Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Parking facilitation systems and methods
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Application No.: US16226602Application Date: 2018-12-19
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Publication No.: US10769949B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Michael C. Edwards , Randall M. Harris , Nutonya L. Parker , Ashok Ramadass , Kotaro Hashimoto , James H. Kikuma
- Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
- Agent Hector A. Agdeppa; Daniel N. Yannuzzi
- Main IPC: G08G1/14
- IPC: G08G1/14 ; G08G1/0968 ; G08G1/01

Abstract:
Systems and methods for collaborative parking assistance using a parking facilitation circuit are provided. A method may include: using information from a plurality of sensors to locate one or more available parking spaces in a determined area; characterize the located available parking spaces to generate parking space parameters for each of the available parking spaces; generating a parking space map comprising an indication of available parking spaces, locations of the available parking spaces and parking space parameters for the available parking spaces; filtering the parking space map to include as available parking spaces only those one or more available parking spaces that, based on the parking space parameters, are compatible with a vehicle intended to park in the determined area; and providing the filtered parking space map to a user interface of the vehicle.
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