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A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

A reservation management method according to the present disclosure includes a first step and a second step. The first step is a step of receiving information about a user. The second step includes determining, based on the received information, whether an electric vehicle of the user is an emergency vehicle. The second step includes setting a group of first slots from among multiple slots by one of methods, the multiple slots each being defined by a charging spot and a time slot and each allowing a charging station to provide a charging service, the methods being different depending on whether or not the electric vehicle of the user is an emergency vehicle. The second step includes displaying the group of first slots to be reservable by the user.

A travel support device supports vehicle traveling. The travel support device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute travel management processing when a target vehicle is traveling on a road having a specific lane in which a specific type of vehicle preferentially travels. The target vehicle is of a different type from the specific type. The travel management processing includes travel permission processing of permitting the target vehicle to travel in the specific lane when the target vehicle is traveling in a vehicle train being a train of vehicles that perform platooning, and entry inhibition processing of inhibiting entry of the target vehicle into the specific lane when the target vehicle is not traveling in the vehicle train.

A reservation management method according to the present disclosure includes a first step and a second step. The first step is a step for receiving user information. The second step includes a step of determining whether the electric vehicle of the user is an emergency vehicle based on the received information. In addition, the second step includes a step of setting the group of the first frame from among a plurality of frames capable of providing a charging service from a charging station defined by the charging position and the time period by a different method depending on whether or not the electric vehicle of the user is an emergency vehicle. In addition, the second step includes a step of displaying the group of the set first frame so that the user can reserve.

A method of conducting a client transaction with a portion of a total quantity of certified standard uniform characteristic (SUC) precious metal units held within a physically secure environment is provided. According to the method, a registration system is maintained containing unique precious metal identification information, physically secure location information and lot identification information of precious metal, and one of certification information or de-processing information of precious metal. The method allocates a portion of the certified SUC precious metal units in a first location within the physically secure environment to be associated with a first lot and creates a first private registry with corresponding records associated with the allocated portion of certified SUC precious metal units in the first location. The method authorizes at least one administrative privilege for the allocated SUC precious metal units of a lot for a trusted partner outside of the physically secure environment.

A system, and method thereof, is provided for determining a vehicle trip on a roadway. The system may include a plurality of detection zones and a computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by one or more processors to direct performance of operations comprising: receiving one or more vehicle detection events corresponding to a given vehicle, each of the one or more vehicle detection events associated with one of a plurality of detection zones; storing a plurality of predefined trip patterns, each of the plurality of predefined trip patterns including at least one detection zone of the plurality of detection zones; and matching the one or more vehicle detection events to a longest matching trip pattern of the plurality of predefined trip patterns to define a trip.

Disclosed are methods and systems for automatic generation and distribution of curbside map data. A server receives municipal regulation data from an external source, and processes the municipal regulation data to generate curbside map data. The server also transmits a message conveying at least a portion (e.g. relevant portion based on request) of the curbside map data to a client computing device. By obtaining and processing the municipal regulation data, the curbside map data can be generated and distributed without time consuming and error prone disadvantages of manual surveying.

A system and method is disclosed for automated remote transactions between a vehicle and a lodging system The system may enable the vehicle to initiate an automated remote transaction to the lodging system to book an accommodation and complete a remote payment. The lodging system may transmit available accommodations to the vehicle. The vehicle may respond with a booking request comprising an accommodation selection and vehicle identifying data and the lodging system may communicate the vehicle identifying data to a payment network to authorize the remote transaction. In response to authorizing the remote transaction, the lodging system may complete the booking request with the vehicle.

A communication system according to an embodiment includes a fixed terminal and a mobile terminal. The fixed terminal includes: a first communication unit configured to perform wireless communication in a first communication method; and a first control unit configured to control communication performed by the first communication unit. The mobile terminal includes: a second communication unit configured to perform wireless communication in the first communication method; a second control unit configured to control communication performed by the second communication unit; and a storage unit. The first control unit transmits identification information unique to the mobile terminal connected using the first communication unit, to the mobile terminal, disconnects the connection with the mobile terminal after transmitting the identification information, designates the mobile terminal by using the identification information using the first communication unit, and reconnects to the mobile terminal. The second control unit stores the identification information acquired through the communication with the fixed terminal performed by the second communication unit. After the communication with the fixed terminal is disconnected, the second control unit reconnects with the fixed terminal by the second communication unit in response to reception of identification information matching the stored identification information.

