Abstract: A method, apparatus and product for parking auctions. One method comprises: detecting a parking exit event is about to occur for a vehicle in a parking spot; initiating a real-time auction between relevant drivers that are in a proximity of the parking spot and are searching for parking; selecting a winning bid from one or more bids for the parking spot, wherein the winning driver provided the winning bid; displaying locations over time of the winning driver, whereby the user can track the location of the winning driver; and notifying the user upon the winner driving arriving at the parking spot, whereby the user can vacate the parking spot for the winner driver. Another method comprises while a vehicle is searching for parking, participating, using a mobile device, in an auction for a parking spot.

Abstract: A management device guides a vehicle capable of performing automated traveling to a target parking space with reference to management information indicating parking situations of a plurality of parking spaces. The management device includes: a communicator configured to receive parking situation information which is information generated based on a recognition result by a recognizer recognizing a surrounding situation of the vehicle, the parking situation information indicating whether another vehicle is parked in a parking space adjacent to a route along which the vehicle is traveling; and an extractor configured to extract a parking space in which a parking situation managed with the management information is different from an actual parking situation based on the received parking situation information.

Abstract: A parking control method is provided for executing a control instruction to move a vehicle along a parking route. This method includes selecting a second position with relatively high operability of remote operation from among one or more first positions at which an operator of the vehicle can get off the vehicle, stopping the vehicle at the second position, and parking the vehicle in accordance with the control instruction on the basis of an operation command acquired from the operator who has got off the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to an autonomously guided machine (10) comprising at least a steering body and a steering mechanism (13), said machine also comprising: a guide system (11) including an optical filter (17) which has a receiving surface exposed to the exterior and which can transmit light rays directed substantially in one direction and eliminate other light rays; a screen (18) that receives the filtered light; a digital camera (19) for capturing pixel resolution images of the screen (18); a pre-processing element for selecting the pixels corresponding to an incident planar laser beam received by the guide system (11), and filtered and projected onto the screen (18), and for generating a response detection image; a line generator for generating an estimate J of the coordinates of the detected lines based on the response detection image, involving the processing of the pixel columns pixels; and a locator which receives the estimate of the coordinates of the detected lines and calculates values representati

Abstract: A method includes receiving from a vehicle, a position of the vehicle, obtaining locations of one or more available parking spaces from a plurality of parking spaces based at least in part on the position of the vehicle, determining an estimated travel time for the vehicle to arrive at each of the one or more available parking spaces based at least in part on the position of the vehicle and the locations of the one or more parking spaces, obtaining historical usage data for the one or more available parking spaces, and determining a probability that one or more of the available parking spaces will be available at a time when the vehicle arrives at each of the available parking spaces based at least in part on the estimated travel time and the historical usage data.

Abstract: A determination device determines a tendency of a driver who selects a parking space and includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire information regarding an attribute of the parking space in a parking lot, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver in the parking lot, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle in the parking lot. The determination unit is configured to determine the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on the information regarding the behavior of the vehicle or the information regarding the behavior of the driver and the information regarding the attribute of the parking space.

Abstract: A plurality of electronic signaling and image processing devices coupled to street roadside illumination poles, communicatively networked with one another, vehicles, and at least one remote client to manage all roadside municipal parking stalls in the pole's vicinity in real time.

