Unauthorized vehicle detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10019682-B2
Application number	US-201514670731-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2015
Priority date	Apr 28, 2014
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

A request for a parking space is received from a requesting vehicle. Data is received from at least one data-collecting vehicle related to at least one parking space. Based at least in part on the received data, a parking availability map is generated indicating a parking space appropriate for the requesting vehicle. If the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle, a message is provided to a parking enforcement authority that the parking space is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising a computer, the computer comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the computer is programmed to:
receive a request for a parking space from a requesting vehicle, wherein the request is provided from a portable device in the requesting vehicle;
receive, from at least one data-collecting vehicle, data related to at least one parking space;
generate, based at least in part on the received data, a parking availability map indicating a parking space matched to the requesting vehicle; and,
upon identifying the parking space matched to the requesting vehicle at least in part based on identifying that the request was provided from the portable device, and determining that the parking space matched to the requesting vehicle is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle at least in part based on sensor data from at least one of the requesting vehicle and the data-collecting vehicle driving near the parking space, provide a message to a parking enforcement authority that the parking space matched to the requesting vehicle is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further programmed to provide a message to the requesting vehicle that the parking space is unavailable.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further programmed to provide a message to the requesting vehicle that the parking space is available.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the computer is further programmed to provide navigational guidance to the requesting vehicle to locate the parking space.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer is programmed to identify the parking space based on a location of the parking space and at least one of a size of the parking space and a cost of the parking space.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one data-collecting vehicle includes the requesting vehicle.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further programmed to identify the parking space in response to the request based at least in part on a time of day.

8. A method, comprising:
receiving a request for a parking space from a requesting vehicle, wherein the request is provided from a portable device in the requesting vehicle;
receiving, from at least one data-collecting vehicle, data related to at least one parking space;
generating, based at least in part on the received data, a parking availability map indicating a parking space matched to the requesting vehicle; and,
upon identifying the parking space matched to the requesting vehicle at least in part based on identifying that the request was provided from the portable device, and determining that the parking space matched to the requesting vehicle is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle at least in part based on sensor data from at least one of the requesting vehicle and the data-collecting vehicle driving near the parking space, providing a message to a parking enforcement authority that the parking space matched to the requesting vehicle is occupied by an unauthorized vehicle.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising providing a message to the requesting vehicle that the parking space is unavailable.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising providing a message to the requesting vehicle that the parking space is available.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising providing navigational guidance to the requesting vehicle to locate the parking space.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising identifying the parking space based on a location of the parking space and at least one of a size of the parking space and a cost of the parking space.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one data-collecting vehicle includes the requesting vehicle.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising identifying the parking space in response to the request based at least in part on a time of day.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Farrelly Will
• Nicoll Douglas
• Scott Jonathan
• Skipp David
• Brown Richard
• Wingfield Eric H
• Ristivojevich Nikola

Classifications

• G06Q30/0203

  Market surveys; Market polls · CPC title

• G06Q30/0206

  Price or cost determination based on market factors · CPC title

• G08G1/005

  including pedestrian guidance indicator · CPC title

• G08G1/205

  Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental · CPC title

• G01C21/3438

  Rendezvous; Ride sharing · CPC title