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US 9,805,602 B2Granted
Parking service
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsTricia Tobolski, Jeffrey Lee Hentschel, Chad Evert Esselink
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Abstract
A vehicle system includes a communication interface and a processing device. The processing device determines a proximity of a host vehicle to a target location. When the proximity to the target location is less than a predetermined value, the processing device commands the communication interface to transmit the target location to a parking server. In response, the processing device receives a message identifying at least one parking zone from the parking server.
Claims20
A vehicle system comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processing device programmed to determine a proximity of a host vehicle to a target location and command the communication interface to transmit the target location to a parking server upon determining that the proximity to the target location is less than a predetermined value,
- wherein the processing device is programmed to receive a message identifying at least one parking zone, among a plurality of parking zones, from the parking server, and process the message,
- wherein the plurality of parking zones are ranked according to an estimated number of available parking spaces based at least in part on an amount of traffic into and out of the at least one parking zone and according to a user preference received at the host vehicle and transmitted to the parking server, wherein a weight of the user preference in the ranking of the plurality of parking zones is based on a probability that a parking space will be available in the parking zone upon arrival of the host vehicle, and
- wherein processing the message includes the processing device listing the plurality of parking zones in the host vehicle according to the rank.
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A vehicle system comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processing device configured to determine a proximity of a host vehicle to a target location and command the communication interface to transmit the target location and user preferences to a parking server when the proximity to the target location is less than a predetermined value,
- wherein the processing device is configured to receive a message ranking multiple parking zones from the parking server, process the message, and automatically select one of the multiple parking zones,
- wherein the multiple parking zones are ranked according to an estimated number of available parking spaces based at least in part on an amount of traffic into and out of each of the multiple parking zones and according to the user preference, wherein a weight of the user preference in the ranking of the multiple parking zones is based on a probability that a parking space will be available in the parking zone upon arrival of the host vehicle, and
- wherein processing the message includes the processing device listing the plurality of parking zones in the host vehicle according to the rank.
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A method comprising:
- determining a proximity of a host vehicle to a target location;
- transmitting a first message to a parking server when the proximity of the host vehicle to the target location is within a predetermined distance, the first message identifying the target location;
- receiving a response message sent from the parking server, the response message ranking a plurality of parking zones according to an estimated number of available parking spaces based at least in part on an amount of traffic into and out of the at least one parking zone and according to a user preference received at the host vehicle and transmitted to the parking server, wherein a weight of the user preference in the ranking of the plurality of parking zones is based on a probability that a parking space will be available in the parking zone upon arrival of the host vehicle;
- and
- processing the message, wherein processing the message includes listing the plurality of parking zones in the host vehicle according to the rank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.