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US 9,852,628 B2Granted
Vacant parking spot notification
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohannad Abdullah Hakeem, Ebrahim Nasser
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Abstract
A vacant parking spot notification system for a vehicle includes a controller that, in response to receiving a user initiated signal indicative of the user's intent to cause a parked vehicle to vacate a parking spot and confirmation that operating parameters reflective of vehicle departure are present, broadcasts geographic coordinates of the vehicle.
Claims18
A notification system for a vehicle comprising:
- an in-vehicle controller programmed to, in response to both (i) receiving a user initiated signal that originates from a wireless handheld transmitter and is indicative of the user's intent to cause a parked vehicle to vacate a parking spot and (ii) confirming that a difference between geographic coordinates of the vehicle captured after the receiving and current geographic coordinates is greater than a threshold, broadcast the captured coordinates.
A vacant parking spot notification system for a vehicle comprising:
- an in-vehicle controller programmed to, in response to receiving a user initiated signal that originates from a wireless handheld transmitter and is indicative of the user's intent to cause a parked vehicle to vacate a parking spot, capture geographic coordinates of the parked vehicle, confirm that a change between the captured coordinates and current geographic coordinates of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined value, and broadcast the captured coordinates.
A method for vacant parking spot notification in a vehicle comprising:
- receiving a user initiated signal that originates from a wireless handheld transmitter and is indicative of the user's intent to cause a parked vehicle to vacate a parking spot,
- capturing geographic coordinates of the vehicle,
- confirming that operating parameters reflective of vehicle departure are present by detecting that a change between the captured coordinates and current geographic coordinates is greater than a predetermined value, and
- broadcasting, by an in-vehicle controller, the captured geographic coordinates.
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