To support vehicle traveling so that the whole road can be effectively utilized without disturbing order in a road having a specific lane where a specific kind of vehicle is made to preferentially travel.SOLUTION: The travel support device supports vehicle travel. The driving assistance device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the travel management processing when a target vehicle of a type different from a specific type is traveling on a road having a specific lane in which a vehicle of the specific type is preferentially traveled. The travel management process includes a travel permission process of permitting the target vehicle to travel in the specific lane when the target vehicle is performing platooning, and an entry suppression process of suppressing entry of the target vehicle into the specific lane when the target vehicle is not performing platooning.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Systems and methods are provided for facilitating interoperability of network traffic. One example method includes receiving, by a commerce platform computing device, a vehicle identifier from a toll agent, where the vehicle identifier is specific to a vehicle and captured at a toll plaza of the toll agent, and identifying a wallet provider associated with the vehicle identifier. The method also includes requesting, by the commerce platform computing device, from the wallet provider, authentication of a user associated with the vehicle, whereby the wallet provider authenticates the user at the vehicle or a communication device associated with the user, and receiving, from the wallet provider, an authentication complete result. The method further includes providing, by the commerce platform computing device, a transaction payload for a transaction to pay a toll for the vehicle passing through the toll plaza, where the transaction payload includes a token specific to the card identifier.

A camera includes: an image sensor; and a processing circuit configured to identify a position of a license plate of the vehicle in a plurality of frames, where each of the plurality of frames corresponds to an image of a plurality of images processed by an image signal processor included in an image sensor, a second frame of the plurality of frames corresponding to the second time (t1) and a first frame of the plurality of frames corresponding to the first time (t0) are transmitted to the server, where t0 is earlier than t1, where the vehicle enters the parking space when the size of the license plate at t1 is greater than the size of the license plate at t0, and where the size of the license plate at t1 is less than the size of the license plate at t0, the vehicle enters the parking space when the size of the license plate at t1 is greater than the size of the license plate at t0. The vehicle leaves the parking space.

A parking payment method, apparatus, and system are provided. The parking payment method includes: obtaining sensing information collected by a vehicle-mounted sensing apparatus, where the sensing information is used to determine payment information of a parking lot in which a vehicle (100) is located; and sending the payment information of the parking lot to a server (200) after paying a parking fee of the vehicle (100) in the parking lot based on the sensing information.

A parked vehicle charging method includes inputting vehicle information of a vehicle that is parked, parking space information, charging information requested by the vehicle, and necessary time information preliminarily secured by the vehicle to a management server, scheduling, by the management server, charging of the vehicle based on the requested charging information and the necessary time information of the vehicle, controlling, by the management server, charging intensity of charging equipment based on the vehicle information of the vehicle, the parking space information, and a charging schedule, and receiving, by the management server, charging result information from the charging equipment after charging end of the vehicle and calculating an amount of money to be charged to a user of the vehicle.

To reduce a burden applying to a user so as to prevent sound from transmitting to a surrounding area.SOLUTION: A vehicle allocation system includes a first acquisition part for acquiring status information including an acoustic mode in an acoustic space provided in a vehicle, a second acquisition part for acquiring request information including the acoustic mode in the acoustic space desired by a user transmitted from a terminal device of the user, a determination part for determining whether the user boards an acoustic space of the vehicle on the basis of the status information and the request information, and an allocation instruction part for allocating the vehicle in accordance with a determination result of the determination part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Method for transferring application information between a motor vehicle (1) and an external device (2), comprising the steps performed when a trigger condition is met: - Encoding the application information as a light pattern (11), - Controlling at least one projection device (8) of the motor vehicle (1) according to the light pattern (11) to project a light distribution defined by the light pattern (11) into an environment (12) of the motor vehicle (1), - Capturing at least one section of the light distribution via a sensor (9) of the vehicle-external device (2) to provide sensor information, and - Decoding sensor information to determine the - Application information data relating to application information.

