Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for providing parking information on free parking spaces
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Application No.: US14448571Application Date: 2014-07-31
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Publication No.: US09652986B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Heidrun Belzner , Ronald Kates
- Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: DE102012201472 20120201
- Main IPC: B60Q1/48
- IPC: B60Q1/48 ; G08G1/14

Abstract:
A method is provided for providing parking information regarding free parking spaces within at least one city block. The method provides for detecting information regarding available, free parking spaces, wherein a knowledge database with historical data is generated from the detected information. The historical data for specified city blocks and/or specified times or periods of time respectively comprise statistical data regarding free parking spaces. From the historical data and current information that are detected by vehicles in traffic for a first given point in time for a single or a plurality of selected city blocks, a probability distribution of free parking spaces to be expected for the single or the plurality of city blocks is determined. A visualization of the probability distribution is generated that represents the parking information regarding free parking spaces within the single or the plurality of city blocks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140340242A1 Method for Providing Parking Information on Free Parking Spaces Public/Granted day:2014-11-20
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