Abstract: An event vehicle dispatch device includes: an event notifier configured to notify a plurality of vehicles or owners of the vehicles of an event held in an area in which the plurality of vehicles are able to park; and an adjuster configured to adjust the number of vehicles corresponding to vehicle attributes of vehicles arriving at the area based on the vehicle attribute of each of the plurality of vehicles.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle based on a detected object. The apparatus may detect an object through a plurality of ultrasonic sensors, and directly and indirectly detect the object through the plurality of ultrasonic sensors by a controller and if at least one of a direct distance value and an indirect distance value from the object is equal to or smaller than a preset distance determination reference value, determine that the object exists in a short-range area.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing a temporary parking recommendation based on a risk of hindering parking space usage. The approach involves determining parking data for the one or more parking areas that are within a designated proximity of a location in a road network. The approach also involves calculating a parking score for the location based on the parking data. The parking score represents a risk that a vehicle parking at the location will hinder at least one other vehicle when the at least one other vehicle attempts to enter or exit the one or more parking areas. The approach further involves providing the parking score as an output.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a parking assistance device (2) of a motor vehicle (1), comprising a) learning a parking trajectory (4) between an initial position (5) and a parked position (6) of the motor vehicle (1) by means of a computing unit (3) of the parking assistance device (2) in the case of parking which is controlled by a driver of the motor vehicle (1); b) checking whether the learnt parking trajectory (4) runs over public land (11) or over private land (12) in at least one respective section (13, 14); c) driverless parking of the motor vehicle (1) along the parking trajectory (4) exclusively in a section (14) of the checked parking trajectory (4) which runs over private land (12), in order to increase safety during a parking process which is assisted or carried out by the parking assistance device (2).

Abstract: Embodiments describe an approach to monitoring user health data. Determining if the user is having an emergency based on the user health data. Responsive to determining the user is having an emergency the user's location. Identifying one or more available parking spaces based on the user's location, and outputting locations of one or more available parking spaces to the user.

Abstract: A parking control device includes a detector and a determiner. The detector receives, from an ultrasonic sensor which transmits an ultrasonic wave and receives a reflected wave corresponding to the ultrasonic wave, a signal based on the reflected wave. The detector further detects a detection point group being an aggregate of a plurality of detection points of two parked vehicle groups adjacent to a parking space between the two parked vehicle groups, based on the signal. The determiner determines whether the parking space is an end-on parking space or a parallel parking space based on a position of at least a depression shape in at least a contour pattern being a pattern of the detection point group.

Abstract: A device is described for providing state information of an automatic valet parking system. The device includes at least one off-board infrastructure component, which is located, in particular fixedly disposed within a parking area assigned to the automatic valet parking system. The infrastructure component is adapted for outputting state information of the automatic valet parking system. Thus, pieces of state information of the automatic valet parking system can be efficiently communicated.

Abstract: A driver assistance apparatus for a vehicle including an interface unit; and a processor that receives driving situation information and data about an object outside the vehicle through the interface unit, and determines an operation sensitivity of an autonomous emergency braking (AEB) operation corresponding to the object based on the received driving situation information, and generates control signal of the AEB operation to control a braking operation of the vehicle based on the determined operation sensitivity.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of facilitating management of parking spaces for vehicles. The method may include transmitting, using the communication device, a plurality of parking status indicators associated with a plurality of parking spaces to a user device associated with a vehicle. Further, the plurality of parking spaces may be associated with a facility. Further, the method may include receiving, using the communication device, a parking reservation request from the user device. Further, the method may include transmitting, using the communication device, a reservation confirmation to the user device. Further, the method may include generating, using a processing device, an updated plurality of parking status indicators based on transmitting the reservation confirmation. Further, the method may include storing, using a storage device, the updated plurality of parking status indicators.

Abstract: Technologies for directional wayfinding include a mobile computing device having one or more local location sensors to generate data indicative of movement of the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device captures first sensor data indicative of movement of the mobile computing device along a path and determines a series of waypoints based on the first sensor data. The waypoints may describe movement data of the mobile computing device, including length and direction of movement. The mobile computing device determines a series of directional instructions to guide a user of the mobile computing device back along the path in the reverse order and presents the directional instructions to the user. The mobile computing device may monitor the sensor data to determine whether the user has arrived at each waypoint while reversing the path. The sensors may include an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, or altimeter. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: An intelligent parking apparatus includes: a base housing configured to be weather and crush-resistant and of a low depth such that a vehicle is able to drive over the base housing without impinging on the base housing; a barrier arm for controlling access to the parking space; a motor operatively communicative with the barrier arm; and an electronics control module in communication with a server for receiving instructions to physically allow access to the parking space by withdrawing the barrier arm.