A transportation system can present a set of vehicle operating states to a user of the vehicle and generally includes a system for presenting a set of vehicle operating states to a user of the vehicle, the system including a portion of a vehicle having vehicle operating states, a digital twin system that receives vehicle parameter data from one or more inputs to determine the vehicle operating states, and an interface for the digital twin system to present the vehicle operating states to the user of the vehicle.

This device provides a terminal that facilitates the system registration of information necessary for providing services using biometric authentication. [Solution] The terminal comprises an acquisition means and a transmission means. The acquisition means acquires business information necessary for the user to receive services using biometric authentication from an application installed on the device. The transmission means transmits a token registration request containing the acquired business information and the user's biometric information to the server device.

Systems and methods related to a ticket vending machine are described herein. An example ticket vending machine includes a digital touch screen designed to output a user interface, the user interface designed to support at least one of an audio control, a tactile control, or combinations thereof, and a barcode reader. The ticket vending machine may also include a ticket dispenser including at least one of a smart card dispenser, a paper ticket printer, a receipt printer, or combinations thereof. The ticket vending machine may further include a fare validation system including a credit card terminal and a currency validation system, wherein the currency validation system includes a coin validation device, a currency hopper, and a bank note recycler. A housing is designed to house the digital touch screen, the barcode reader, the ticket dispenser, and the fare validation system for the ticket vending machine.

Aspects of the present invention relate to a control system (100) for controlling a parking assistance system (200) of a vehicle (300). The control system (100) includes one or more controller (110). The control system (100) is configured to receive image data (315) captured by at least one imaging sensor (310) provided on the vehicle (300), the image data (315) representing a scene external to the vehicle (300); and to receive a parking space signal (275) identifying a parking space (P1) for the vehicle (300). The control system (100) processes the image data (315) to identify the presence of a parking space reservation object (PRD1) associated with the identified parking space (P1), and to characterise the identified parking space reservation object (PRD1) as being in one of a first state (S1) in which vehicle access to the parking space (P1) is not possible and a second state (S2) in which vehicle access to the parking space (P2) is possible. In dependence on the parking space reservation object (PRD1) being characterised as being in the first state (S1), the control system (100) is configured to output a request for confirmation that the vehicle (300) is to be parked in the identified parking space (P1). The control system (100) receives a confirmation signal confirming that the vehicle (300) is to be parked in the identified parking space (P1). A parking manoeuvre request signal (105A) is output to the parking assistance system (200) to perform a parking manoeuvre to park the vehicle (300) in the identified parking space (P1) when the parking space reservation object (PRD1) is characterised as being in the second state (S2). Aspects of the invention also relate to a system (160), a vehicle (300), a method (500) and a computer readable instructions.

Various implementations are disclosed herein for establishing entitlement utilizing smart contracts and digital wallets. In one implementation, a card corresponding to a consumer and a blockchain wallet account address may be mapped by an access server, where the access server is configured to access a mapping service contract, and where the card comprises at least one of an associated personal account number (PAN) and an electronic application identifier (eaid) of the consumer.

The present disclosure relates to a computer system for enabling authentication and authorization of charging an at least partly electrically driven vehicle (100). The computer system comprises processing circuitry configured to: - determine if at least one charging station (103) associated with the vehicle supports a PnC (plug and charge) feature for authentication and authorization of charging of the vehicle (100); - when the at least one charging station (103) supports the PnC feature, determine that the vehicle (100) comprises one or more than one charging certificate that is compatible with the at least one charging station (103) supporting the PnC feature; - determine a possibility of success for each pair of charging station (103) and charging certificate when the vehicle (100); and to - select the pair having the highest possibility of success to be used for charging the vehicle (100).

The present disclosure provides methods and systems for identifying a parking lot relative to a place of interest (POI), In some examples, there is provided a method comprising: detecting, from a plurality of data points, one or more data points that are indicative of a parking action in a parking lot, the plurality of data points representing movement along a route from a starting location to a destination location, each data point indicating a location, associating a first set of one or more of the detected data points with a POI based on a proximity of the indicated location of each of the one or more detected data points relative to a location of the POI, the POI being the starting location or the destination location; associating a second set of one or more of the detected data points with one or more geographical areas in proximity with the POI, the association based on a proximity of the indicated location of each of the one or more detected data points relative to the one or more geographical areas, and identifying the one or more parking lots relative to the POI from the first or second set of detected data points based on a comparison of a number of the first set of detected data points with a threshold.

