimensional information to determine one of the pools, and positional information within said one of the pools, for the identified vehicle; forming markings in the one of the pools to mark a parking space in the one of the pools for the identified vehicle; triggering an alarm signal when the identified vehicle approaches the parking space; terminating the alarm signal when the identified vehicle is completely within the parking space; and removing said markings after the identified vehicle leaves the parking space. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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