Abstract: A detection system implemented in a vehicle to detect free parking space is disclosed. The system comprises an input unit for imaging perspective view around the vehicle and a processing unit to receive a sequence of images from the at least one image sensor and detect at least one polygon pertaining to a parking slot in at least one image of the sequence of images, transform the at least one image into a bird's-eye-view image using a homography matrix, detect at least one quadrilateral pertaining to a parking slot, transform the bird's-eye-view image comprising the at least one quadrilateral, into corresponding image pertaining to perspective view around the vehicle using an inverse homography matrix, to analyse real world co-ordinates of the parking slot, and determine type of the parking slot by computing real world dimensions based on analysis of the real world co-ordinates of the parking slot.

Abstract: A parking space detection apparatus detects a parking space of an own vehicle and includes: a vehicle determination section that determines whether an other vehicle is present on at least one of two sides of a parking space, based on search information acquired from an in-vehicle search section that searches for the parking space; a width calculation section that, it is determined that the other vehicle is present on at least one of the two sides of the parking space, calculate a width of the parking space on an entrance side and a width of the parking space on an inner side based on the search information; and a parking determination section that determines whether the own vehicle is able to park in the parking space based on the widths of the parking space on the entrance side and on the inner side and size of the own vehicle.

Abstract: A parking assist apparatus includes: a setting unit that sets, within a captured image in which objects surrounding a moving vehicle have been imaged, a first search area for searching for a pair of partition lines disposed between parking spaces that are adjacent to each other; and a detecting unit that searches the first search area to detect a first partition line out of the pair of partition lines. When the detecting unit detects the first partition line, the setting unit sets a second search area for searching for a second partition line out of the pair of partition lines on the basis of the first partition line.

Abstract: A remote keyless entry system includes an in-vehicle device including an in-vehicle device controller, an in-vehicle device transmitter that transmits an in-vehicle device signal, and an in-vehicle device receiver that receives a portable device signal, and a portable device including a portable device controller, an acceleration sensor, a portable device receiver, and a portable device transmitter, wherein the portable device controller calculates a distance from the in-vehicle device to the portable device based on the in-vehicle device signal, calculates a first travel distance based on acceleration, and causes the portable device transmitter to transmit the portable device signal including at least the distance, the in-vehicle device controller receives the portable device signal multiple times and calculates a second travel distance based on distances included in received portable device signals, and whether a relay attack is performed is determined based on the first travel distance and the second trave

Abstract: The invention concerns a parking space recognition system (13) for a motor vehicle (1), with a sensor device (3) that is designed to detect at least one surface (6a, 6b) of at least one object (7a, 7b) in the surroundings of the motor vehicle (1) and extending along a direction of travel (F) of the motor vehicle (1) and with a computing device (8) that is designed to identify a space (9) between two detected surfaces (6a, 6b) extending along the direction of travel (F) as a potential parking space with an associated parking space position, which can be at least one longitudinal parking space (10) or at least one transverse parking spaces (11a, 11b), and with a memory device (12) that is designed to identify the recognized potential parking space as a longitudinal parking space (10) or as a transverse parking space (11a, 11b) or as a potential parking space depending on parking space information stored for the parking space position, in order to increase the accuracy of parking space detection by a motor vehic

Abstract: A system includes a model generating component to generate a prediction tree model based on training data and an input component to receive input data including a destination in a geographical area. A computation component identifies at least one parking venue or at least one parking space near the destination in the geographical area and to generate at least one parking prediction corresponding to the at least one parking venue or the at least one parking space based at least in part on applying the input data to the prediction tree model. A presentation component presents the at least one parking venue or the at least one parking space and to present the at least one parking prediction to a user.

Abstract: Various arrangements for monitoring occupancy of multiple parking spaces are presented herein. Arrangements may use a radar-based vehicle detector that comprises a radar antenna that has a field-of-view of a portion of a parking facility. Multiple parking sensors may be present that monitor parking spaces outside of or obstructed from the field-of-view. A parking host system may be present that communicates with the radar-based vehicle detector and the plurality of parking sensors and determines in which parking space a vehicle has parked.

