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US 9,140,028 B2Granted
Automated parking system
AssigneeUnitronics Automated Solutions Ltd
InventorHaim Shani
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Abstract
An automated parking system comprising a multi-level vehicle parking structure including multiple parking spaces arranged in one or more rows on each level of said structure; and an automatic vehicle positioning system configured to position and retrieve vehicles in said one or more rows of parking spaces, and further configured to shift a parking space of one or more vehicles in one row for retrieving one or more other vehicles in said row.
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An automated parking system comprising:
- a multi-level vehicle parking structure comprising:
- a lift shaft accommodating a vehicle transport lift;
- at least one multi-level parking wing connected to said lift shaft and having a width suitable for accommodating a maximum of two rows of parking spaces in each level of said parking wing, said parking spaces extending in a direction away from said lift shaft, and comprising shift spaces proximally located to said lift shaft on multiple levels to accommodate vehicles which interfere with moving said cars in and out of said parking spaces;
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- an automatic vehicle positioning system configured to position and retrieve vehicles in said parking spaces, and further configured to shift one or more vehicles between said shift spaces in said multiple levels, for retrieving one or more other vehicles in said parking spaces;
- wherein a number of shift spaces in said vehicle parking structure is at least one less than a maximum number of vehicles alignable in one row.
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A multi-level vehicle parking structure comprising:
- a lift shaft accommodating a vehicle transport lift;
- at least one multi-level parking wing connected to said lift shaft and having a width suitable for accommodating a maximum of two rows of parking spaces in each level of said parking wing, said parking spaces extending in a direction away from said lift shaft, and comprising shift spaces proximally located to said lift shaft on multiple levels to accommodate vehicles which interfere with moving said cars in and out of said parking spaces;
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- an automatic vehicle positioning system configured to position and retrieve vehicles in said parking spaces, and further configured to shift one or more vehicles between said shift spaces in said multiple levels, for retrieving one or more other vehicles in said parking spaces;
- wherein said structure is configured on a narrow tract of land extending along a portion of a length of a building or other type of boundary, and
- wherein a number of shift spaces in said vehicle parking structure is at least one less than a maximum number of vehicles alignable in one row.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.