SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PARKING AREA MAP GENERATION AND PARKING AREA SERVICE USING IN-VEHICLE SENSORS

• US 20190251842A1
• Filed: 02/07/2019
• Published: 08/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Wunder, Gregor, Brockmann, Frederik, Ramakrishnan, Naveen, Maier, Manuel, Kapoor, Rahul, Hagmeister, Alexander, Thalheimer, Karsten
• Granted Patent: US 10,839,686 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/586 of parking space
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096725 where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/143 inside the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/147 where the parking area is within an open public zone, e.g. city centre
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

Abstract

A method of operating a community parking system includes generating sensor data with a plurality of vehicles corresponding to vehicle parking spaces and parked vehicles located in a region, transmitting the sensor data to a parking data system, and generating parking map data with the parking data system based on the sensor data, the parking map data including a location of the vehicle parking spaces. The method also includes generating parking service data with the parking data system based on the sensor data, the parking service data identifying a status of each vehicle parking space as either occupied or unoccupied, and transmitting the parking service data to a particular vehicle of the plurality of vehicles to assist an operator of the particular vehicle in locating one of the vehicle parking spaces having an unoccupied status.

Claims

1. A method of operating a community parking system, comprising:

generating sensor data with a plurality of vehicles corresponding to vehicle parking spaces and parked vehicles located in a region;

transmitting the sensor data to a parking data system;

generating parking map data with the parking data system based on the sensor data, the parking map data including a location of the vehicle parking spaces;

generating parking service data with the parking data system based on the sensor data, the parking service data identifying a status of each vehicle parking space as either occupied or unoccupied; and

transmitting the parking service data to a particular vehicle of the plurality of vehicles to assist an operator of the particular vehicle in locating one of the vehicle parking spaces having an unoccupied status.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the parking map data includes a first percentage of the sensor data from a first original equipment manufacturer corresponding to a first plurality of the vehicle parking spaces;

the parking map data includes a second percentage of the sensor data from a second original equipment manufacturer corresponding to a second plurality of the vehicle parking spaces; and

revenue is divided amongst the first original equipment manufacturer and the second original equipment manufacturer based on the first percentage and the second percentage.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the parking map data includes a third percentage of the sensor data from a third original equipment manufacturer corresponding to a third plurality of the vehicle parking spaces; and

revenue is divided amongst the first original equipment manufacturer, the second original equipment manufacturer, and the third original equipment manufacturer based on the first percentage, the second percentage, and the third percentage.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles is manufactured by a first original equipment manufacturer and is configured to generate the sensor data;

the particular vehicle of the plurality of vehicles is manufactured by a second original equipment manufacturer; and

the first original equipment manufacturer is different than the second original equipment manufacturer.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein generating the parking map data comprises:

processing the sensor data to identify useful data and unwanted data;

using the useful data to generate the parking map data; and

discarding the unwanted data.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the useful data includes data corresponding to parking spaces, driveways, and roadway intersections.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vehicle parking spaces are street-side parking spaces.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein generating the sensor data comprises:

generating radar data with radar sensors of the vehicles of the plurality of vehicles; and

generating imaging data with cameras of the vehicles of the plurality of vehicles.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a parking space location request from the particular vehicle; and

displaying the transmitted parking service data on a graphical user interface of a display device of the particular vehicle.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the parking map data is further generated based on a roadways map of the region.

11. A parking data system, comprising:

a network adapter configured to receive sensor data generated by a plurality of vehicles, the sensor data corresponding to vehicle parking spaces and parked vehicles located in a region; and

a controller operably connected to the network adapter and configured to;

generate parking map data based on the sensor data, wherein the parking map data includes a location of the vehicle parking spaces;

generate parking service data with the parking data system based on the sensor data, wherein the parking service data identifies a status of each vehicle parking space as either occupied or unoccupied; and

transmit the parking service data to a particular vehicle of the plurality of vehicles to assist an operator of the particular vehicle in locating one of the vehicle parking spaces having an unoccupied status.

12. The parking data system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the operator is an electronic autonomous operator of the particular vehicle.

13. The parking data system as claimed in claim 11, wherein in generating the parking map data the controller is further configured to:

process the sensor data to identify useful data and unwanted data;

use the useful data to generate the parking map data; and

discard the unwanted data.

14. The parking data system as claimed in claim 13, wherein useful data includes data corresponding to parking spaces, driveways, and roadway intersections.

15. The parking data system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the parking spaces are street-side parking spaces.

16. The parking data system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the parking map data is further generated based on a roadways map of the region.

17. The parking data system as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

the parking map data includes a first percentage of data from a first original equipment manufacturer corresponding to a first plurality of the vehicle parking spaces;

the parking map data includes a second percentage of data from a second original equipment manufacturer corresponding to a second plurality of vehicle parking spaces; and

the controller is further configured to divide revenue amongst the first original equipment manufacturer and the second original equipment manufacturer based on the first percentage and the second percentage.

18. The parking data system as claimed in claim 17, wherein:

the parking map data includes a third percentage of data from a third original equipment manufacturer corresponding to a third plurality of vehicle parking spaces; and

the controller is further configured to divide the revenue amongst the first original equipment manufacturer, the second original equipment manufacturer, and the third original equipment manufacturer based on the first percentage, the second percentage, and the third percentage.