Abstract: An automated parking system includes an automated parking vehicle and an information terminal. The vehicle includes a parking control device and a communication device. The parking control device controls the vehicle to cause the vehicle to search for and park in a vacant parking slot by means of autonomous travel. The communication device transmits automated parking status information to the information terminal when no vacant parking slot is found. Furthermore, the communication device receives an instruction about status control of the vehicle from the information terminal. The information terminal includes a communication device. The parking control device controls the vehicle according to the instruction about the status control of the vehicle that has been received from the information terminal.

Abstract: A parking availability map system and method, including: a sensor-based parking space detection system coupled to a vehicle and operable for detecting and identifying open and occupied parking spaces within a predetermined vicinity of the vehicle; and an application server disposed remotely from the vehicle and executing an algorithm operable for receiving open and occupied parking space data from the sensor-based parking space detection system, receiving a parking space availability query from a user disposed remotely from the server, and, responsive to the parking space availability query, transmitting parking space availability information to the user. Optionally, the sensor-based parking space detection system includes a camera-based parking space detection system.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for vehicle parking navigation and communication is described. Between a mobile device and a parking server, a first communication link is established. First parking data is received over the first communication link. A parking request including a parking facility identifier is received and a short range communication network is identified, at least in part in response to the parking facility identifier. Between the mobile device and the parking server, a second communication link is established for the short range communication network. Second parking data is received over the second communication link. The first parking data and second parking data may be combined.

Abstract: A database creation apparatus includes a controller having at least one processor configured to: (1) acquire vehicle information including position information and status information of a vehicle and information relating to vehicle size of the vehicle associated with each other; (2) extract the position of the vehicle in a parked state on the basis of the vehicle information; and (3) add data indicating that general vehicles of the same vehicle size as the vehicle can be parked at the position to a parking lot database, if the position of the vehicle in the parked state does not coincide with a specific position at which only the vehicle or only specific vehicles including the vehicle are allowed be parked.

Abstract: A method collectively and yet individually assesses a parking area and locates a parking space which is energy-optimized with respect to a temperature control. A correspondingly equipped parking system carries out the method.

Abstract: An artificial intelligence-based routing and path optimization module is enabled for autonomous AVs. The AV is enabled to navigate to surface roads based on the computational complexity of the navigation and the computational power within the autonomous self-driving AV, a cloud infrastructure, and/or an edge device. An AI based model is implemented to determine which navigational approaches are appropriate for an autonomous AV to pursue based on compute resources available and compute resources required. A module implemented in a cloud based server and/or within an autonomous AV is enabled to match the computational complexity of routes with the navigation. The autonomous AV is enabled to create a navigational prediction movement model for these objects to determine the likely behavior of the objects. The AV may include autonomous cars, autonomous trucks, vertical take off and landing (VTOL) devices, electric VTOL, electric bikes, flying cars, and other transportation devices.

Abstract: Identifying parking spaces and notifying user devices provides an easy way to reduce traffic and save time for registered users. One example may include activating a sensor to detect at least one status change, monitoring a predefined area for the at least one status change, receiving at least one status change at a first time, receiving at least one additional status change at a second time, comparing the at least one status change and the at least one additional status change to a valid sequence of status changes, determining a valid sequence of status changes has occurred, and transmitting a notification to a registered user device previously registered to receive a notification when the valid sequence of status changes occurs.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of parking a transport in an initial space, determining an average time of an event attended by at least one occupant associated with the transport, moving the transport to at least one other space when an elapsed time of the event is less than the average time and when the at least one other space is available and closer to an event location than the initial space, and moving the transport to a final space when the event is completed, and the final space is a location of a device associated with the at least one occupant.

Abstract: A computer vision system includes a camera that captures a plurality of image frames in a target field. A user interface is coupled to the camera. The user interface is configured to perform accelerated parallel computations in real-time on the plurality of image frames acquired by the camera. The system provides identification and quantification of space use at a sub room level of granularity.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to systems and methods for assigning parking spots to autonomous vehicles based on data transfer throughput and other considerations. In one exemplary method, a server computer receives from a first autonomous vehicle, information regarding a size of a first dataset available for uploading from the first autonomous vehicle into the server computer. The server computer may further receive from a second autonomous vehicle, information regarding a size of a second dataset that the second autonomous vehicle has available for uploading into the server computer. The server computer may then assign parking spots to the two autonomous vehicles based on evaluating various factors such as the size of one or both datasets, characteristics of wireless links for carrying out data transfer in the parking area, characteristics of various access points in the parking area, and priorities associated with the data transfer.

