Vehicular information systems and methods

A system comprising:

• at least one processor associated with a server wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute software instructions causing the at least one processor to perform steps to:
• receive sensor information from at least one sensor attached to at least one vehicle;
• wherein the at least one sensor is configured to:
• i) generate a plurality of sensor signals, and
• ii) receive a signal reflection associated with each sensor signal of the plurality of sensor signals;
• wherein the sensor information comprises timing data indicating:
• i) a time of generation of each sensor signal of the plurality of sensor signals, and
• ii) a time of reception of a signal reflection associated with each sensor signal;
• determine a plurality of time differences based on the timing data;
• wherein each time difference of the plurality of time differences comprises a difference between the time of generation for each sensor signal and the time of reception of the signal reflection for each sensor signal;
• determine a plurality of detected dips based at least in part on at least one set of consecutive time differences within the plurality of time differences;
• wherein each consecutive time difference of the at least one set of consecutive time differences comprise a value less than a dip depth threshold;
• determine a parking availability status based at least in part on a dip width threshold and a dip width of the at least one set of consecutive time differences;
• wherein the dip width comprises a count of consecutive time differences of the at least one set of consecutive time differences;
• and
• transmit an indication of the parking availability status to at least one computing device to indicate a presence or an absence of an available parking space.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by at least one processor associated with a server, sensor information from at least one sensor attached to at least one vehicle;
• wherein the at least one sensor is configured to:
• i) generate a plurality of sensor signals, and
• ii) receive a signal reflection associated with each sensor signal of the plurality of sensor signals;
• wherein the sensor information of each sensor of the at least one sensor comprises timing data indicating:
• i) a time of generation of each sensor signal of the plurality of sensor signals, and
• ii) a time of reception of a signal reflection associated with each sensor signal;
• determining, by the at least one processor, a plurality of time differences based on the timing data;
• wherein each time difference of the plurality of time differences comprises a difference between the time of generation for each sensor signal and the time of reception of the signal reflection for each sensor signal;
• determining, by at least one processor, a plurality of detected dips based at least in part on at least one set of consecutive time differences within the plurality of time differences;
• wherein each consecutive time difference of the at least one set of consecutive time differences comprise a value less than a dip depth threshold;
• determining, by the at least one processor, a parking availability status based at least in part on a dip width threshold and a dip width of the at least one set of consecutive time differences;
• wherein the dip width comprises a count of consecutive time differences of the at least one set of consecutive time differences;
• and
• transmitting, by the at least one processor, an indication of the parking availability status to at least one computing device to indicate a presence or an absence of an available parking space.

A method comprising:

• generating, by at least one processor, an electronic request for an indication of a presence or an absence of an available parking space in a region;
• receiving, by the at least one processor, a parking availability status indicating the presence or the absence of the available parking space in the region based on a plurality of time differences of a plurality of sensor signals from at least one sensor attached to at least one vehicle;
• wherein the at least one sensor is configured to:
• i) generate the plurality of sensor signals, and
• ii) receive a signal reflection associated with each sensor signal of the plurality of sensor signals;
• wherein the plurality of time differences are based on sensor information comprising timing data for each sensor signal of the plurality of sensor signals;
• wherein the timing data for each sensor signal indicates:
• i) a time of generation, and
• ii) a time of reception of each signal reflection;
• wherein each time difference comprises a difference between the time of generation for each sensor signal and the time of reception of each signal reflection for each sensor signal;
• wherein a plurality of detected dips are determined based at least in part on at least one set of consecutive time differences within the plurality of time differences;
• wherein each consecutive time difference of the at least one set of consecutive time differences comprise a value less than a dip depth threshold;
• wherein the parking availability status is determined based on a dip width threshold and a dip width of the at least one set of consecutive time differences;
• wherein the dip width comprises a count of consecutive time differences of the at least one set of consecutive time differences;
• and
• causing to display, by the at least one processor, the indication of the parking availability status on a display.