Systems and methods for determining parking information for a vehicle using vehicle data and external parking data
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing parking information, comprising:
- (a) obtaining vehicle data from a mobile computing device of a user onboard the vehicle, wherein the mobile computing device comprises a Global Positioning System component and one or more accelerometers, and wherein the vehicle data is obtained using the Global Positioning System and the one or more accelerometers without use of any information from a sensor of the vehicle;
(b) determining, using one or more programmed computer processors, whether the vehicle is parked from the vehicle data obtained from the Global Positioning System component and one the or more accelerometers comprised in the mobile computing device of the user onboard the vehicle without use of any information from the sensor of the vehicle;
(c) determining, using the one or more programmed computer processors, a parking location of the vehicle from the vehicle data when the vehicle is parked; and
(d) outputting the parking location of the vehicle determined in (c) to a graphical user interface of the mobile computing device of the user.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for providing parking information. A method for providing parking information comprises obtaining vehicle data from a vehicle, and/or a mobile computing device, and determining whether the vehicle is parked from the vehicle data. Next, using the one or more programmed processors, a parking location of the vehicle can be determined from the vehicle data. Information about the parking location can then be determined, and the information about the parking location can be outputted to the user.
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing parking information, comprising:
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(a) obtaining vehicle data from a mobile computing device of a user onboard the vehicle, wherein the mobile computing device comprises a Global Positioning System component and one or more accelerometers, and wherein the vehicle data is obtained using the Global Positioning System and the one or more accelerometers without use of any information from a sensor of the vehicle; (b) determining, using one or more programmed computer processors, whether the vehicle is parked from the vehicle data obtained from the Global Positioning System component and one the or more accelerometers comprised in the mobile computing device of the user onboard the vehicle without use of any information from the sensor of the vehicle; (c) determining, using the one or more programmed computer processors, a parking location of the vehicle from the vehicle data when the vehicle is parked; and (d) outputting the parking location of the vehicle determined in (c) to a graphical user interface of the mobile computing device of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for providing parking information, comprising:
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a communications interface that is in communication over a network with a mobile computer device of a user onboard the vehicle, wherein the mobile computing device comprises a Global Positioning System component and one or more accelerometers; and one or more computer processors operatively coupled to the communications interface, wherein the one or more computer processors are individually or collectively programmed to (i) obtain vehicle data from the Global Positioning System component and one or more accelerometers comprised in the mobile computing device of the user over the network, wherein the vehicle data is obtained using the Global Positioning System and the one or more accelerometers without use of any information from a sensor of the vehicle, (ii) determine whether the vehicle is parked from the vehicle data obtained from the Global Positioning System component and one the or more accelerometers comprised in the mobile computing device of the user onboard the vehicle, (iii) determine a parking location of the vehicle from the vehicle data when the vehicle is parked, and (iv) output the parking location of the vehicle determined in (iii) to a graphical user interface of the mobile computing device of the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising machine executable code that, upon execution by one or more computer processors, implements a method for providing parking information, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining vehicle data from a mobile computing device of a user onboard the vehicle, wherein the mobile computing device comprises a Global Positioning System component and one or more accelerometers, and wherein the vehicle data is obtained using the Global Positioning System and the one or more accelerometers without use of any information from a sensor of the vehicle; (b) determining whether the vehicle is parked from the vehicle data obtained from the Global Positioning System component and one or more accelerometers comprised in the mobile computing device of the user onboard the vehicle; (c) determining a parking location of the vehicle from the vehicle data when the vehicle is parked; and (d) outputting the parking location of the vehicle determined in (c) to a graphical user interface the mobile computing device of the user.
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