1824 results about "Car parking" patented technology

The invention discloses a parking system path planning method based on dynamic time windows, and belongs to the technical field of path planning. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps: S1, building a work environment model of AGVs in an intelligent garage in a topological method; S2, setting priority for each AGV and each car parking/picking task according to different evaluation criteria; S3, using a Dijkstra algorithm to plan a shortest possible path for an AGV accepting a task; S4, arranging feasible path time windows; S5, designing conflict resolution strategies according to different types of conflicts; and S6, planning a conflict-free optimal path for the AGV using a parking system path planning algorithm based on dynamic time windows. A time-sharing use strategy is used, and the Dijkstra algorithm and a time window method are combined effectively, so that the problem that the existing multi-AGV path planning is of poor flexibility and is prone to deadlock or collision conflict is solved effectively, and a shortest conflict-free optimal path can be planned for an AGV accepting a task. In addition, the overall operation efficiency of an intelligent three-dimensional parking system can be improved effectively, and the car parking/picking waiting time can be reduced for social members.

A computer-implemented method of enhancing safe vehicle operation may include, one or more processors, (1) determining a preferred parking spot for an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle; (2) determining a route to the preferred parking spot from a driver drop off point; and (3) causing the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to travel from the driver drop off point to the preferred parking spot following the route controlled by one or more autonomous operation features. The preferred parking spot may be a covered parking spot, a parking spot in a parking structure, or a parking spot in a residential garage. An autonomous vehicle owner may remotely direct the autonomous vehicle to autonomously return to the driver drop off point, such as via their mobile device. Insurance discounts may be provided to autonomous vehicle owners having the self-parking functionality that mitigates or prevents risk of damage to, or theft of, the vehicle.

Road map feedback is used in a tightly coupled GPS and dead-reckoning system that collects wheel speed transducer data over a vehicle's CANbus network to compute vehicle range and direction. Road segment information provided by a network server provides a database of constraints that are templated on to current navigation solutions so that corrective feedback can be derived. The dead-reckoning bridges over gaps in navigation solutions that would otherwise occur when GPS signal transmission is lost in tunnels, parking garages, and other common situations. The road map fitting controls drift that would otherwise accumulate during long periods of dead reckoning only operation.

The invention discloses a car parking place management method based on a mobile phone APP and a system thereof. Through the mobile phone APP, available parking places for rent can be subjected to management such as query, reservation, renting, recovery and the like, and the parking places are locked and unlocked through remote control. The system comprises a server and a parking place ground lock. The server is connected with the parking place ground lock through a site controller. The parking place ground lock is provided with a two-dimensional code for scanning. The system also comprises a mobile phone which is provided with a positioner. The server is provided with an APP service platform. The mobile phone is in wireless connection with the server. The car parking place management method and system have the advantages of simple use process, high use safety, the query of parking place information at any time and the elimination of a parking fee collection link loophole.

The present invention involves a system for automatically screening closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras for large and small scale security systems, as used for example in parking garages. The system includes six primary software elements, each of which performs a unique function within the operation of the security system to provide intelligent camera selection for operators, resulting in a marked decrease of operator fatigue in a CCTV system. Real-time image analysis of video data is performed wherein a single pass of a video frame produces a terrain map which contains parameters indicating the content of the video. Based on the parameters of the terrain map, the system is able to make decisions about which camera an operator should view based on the presence and activity of vehicles and pedestrians, furthermore, discriminating vehicle traffic from pedestrian traffic. The system is compatible with existing CCTV (closed circuit television) systems and is comprised of modular elements to facilitate integration and upgrades.

When an arriving electric vehicle arrives at a car park with parking spaces, a parking state detection means in a parking and power charging system detects the presence of empty parking spaces. An assignment means assigns a ranking of charging performance to each detected empty parking space so that the empty parking space having the charging device of a higher charging performance has a higher ranking of charging performance on the basis of descending order of charging performance of the charging devices. A communication means obtains vehicle parameters of the arriving electric vehicle. A parking space instruction means instructs the arriving electric vehicle to move to and be parked in the empty parking space having the ranking of charging performance selected on the basis of the vehicle parameter such as necessity to charge or degree to easily charge the on-vehicle battery mounted on the arriving electric vehicle.

Rooftop cargo racks, otherwise simply known as roof-racks, provide an option for transporting cargo that does not use space inside a vehicle. However, despite the usefulness of roof-racks, once cargo is secured to a roof-rack on a vehicle there is the added potential for a collision between the cargo and some overhead obstruction—such as, for example only, a garage door, over-hanging sign, public parking structures, and tree branch. Previous collision avoidance systems that employ either ultrasonic acoustic or Doppler-based radar systems are poorly suited for detecting the potential of a collision between rooftop mounted cargo and an overhead obstruction. By contrast, aspects of the present invention provide systems and methods for reducing the risk of a collision between rooftop mounted cargo and overhead obstructions by providing a more suitable radar-based means for detecting overhead obstructions and warning drivers and, if present, passengers in vehicles when there is a risk of a collision.

A charging apparatus charges a secondary battery of a vehicle by moving an electric power supplying portion along a transverse groove and a longitudinal groove to a position that enables electric power to be supplied to a parked vehicle, and then supplying electric power to the vehicle from the electric power supplying portion, each time a vehicle is parked in a parking space of a parking lot, when the parked vehicle is an authorized vehicle and a state of charge of the secondary battery is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

A database includes usage condition data showing information about at which future time each of multiple parking sites prepared as rental sites and return sites for vehicles can be used for vehicle return. A control system specifies a reserved return site and a reserved return time relating to the new return reservation and sets a return reservation determining the specified reserved return site and reserved return time by ascertaining which parking site among multiple parking sites at which future time can be used, in response to a new return reservation request received from a first terminal among mobile terminals and/or vehicle-mounted terminals with reference to the usage condition data.

