Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Parking seeker detection system and method for updating parking spot database using same
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Application No.: US17166405Application Date: 2021-02-03
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Publication No.: US11989796B2Publication Date: 2024-05-21
- Inventor: Takamasa Higuchi , Kentaro Oguchi
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q50/40
- IPC: G06Q50/40

Abstract:
A parking seeker detection system and method for updating an availability of one or more parking spots of a parking spot database is provided. The method includes determining whether a target vehicle is a registered member vehicle, and in response to determining that the target vehicle is not a registered member vehicle, identifying a target parking spot in which the target vehicle is intending to park and updating an availability of a parking spot of a parking spot database corresponding to the target parking spot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220138889A1 PARKING SEEKER DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING PARKING SPOT DATABASE USING SAME Public/Granted day:2022-05-05
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