System and method for generating a parking alert
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsPralay Kumar Pal, Pramod Chintalapoodi, Sho Tanaka
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Abstract
Various aspects of a system and method to generate a parking alert are disclosed herein. The system comprises one or more circuits controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU) in a first vehicle. The one or more circuits are configured to detect a second vehicle within a predetermined distance with respect to the first vehicle. A parking violation alert is communicated to the second vehicle and one or more users associated with the second vehicle. The communication of the parking violation alert is based on the detection of the second vehicle within the predetermined distance with respect to the first vehicle.
Claims8
A parking control apparatus, comprising:
- a circuit configured to communicate vehicle information to a first vehicle located in a parking space, wherein the vehicle information comprises position information of the first vehicle;
- a sensor configured to generate sensing information of the first vehicle located in the parking space;
- a processor configured to:
- generate a map of a parking environment based on the sensing information and the vehicle information;
- update the map based on a change of parking status of a second vehicle in the parking space;
- generate a parking alert based on detection of approach of the second vehicle with respect to the first vehicle;
- communicate the parking alert to the second vehicle;
- generate a parking violation alert based on the detection of approach of the second vehicle that is within a threshold distance of the first vehicle;
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- communicate the parking violation alert to the second vehicle;
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- a memory configured to store the updated map.
A method, comprising:
- communicating vehicle information to a first vehicle located in a parking space, wherein the vehicle information comprises position information of the first vehicle;
- generating sensing information of the first vehicle located in the parking space;
- generating a map of a parking environment based on the sensing information and the vehicle information;
- updating the map based on a change of parking status of a second vehicle in the parking space;
- generating a parking alert based on detection of approach of the second vehicle with respect to the first vehicle;
- communicating the parking alert to the second vehicle;
- generating a parking violation alert based on the detection of approach of the second vehicle that is within a threshold distance of the first vehicle;
- communicating the parking violation alert to the second vehicle;
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- storing the updated map.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.