System and method for parking vehicles

• US 20070098528A1
• Filed: 10/27/2005
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Israel Aerospace Industries Limited (Government of Israel)
• Original Assignee: Israel Aerospace Industries Limited (Government of Israel)
• Inventors: Perry, Arie
• Application Number:
  US11/259,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20070098528A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 414/234
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 6/225 without transverse movement of the parking palette after leaving the transfer means

Abstract

A vehicle parking system that includes a vertical movement entity, a multiple storey structure whereas at least one storey defines multiple vehicle parking spaces as well as a vertical movement space through which the vertical movement entity moves, and a controller adapted to control at least sideway movements of multiple parking platforms within the structure. A parking platform that includes multiple platform translators adapted to perform sideway translation as well as straight translation, a platform controller adapted to receive platform movement instructions and in response to control a movement of the vehicle translators such as to translate the parking platform within multiple vehicle parking spaces defined in a multiple storey structure; whereas the parking platform is adapted to support a vehicle. A method for parking a vehicle, the method includes: determining a destination of a parking platform; controlling vertical movements and horizontal movement of the parking platform within a vertical movement space and multiple vehicle parking spaced defined within a multiple storey structure; the controlling comprises controlling sideway movements of the parking platform.

Claims

1. A vehicle parking system, comprising:

a vertical movement entity;

a multiple storey structure whereas at least one storey defines multiple vehicle parking spaces as well as a vertical movement space through which the vertical movement entity moves; and

a controller adapted to control at least sideway movements of multiple parking platforms within the structure.

2. The system according to claim 1 whereas each parking platform comprises multiple independently controlled platform translators and whereas the controller is adapted to control a movement of each of the independently controlled platform translators.

3. The system according to claim 1 whereas the structure further comprises at least one charging terminal for charging at least one parking platform.

4. The system according to claim 1 whereas the vertical movement entity is shaped such as to support multiple parking platforms.

5. The system according to claim 1 whereas an area of a vehicle parking space is slightly bigger than a size of a parking platform.

6. The system according to claim 1 whereas an area of a storey adapted to support K vehicles substantially equals a vertical movement area and K vehicle parking areas.

7. The system according to claim 1 whereas the controller wirelessly controls the movements of the multiple parking platforms.

8. The system according to claim 1 further comprising an interface for receiving requests for parking a vehicle within the structure.

9. A parking platform comprising:

multiple platform translators adapted to perform sideway translation as well as straight translation;

a platform controller adapted to receive platform movement instructions and in response to control a movement of the vehicle translators such as to translate the parking platform within multiple vehicle parking spaces;

whereas the parking platform is adapted to support a vehicle.

10. The parking platform according to claim 9 further comprising at least one proximity sensor adapted to estimate a proximity of the parking platform to foreign objects.

11. The parking platform according to claim 9 further comprising a rechargeable battery and a recharge interface.

12. The parking platform according to claim 9 whereas the platform comprises an upper surface and whereas the platform controller is positioned below the surface.

13. The parking platform according to claim 9 further comprising a communication unit adapted to receive instructions from a controller.

14. A method for parking a vehicle, the method comprising:

determining a destination of a parking platform;

controlling vertical movements and horizontal movement of the parking platform within a vertical movement space and multiple vehicle parking spaces defined within a structure;

the controlling comprises controlling sideway movements of the parking platform.

15. The method according to claim 14 whereas the controlling comprises controlling movements of each of independently controlled platform translators of multiple parking platforms.

16. The method according to claim 14 whereas further comprising charging at least one parking platform.

17. The method according to claim 14 whereas the controlling comprises controlling movements of multiple parking platforms within multiple vehicle parking spaces that are characterized by a vehicle parking area that is slightly bigger than an area of a parking platform.

18. The method according to claim 14 whereas the controlling comprises wirelessly transmitting signals from a controller to the multiple parking platforms.

19. The method according to claim 14 whereas the determining is preceded by a stage of receiving requests for parking a vehicle within the structure.