Network-connected parking system

Abstract

To provide a method and a system for reminding a vehicle driver of a parking situation within a predetermined distance from a destination.SOLUTION: This system comprises a transceiver of a vehicle which is configured to receive, from one or more other vehicles, parking situation data including one or more marks of a parking situation within a predetermined distance from a destination. The system also comprises an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle, which is connected with the transceiver. The ECU is configured to determine a parking congestion level on the basis of the parking situation data. The ECU is also configured to determine whether or not the parking congestion level exceeds a threshold parking congestion level. The ECU is also configured to instruct an output device to remind a driver of parking congestion near the destination when the parking congestion level exceeds the threshold parking congestion level.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Claims

1. A system for alerting vehicle drivers about parking conditions within a specified distance of their destination, A vehicle transceiver is configured to receive parking status data from one or more other vehicles, which includes vehicle speed data corresponding to a plurality of vehicles located within a predetermined distance of the destination and vehicle location data corresponding to the plurality of vehicles. Connected to the aforementioned transceiver, The vehicle speed data is classified into relatively fast speeds, slow speeds, or intermediate speeds, and if the vehicle speed data indicates that vehicles along the street area are traveling at the relatively fast speeds, the parking congestion level within the predetermined distance of the destination is determined based on the vehicle speed data and the vehicle location data, and the vehicle location data is used to determine the parking congestion level based on whether the street area as a whole has few vehicles or is already densely occupied by parked vehicles. Determine whether the aforementioned parking congestion level exceeds the threshold parking congestion level. The vehicle's electronic control unit (ECU) is configured to instruct an output device to alert the driver to parking congestion near the destination when the parking congestion level exceeds the threshold parking congestion level. system.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle location data is detected by the location sensors of each of the plurality of vehicles.

3. The vehicle speed data is detected by the speed sensors of each of the multiple vehicles. The aforementioned vehicle speed data includes the vehicle speed of each of the plurality of vehicles, The system according to claim 1.

4. The parking status data includes parking structure data associated with parking structures within a predetermined distance of the destination, the parking structure data is detected by an image sensor of a vehicle approaching the parking structure, or transmitted by a computing device associated with the parking structure, and the parking structure data includes the number of available parking spaces. Determining the aforementioned parking congestion level is based further on the aforementioned parking situation data, The system according to claim 1.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the number of available parking spaces is determined by detecting when one or more of the plurality of vehicles enter the parking structure and when a vehicle leaves the parking structure, and by comparing the detected entering and leaving vehicles with the capacity of the parking structure.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the output device is a display screen configured to visually provide the warning to the driver, a speaker configured to provide the warning to the driver as sound, or a vibration unit configured to provide the warning to the driver tactilely.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the parking status data includes available parking space data detected by the image sensors and / or spatial sensors of each of the plurality of vehicles, and the available parking space data indicates the number and location of available parking spaces within the predetermined distance of the destination.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein one or more of the plurality of vehicles detects one or more gaps that exceed a threshold distance between vehicles parked along a road within a predetermined distance to the destination, thereby determining the number of available parking spaces.

9. A system for alerting vehicle drivers about parking conditions within a specified distance of their destination, A vehicle transceiver is configured to receive parking status data from one or more other vehicles, which includes vehicle speed data corresponding to a plurality of vehicles located within a predetermined distance of the destination and vehicle location data corresponding to the plurality of vehicles. Connected to the aforementioned transceiver, The vehicle speed data is classified into relatively fast speeds, slow speeds, or intermediate speeds, and if the vehicle speed data indicates that vehicles along the street area are traveling at the relatively fast speeds, the parking congestion level of the streets and non-street areas within the predetermined distance of the destination is determined based on the vehicle speed data and the vehicle location data, and the vehicle location data is used to determine the parking congestion level based on whether the street area has generally few vehicles or is already densely occupied by parked vehicles. Determine whether the aforementioned parking congestion level exceeds the threshold parking congestion level. The vehicle's electronic control unit (ECU) is configured to instruct an output device to alert the driver to parking congestion near the destination when the parking congestion level exceeds the threshold parking congestion level. system.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the vehicle location data is detected by the location sensors of each of the plurality of vehicles.

11. The vehicle speed data is detected by the speed sensors of each of the multiple vehicles. The aforementioned vehicle speed data includes the vehicle speed of each of the plurality of vehicles, The system according to claim 9.

12. The system according to claim 9, wherein the output device is a display screen configured to visually provide the warning to the driver, a speaker configured to provide the warning to the driver as sound, or a vibration unit configured to provide the warning to the driver tactilely.

13. The system according to claim 9, wherein the parking status data includes available parking space data detected by each of the plurality of vehicles' image sensors and / or spatial sensors, and the available parking space data indicates the number and location of available parking spaces within the predetermined distance of the destination.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the number of available parking spaces is determined by one or more of the plurality of vehicles detecting one or more gaps that exceed a threshold distance between vehicles parked along the road.

15. It is a vehicle, Output device and A transceiver configured to receive parking status data from one or more other vehicles, which includes vehicle speed data and vehicle location data corresponding to multiple vehicles located within a predetermined distance of the vehicle's destination. The output device and the transceiver are connected, The vehicle speed data is classified into relatively fast speeds, slow speeds, or intermediate speeds, and if the vehicle speed data indicates that vehicles along the street area are traveling at the relatively fast speeds, the parking congestion level within the predetermined distance of the destination is determined based on the vehicle speed data and the vehicle location data, and the vehicle location data is used to determine the parking congestion level based on whether the street area as a whole has few vehicles or is already densely occupied by parked vehicles. Determine whether the aforementioned parking congestion level exceeds the threshold parking congestion level. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to instruct the output device to alert the driver of the vehicle to parking congestion near the destination when the parking congestion level exceeds the threshold parking congestion level. vehicle.

16. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the vehicle location data is detected by the location sensors of each of the plurality of vehicles.

17. The vehicle speed data is detected by the speed sensors of each of the multiple vehicles. The aforementioned vehicle speed data includes the vehicle speed of each of the plurality of vehicles, The vehicle according to claim 15.

18. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the output device is a display screen configured to visually provide the warning to the driver, a speaker configured to provide the warning to the driver as sound, or a vibration unit configured to provide the warning to the driver tactilely.

19. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the parking status data includes available parking space data detected by the image sensors and / or spatial sensors of each of the plurality of vehicles, and the available parking space data indicates the number and location of available parking spaces within the predetermined distance of the destination.

20. The vehicle according to claim 19, wherein one or more of the plurality of vehicles detect one or more gaps that exceed a threshold distance between vehicles parked along a road within a predetermined distance of the destination, thereby determining the number of available parking spaces.

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