Abstract: A traveling safety control system using ambient noise may include a microphone mounted in an operating vehicle and for receiving ambient noise; and a signal processing controller for comparing the ambient noise with vehicle noise characteristic data and determining traveling information related to a nearby vehicle through an artificial intelligence-based analysis.

Abstract: A database creation apparatus includes a controller having at least one processor configured to: (1) acquire vehicle information including position information and status information of a vehicle and information relating to vehicle size of the vehicle associated with each other; (2) extract the position of the vehicle in a parked state on the basis of the vehicle information; and (3) add data indicating that general vehicles of the same vehicle size as the vehicle can be parked at the position to a parking lot database, if the position of the vehicle in the parked state does not coincide with a specific position at which only the vehicle or only specific vehicles including the vehicle are allowed be parked.

Abstract: A parking inventory management system includes a sensor apparatus with a plurality of magnetometers each configured to respectively generate a magnetic signatures of a vehicle as it drives across the sensor apparatus. A computing device is associated with the sensor apparatus and compares the magnetic signatures of the vehicle generated by each of the plurality of magnetometers to the magnetic signatures of the vehicle generated by each other magnetometer of the plurality thereof so as to determine a direction of the vehicle. A match between the magnetic signature of the vehicle as generated by at least two of the plurality of magnetometers indicates that the direction of travel of the vehicle is along a direction between those two of the plurality of magnetometers. A speed of the vehicle is derived as a function of a time difference between points of peak similarity between matching magnetic signatures of the vehicle.

Abstract: A roadside parking management method includes: receiving a monitoring area image captured by a camera; dividing the monitoring area image to obtain a plurality of tracking detection areas in the monitoring area image; monitoring at least one of a vehicle and a license plate in the monitoring area image; and determining parking event information according to a tracking detection area where the at least one of the vehicle and the license plate is located. The method can improve the management efficiency of parking events.

Abstract: A parking assist system that performs an automated parking maneuver of a motor vehicle into a transverse parking space transversely with respect to a roadway with automated longitudinal and transverse guidance along a parking trajectory. The system detects a signal characteristic of a drive torque of a drive engine that indicates impacting of one or more wheels against an obstacle. The system also detects that a vehicle position reached when the one or more wheels impact against the obstacle indicates that the obstacle is a delimiting ground obstacle which delimits the transverse parking space toward a rear.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, operations may include obtaining a parking area constraint, a time constraint, and one or more mobile machine parameters. The operations may include determining a first parking position within the parking area during the time period. The operations may include identifying one or more shade-providing objects. The operations may include determining, based on the one or more shade-providing objects, one or more shadow profiles. The operations may include determining, based on the time constraint, the parking area constraint, and the one or more shadow profiles, a first shadow-position relationship that indicates shade provided at the first parking position during the time period. In addition, the operations may include selecting the first parking position based on the first shadow-position relationship and the one or more mobile machine parameters. The operations may further include, in response to the selecting, causing the mobile machine to park at the first parking position.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a method for an ego vehicle. The method includes providing roaming data to a server, the roaming data describing a roaming pattern of the ego vehicle in a geographic area as a function of time. The method further includes providing a request to the server that describes a need for the ego vehicle to park. The method further includes receiving, from the server, a geographic location of an available parking spot and an estimated length of time the available parking spot will remain available.

Abstract: Parking spot detection methods and systems that detect and pair parking line markers, improving the accuracy and speed of parking spot detection in vehicular driver assist (DA) and autonomous driving (AD) applications. These methods and systems incorporate three major steps: (1) preprocessing—one or more standard camera images are input into the algorithm and a bird's-eye-view (BEV) image is output from the algorithm; (2) deep neural network (DNN) segmentation of the parking line markers—the BEV image is input into the algorithm and a binary image is output from the algorithm (with, e.g., the parking line markers areas displayed in white and the background displayed in black); and (3) binary image processing—the binary image is input into the algorithm and detected and paired parking line markers representing the parking spots are output from the algorithm.

