Unauthorized vehicle detection
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsWill Farrelly, Douglas Nicoll, Jonathan Scott, David Skipp, Richard Brown, Eric H. Wingfield, Nikola Ristivojevich
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Abstract
A request for a parking space is received from a requesting vehicle. Data is received from at least one data-collecting vehicle related to at least one parking space. Based at least in part on the received data, a parking availability map is generated indicating a parking space appropriate for the requesting vehicle. If the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle, a message is provided to a parking enforcement authority that the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle.
Claims20
A system, comprising a computer, the computer comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the computer is programmed to:
- receive a request for a parking space from a requesting vehicle;
- receive, from at least one data-collecting vehicle, data related to at least one parking space;
- generate, based at least in part on the received data, a parking availability map indicating a parking space appropriate for the requesting vehicle;
- and, if the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle, provide a message to a parking enforcement authority that the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a request for a parking space from a requesting vehicle;
- receiving, from at least one data-collecting vehicle, data related to at least one parking space;
- generating, based at least in part on the received data, a parking availability map indicating a parking space appropriate for the requesting vehicle;
- and, if the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle, providing a message to a parking enforcement authority that the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.