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US 10,896,608 B2Granted
System and method for vehicle parking assistance
AssigneeContinental Automotive Romania Srl
InventorAdrian Homutescu
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Abstract
Various embodiments include a vehicle parking assistance system comprising: a memory storing measured thermal values associated with respective parking spots in a database; and a processor for receiving measured thermal values and availability and/or attractiveness data associated with the respective parking spots from the memory. The processor determines target parking spots for an arriving vehicle based at least in part on the availability and/or attractiveness data and thermal values.
Claims16
A vehicle parking assistance system comprising:
- means for receiving measured thermal values associated with respective parking spots;
- means for receiving availability data and attractiveness data associated with the respective parking spots;
- means for storing measured thermal values associated with the respective parking spots;
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- means for determining target parking spots for an arriving car on the basis of availability and/or attractiveness data and thermal values;
- wherein the thermal values comprise at least one factor selected from the group consisting of:
- radiation intensity the parking spot or a car on the respective parking spot is exposed to, air temperature, surface temperature of the floor of the respective parking spot, heat capacity and/or heat conductivity of the material of which the floor of the respective parking spot consists, local wind velocity, local direction of wind, information about cars occupying neighboring parking spots, information about buildings in the neighborhood of the parking spot, information about heat sources and/or heat sinks in or near the parking area, weather forecasts concerning temperature, weather forecasts concerning solar irradiation, and weather forecasts concerning wind velocity and/or direction;
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- wherein the attractiveness data comprises at least one factor selected from the group consisting of:
- thermal properties of the arriving car, the size and/or appropriateness of the parking spot for the individual car, fuel consumption properties of the car, generation of environmentally detrimental substances by the car, and driving distance of the parking spot from an entrance of the parking area by which the arriving car enters the parking area.
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A vehicle parking assistance system comprising:
- a memory storing measured thermal values associated with respective parking spots in a database;
- and
- a processor for receiving measured thermal values and availability and/or attractiveness data associated with the respective parking spots from the memory;
- wherein the processor determines target parking spots for an arriving vehicle based at least in part on the availability and/or attractiveness data and thermal values;
- wherein the thermal values comprise at least one factor selected from the group consisting of:
- radiation intensity the parking spot or a car on the respective parking spot is exposed to, air temperature, surface temperature of the floor of the respective parking spot, heat capacity and/or heat conductivity of the material of which the floor of the respective parking spot consists, local wind velocity, local direction of wind, information about cars occupying neighboring parking spots, information about buildings in the neighborhood of the parking spot, information about heat sources and/or heat sinks in or near the parking area, weather forecasts concerning temperature, weather forecasts concerning solar irradiation, and weather forecasts concerning wind velocity and/or direction;
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- wherein the attractiveness data comprises at least one factor selected from the group consisting of:
- thermal properties of the arriving car, the size and/or appropriateness of the parking spot for the individual car, fuel consumption properties of the car, generation of environmentally detrimental substances by the car, and driving distance of the parking spot from an entrance of the parking area by which the arriving car enters the parking area.
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A car comprising:
- a drive means;
- a passenger compartment;
- a memory storing measured thermal values associated with respective parking spots in a database;
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- a processor for receiving measured thermal values, availability data, and attractiveness data associated with the respective parking spots from the memory;
- wherein the processor determines target parking spots for the car based at least in part on the availability data, the attractiveness data, and the thermal values;
- wherein the thermal values comprise at least one factor selected from the group consisting of:
- radiation intensity the parking spot or a car on the respective parking spot is exposed to, air temperature, surface temperature of the floor of the respective parking spot, heat capacity and/or heat conductivity of the material of which the floor of the respective parking spot consists, local wind velocity, local direction of wind, information about cars occupying neighboring parking spots, information about buildings in the neighborhood of the parking spot, information about heat sources and/or heat sinks in or near the parking area, weather forecasts concerning temperature, weather forecasts concerning solar irradiation, and weather forecasts concerning wind velocity and/or direction;
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- wherein the attractiveness data comprise at least one factor selected from the group consisting of:
- thermal properties of the arriving car, the size and/or appropriateness of the parking spot for the individual car, fuel consumption properties of the car, generation of environmentally detrimental substances by the car, and driving distance of the parking spot from an entrance of the parking area by which the arriving car enters the parking area.
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A method for vehicle parking assistance, the method comprising:
- receiving measured thermal values, attractiveness data, and availability data associated with respective parking spots;
- determining target parking spots for an arriving vehicle based at least in part on the availability data, the attractiveness data, and the thermal values;
- wherein the thermal values comprise at least one factor selected from the group consisting of:
- radiation intensity the parking spot or a car on the respective parking spot is exposed to, air temperature, surface temperature of the floor of the respective parking spot, heat capacity and/or heat conductivity of the material of which the floor of the respective parking spot consists, local wind velocity, local direction of wind, information about cars occupying neighboring parking spots, information about buildings in the neighborhood of the parking spot, information about heat sources and/or heat sinks in or near the parking area, weather forecasts concerning temperature, weather forecasts concerning solar irradiation, and weather forecasts concerning wind velocity and/or direction;
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- wherein the attractiveness data comprise at least one factor selected from the group consisting of:
- thermal properties of the arriving car, the size and/or appropriateness of the parking spot for the individual car, fuel consumption properties of the car, generation of environmentally detrimental substances by the car, and driving distance of the parking spot from an entrance of the parking area by which the arriving car enters the parking area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.