Abstract: Systems and methods of autonomously driving a vehicle to one or more locations, or repositioning the vehicle, to achieve optimal solar exposure are provided. Operating conditions of the vehicle, environmental conditions, as well as road conditions may be considered when determining whether or not to move, relocate, or reposition the vehicle to achieve optimal solar exposure. The optimal solar exposure is that which allows a power storage device of the vehicle to be charged to a desired state of charge. Additional considerations, such as the time needed to travel to a new location(s) and return from the location(s) in time for a next use of the vehicle, may be taken into account. Any energy expenditures that may result from traveling to/from the new location(s) may also be considered.

Abstract: A system for generating a parking space directory includes at least one processor and a memory device in communication with the at least one processor. The memory device includes a communications module, a confidence interval module, and a directory generating module. The modules includes instructions that when executed by the one or more processors causes the one or more processors to obtain parking information related to at least one parking space having a vehicle parked within the at least one parking space, determine a confidence interval that the at least one parking space is an actual parking space based on a number of vehicles that have utilized the at least one parking space, and generate a directory of the at least one parking space that includes the location of the parking space and the confidence interval associated with the at least one parking space.

Abstract: A method for manoeuvring a motor vehicle into a parking space includes: determining a parking trajectory from a starting point to a destination point in the parking space, wherein the parking trajectory includes circular arcs, straight lines, and clothoids; manoeuvring the motor vehicle along the determined parking trajectory into the parking space; and determining an auxiliary trajectory with a plurality of sections from the starting point to the destination point. The auxiliary trajectory includes circular arcs and straight lines as the sections, a respective transition region is defined for neighbouring sections, and a clothoid is determined for the respective transition regions. The parking trajectory is determined from the auxiliary trajectory in which the respective transition regions are replaced by the clothoids.

Abstract: An automatic parking system includes a smart key recognizing sensor recognizing a smart key positioned in a first area, a sensor system sensing presence or absence of a parking section line, and positions of surrounding vehicles when the smart key is recognized, a controller configured to analyze data sensed by the sensor system to calculate parking areas around a subject vehicle, calculate a range allowing generation of a moving path based on the parking areas, determine at least two parking types available at a current position of the subject vehicle in the range allowing generation of a moving path, provide a moving path range for a parking type that is selected among the moving path ranges, and receive a signal transmitted by the smart key to automatically park the subject vehicle in the optimal parking area.

Abstract: A method for autonomous driving includes detecting an environment around a vehicle, autonomously driving the vehicle based on the detected environment, determining whether a target parking position has been set, determining an autonomous driving mode of the vehicle from among a first mode for controlling a speed of the vehicle to move the vehicle to the target parking position and a second mode for searching for an available parking position, based on a determination of the autonomous driving mode from among the first and second modes, autonomously driving the vehicle in one of the first and second modes, based on autonomously driving the vehicle in one of the first and second modes, determining whether a condition is satisfied, and based on a determination that the condition is satisfied, switching the autonomous driving mode to the other of the first and second modes.

Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for cooperative parking space search by a vehicular micro cloud. In some embodiments, a method includes determining that an ego vehicle is traveling in search of an available parking space. In some embodiments, the method includes forming a vehicular micro cloud responsive to the determination that the ego vehicle is traveling in search of the available parking space.

Abstract: A method for carrying out an automatic drive of a vehicle along a provided trajectory which provides at least one stored trajectory for a current position of the vehicle, selects one of the provided trajectories, and carries out an automatic drive of the vehicle. A control of the vehicle provides signals for a transverse control and a longitudinal control to control the vehicle along the selected trajectory based on detected surroundings data. At least one piece of additional information is detected or received, and the selection process is additionally carried out based on the at least one piece of additional information. Also disclosed is a corresponding device.