System and method for generating a parking alert
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsPralay Kumar Pal, Pramod Chintalapoodi, Sho Tanaka
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Abstract
A system and method to generate a parking alert. The system comprises one or more circuits controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU) in a first vehicle. The one or more circuits 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.
Claims10
A system, comprising:
- an electronic control unit of a first vehicle, wherein said electronic control unit includes one or more circuits configured to:
- detect a second vehicle within a threshold distance with respect to said first vehicle, wherein said threshold distance is set based on:
- a margin to open a vehicle door of said first vehicle, and
- a lane marking on a surface at a location of said first vehicle;
- and
- communicate, based on said detection, a parking violation alert to said detected second vehicle and at least one user associated with said detected second vehicle.
A first vehicle, comprising:
- a battery unit;
- a display device configured to receive power supply from said battery unit;
- and
- an electronic control unit (ECU) that includes one or more circuits configured to:
- detect a second vehicle within a threshold distance with respect to said first vehicle, wherein said threshold distance is set based on:
- a margin to open a vehicle door of said first vehicle, and
- a lane marking on a surface at a location of said first vehicle;
- communicate, based on said detection, a parking violation alert to said detected second vehicle and at least one user associated with said detected second vehicle;
- and
- control, said display device, to display parking status information corresponding to said detected second vehicle.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, by a first vehicle, a second vehicle within a threshold distance with respect to said first vehicle, wherein said threshold distance is set based on:
- a margin to open a vehicle door of said first vehicle;
- and
- a lane marking on a surface at a location of said first vehicle;
- and
- communicating, by said first vehicle, a parking violation alert to said detected second vehicle and at least one user associated with said detected second vehicle, wherein said communication is based on said detection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.