A system and method for enabling new and flexible user experiences related to the renting, and making available for rent, many types of underutilized amenities that are necessary for urban life including transportation and storage related amenities are disclosed herein. These amenities include parking spaces, electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, bike racks, storage lockers, meeting spaces. A reservation system hardware, wired and wireless networks and software in the form of an app as well as server side services are utilized to realize the systems and methods.

According to the disclosure, a server may include: a communication device configured to communicate with a vehicle; and a processor configured to determine, based on first passage information associated with a tollgate, usage pattern information of the vehicle, wherein the first passage information is received from the vehicle at a first time. The server may further include memory configured to store the determined usage pattern information of the vehicle. The processor may be further configured to: determine, based on second passage information received from the vehicle at a second time after the first time whether usage of the vehicle is consistent with the stored usage pattern information, and, based on a determination that the usage of the vehicle is inconsistent with the stored usage pattern information, transmit, to the vehicle, a request to confirm the usage of the vehicle.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for automated commercial parking authentication. In one embodiment, a method can include determining a first request to park a tractor and a trailer, determining that a commercial parking site has a first available parking location for the tractor and the trailer, and causing presentation of a request to confirm a first parking reservation at a device associated with the first request, where the first parking reservation comprises a first cost associated with the first available parking location. The method may include determining that the first parking reservation is confirmed, determining that the device is present at the commercial parking site, and automatically approving access to the commercial parking site.

A system and method for enabling new and flexible user experiences related to the renting, and making available for rent, many types of underutilized amenities that are necessary for urban life including transportation and storage related amenities are disclosed herein. These amenities include parking spaces, electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, bike racks, storage lockers, meeting spaces. A reservation system hardware, wired and wireless networks and software in the form of an app as well as server side services are utilized to realize the systems and methods.

A Secure Environment Public Register (SEPR) provides a method and system that allows precious metals in the shape of bar(s) or units to be certified, specially numbered to provide exact linkage to an owner, allow secure movement of precious metals between secure facilities, and through a blockchain, allow secure transfer of ownership between individuals and organizations. The SEPR allows gold and other precious metals to be easily held and traded in commerce with all the advantages of holding precious metals. The SEPR system allows exact audits of the metal bars on hand and avoids over-selling units since each bar is serialized and ownership is documented in a public register.

Described herein is a monitoring system (100) for detecting motor vehicles in a plurality of parking bays, said system comprising at least one inductive type sensor device (130) comprising an electronic circuit suitable for detecting an inductance value associated with the presence or absence of a motor vehicle (110) in a parking bay (120) of said plurality of parking bays, said sensor device (130) being coupled to a paving of said parking bay (120); a gateway (150) suitable for managing an occupation state of said plurality of parking bays and an operating state of said at least one sensor device (130), and for storing them into a database, said gateway (150) being connected to said at least one sensor device (130) via a first data exchange network; wherein said at least one sensor device (130) is configured for: - transmitting a first status message representative of said state of occupation, comprising at least one binary piece of information representative of said presence or absence of said motor vehicle (110) in said parking bay (120); - transmitting to said gateway (150), at predetermined time intervals, a second status message representative of said operating state of said at least one sensor device (130); - receiving a configuration message from said gateway (150), and transmitting a confirmation message in reply to said configuration message, said configuration message comprising at least one operating parameter for said at least one sensor device (130); and wherein said gateway (150) is configured for: - receiving a plurality of messages from said at least one sensor device (130), comprising said first status messages and said second status messages, and storing them into a database; - transmitting at least one configuration message to said at least one sensor device (130); and wherein, if one of said messages received by said gateway (150) is corrupted, then said gateway (150) being further configured for: - determining, in accordance with a first verification, if said corrupted message was transmitted by said at least one sensor device (130) at a time instant coinciding with said predetermined time interval for the transmission of said second status message; - determining, in accordance with a second verification, if said corrupted message was transmitted by said at least one sensor device (130) as a confirmation message in reply to a previously received configuration message; - when both verifications provide a negative outcome, updating in said database the at least one binary piece of information representative of the occupation state of said parking bay (130) by means of a binary flip operation, said operation being representative of a change of occupation state.