Smart spacing allocation

A system for determining a size and a location for a parking space in a defined parking lot for a vehicle, the parking lot having a plurality of pools of parking areas, the system comprising:

• a sensor system for generating output representing measured specified dimensional information about an identified vehicle;
• a controller including one or more processor units for receiving the output from the sensor system, for using said output to determine one of the pools, and positional information within said one of the pools, for the identified vehicle;
• a marking system for forming markings in the one of the pools to mark a parking space in the one of the pools for the identified vehicle;
• and
• an alarm system for triggering an alarm signal when the identified vehicle approaches the parking space and for terminating the alarm signal when the identified vehicle is completely within the parking space;
• and
• wherein the marking system removes said markings after the identified vehicle leaves the parking space.

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• at least one tangible computer readable medium having computer readable program code logic to execute machine instructions in one or more processing units for determining a size and a location for a parking space in a defined parking lot for a vehicle, the parking lot having a plurality of pools of parking areas, said computer readable program code logic, when executing, performing the following:
• receiving specified dimensional information about an identified vehicle;
• using the specified dimensional information to determine one of the pools, and positional information within said one of the pools, for the identified vehicle;
• forming markings in the one of the pools to mark a parking space in the one of the pools for the identified vehicle;
• triggering an alarm signal when the identified vehicle approaches the parking space;
• terminating the alarm signal when the identified vehicle is completely within the parking space;
• and
• removing said markings after the identified vehicle leaves the parking space.