System for optimising transient kerbside access
AssigneeYellow Line Parking Ltd.
InventorsBen Boutcher-West, Stephen Jones, John Fogelin, Dan Hubert
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Abstract
For densely-populated cities in particular, finding suitable vehicle parking may often be problematic. Vehicles range widely in size and parking characteristics, drivers and passengers may have preferences and/or physical limitations for parking space features (such as needing a wide bay or to be within a certain proximity of a destination when they park due to limited mobility or due to delivery of a heavy or large item). According to aspects of the invention there is provided a computer-implemented system and method for dynamically serving parking space requests for a vehicle.
Claims16
A computer-implemented system for dynamically serving parking space requests for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions, which when executed on the one or more processors configures the system to provide:
- an input module for receiving a request for a parking space;
- a search module for determining a plurality of suitable parking spaces based on the received request, the determining comprising:
- selecting a region from a plurality of regions corresponding to a plurality of adjacent geographical areas, each of the regions being associated with an individual parking space prediction model adapted for that region, and the selection of the region being based on information derived from the request;
- utilising the parking space prediction model of the selected region to determine the plurality of suitable parking spaces based on the information derived from the request;
- an allocation module for selecting from the plurality of suitable parking spaces to allocate a parking space for the vehicle, the selection being performed based on a scoring a plurality of weighted selection criteria for each suitable parking space;
- and
- a transmission module for transmitting data indicative of the allocated parking space.
A computer-implemented method for dynamically serving parking space requests for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for a parking space;
- determining a plurality of suitable parking spaces based on the received request, the determining comprising:
- selecting a region from a plurality of regions corresponding to a plurality of adjacent geographical areas, each of the regions being associated with an individual parking space prediction model adapted for that region, and the selection of the region being based on information derived from the request;
- utilising the parking space prediction model of the selected region to determine the plurality of suitable parking spaces based on the information derived from the request;
- selecting from the plurality of suitable parking spaces to allocate a final parking space for the vehicle, the selection being performed based on a scoring a plurality of weighted selection criteria for each suitable parking space;
- and
- transmitting data indicative of the allocated final parking space.
A non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform steps, comprising:
- receiving a request for a parking space;
- determining a plurality of suitable parking spaces based on the received request, the determining comprising:
- selecting a region from a plurality of regions corresponding to a plurality of adjacent geographical areas, each of the regions being associated with an individual parking space prediction model adapted for that region, and the selection of the region being based on information derived from the request;
- utilising the parking space prediction model of the selected region to determine the plurality of suitable parking spaces based on the information derived from the request;
- selecting from the plurality of suitable parking spaces to allocate a final parking space for the vehicle, the selection being performed based on a scoring a plurality of weighted selection criteria for each suitable parking space;
- and
- transmitting data indicative of the allocated final parking space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.