Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network connected parking system
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Application No.: US16209049Application Date: 2018-12-04
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Publication No.: US10832575B2Publication Date: 2020-11-10
- Inventor: Wilson-Boon Siang Khoo , Devang Parekh
- 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: Snell & Wilmer LLP
- Main IPC: G08G1/14
- IPC: G08G1/14 ; G01C21/34 ; G01C21/36 ; H04W4/40

Abstract:
Methods and systems for alerting a driver of a vehicle of parking conditions within a predetermined distance of a destination. The system includes a transceiver of the vehicle configured to receive, from one or more other vehicles, parking condition data including one or more indicators of parking conditions within the predetermined distance of the destination. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle connected to the transceiver. The ECU is configured to determine a parking congestion level based on the parking condition data. The ECU is also configured to determine whether the parking congestion level exceeds a threshold parking congestion level. The ECU is also configured to instruct an output device to alert the driver of parking congestion near the destination when the parking congestion level exceeds the threshold parking congestion level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200175869A1 NETWORK CONNECTED PARKING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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