A parking control surveillance system is provided for monitoring vehicles within parking spaces for providing parking enforcement personnel information concerning authorized and unauthorized vehicles within the parking space. The parking control surveillance system includes a parking stop having dimensions substantially the same as traditional cement parking stops located at the rear of a parking space. The parking stop includes a video recorder for obtaining images of vehicles entering or exiting the designated parking space. The parking stop further includes a transmitter for transmitting images and information such as the time of parking transgression to vehicle enforcement personnel.

Elevator call devices (41, 41a, 66, 75) have a programmable touch screen (42, 66, 74) which can be programmed to display (a) ten-key destination call buttons (46), (b) up hall call and down hall call buttons (58), or (c) N-key destination buttons (65), as well as buttons (50-53, 60, 63) which identify utilization of major floors of the building, including functions such as cafeteria, sky lobby, parking, public transport, and lobby, as well as tenants. A controller (78) programs the touch screen in dependence on (d) traffic volume, (e) time of day, (f) floor of the building where the touch screen is disposed or (g) identity of a particular passenger (VIP) in the vicinity of a touch screen.

The invention discloses a method for parking a shared bicycle and a system for locking the same. The method includes guiding users to park the shared bicycle in specified regions when the bicycle is returned by the users; monitoring the safety of the shared bicycle after the shared bicycle is parked; triggering a communication device and a GPS (global positioning system) to work by the aid of a vibration sensor; uploading state information to a data center; starting an alarm device to expel perpetrators who infringe the shared bicycle if the data center confirms that the shared bicycle is infringed at the moment via parking area equipment. The system for locking the bicycle comprises four-party equipment including the data center of cloud, user APP (application), a lock, a communication module and the parking area equipment. The user APP is arranged on a mobile phone of a user side, and the lock and the communication module are arranged on the shared bicycle. The method and the system have the advantages that the shared bicycle can be assuredly parked in place by the four-party equipment, and the safety of the parked shared bicycle can be guaranteed.

A transport system having commuters with identification and/or vehicles with identification (“identifiers”) authorising them to take part in the transport system, at least one vehicle park in which authorised commuters may park vehicles and/or take on board authorised commuters who may or may not have parked vehicles and transport them to a specified destination and/or for set down near the specified destination, a hub at which vehicles of authorised commuters or others may take on board authorised commuters and transport them to the or a said vehicle park, optionally near the specified destination, at least one pickup point from which authorised commuters may be transported back to the hub, and a benefit sharing system involving the use of the identifiers at the vehicle park(s) and/or said hub whereby an authorised commuter, when a driver of authorised commuter(s) leaving and/or returning to or arriving at the vehicle park(s) and/or hub, benefits at some detriment to each carried commuter.

An automatic parking control system includes a movable parking robot to load and carry a vehicle to be parked, a parking guide server for providing the parking robot with a moving path to the target parking space, and one or more posts, installed nearby an accessible parking area, for controlling a moving path of the parking robot in real time through communications with the parking robot.

An integrated carwash client service management system receives a customer's carwash request, and schedules, coordinates, and manages a car parking facility-based hand carwash service. The integrated carwash client service management system includes an integrated carwash service management application executed in a computer server, an integrated carwash customer order application executed in a customer's electronic device, an integrated carwash order processing application executed in a carwash technician device, and an integrated carwash kiosk application executed in an electronic kiosk machine. A client service management database is managed and operated by the integrated carwash service management application executed in the computer server. This system provides an interactive electronic platform to schedule, view, and share a current progress of the carwash with before and after photos, messages, and status updates between the carwash technicians and the customer. The interactive electronic platform also accommodates carwash and auto detailing sales transactions.

The invention discloses an intelligent garage unmanned remote management system based on internet of things. The system comprises a cloud center, an operation and maintenance center control console, a plurality of intelligent garage control terminals and a plurality of clients, which are connected through a network. Subsystems and terminals in the system are in data connection through the network, and the purposes of unmanned management and information sharing are achieved through cloud storage and big data analysis; the purpose of human-friendly car parking and car fetching is achieved through high-speed passing and convenient payment; safety of an intelligent garage is ensured through a new security system; and therefore, city parking resources are vitalized on the whole, construction cost and operation and maintenance cost of the intelligent garage are reduced, operating income is increased, the purpose of large promotion and application is realized, and the effect of a large economic value is realized.

The utility model provides an urban rain transit signal maintenance supporting system, which comprises equipment centralized stations, car depots, parking bays, mobile servicing system (MSS) station equipment arranged in a control center on an urban rail transit line. MSS line maintenance center equipment arranged in the line maintenance center of the urban rail transit line communicates with all MSS station equipment on the rail transit line. MSS net maintenance center equipment arranged in the net maintenance center of the urban rail transit line communicates with all MSS line maintenance center equipment on the urban rail transit line. The system is important running equipment for guaranteeing running safety, enhancing signal equipment combination part management, monitoring the status of signal equipment, finding potential hazards in the signal equipment, analyzing fault causes of the signal equipment, assisting with fault handling, guiding field maintenance, reflecting equipment application quality and improving the maintenance level and the maintenance efficiency of signal departments.