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US 12,293,664 · App. 18/586,430 · Granted May 6, 2025

Parking monitoring and assistance for transports

Inventor: Daniel Warren Reaser (Oak Point, TX)
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
G08G1/143B60W30/06G01C21/3617G06Q10/02G06Q50/40G06Q2240/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,293,664
App. No.
18/586,430
Filed
Feb 24, 2024
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2685
USPC
340/932.2
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.

Claims (57)

1. A method, comprising:

in response to identifying that a transport lacks sufficient priority to park at a parking space within a certain distance of a location hosting an event, maneuvering the transport to a drop-off area proximate to the location to drop off an occupant and assigning an initial parking space to the transport, wherein the initial parking space is located greater than the certain distance from the location;

maneuvering the transport to the initial parking space;

at a time before completion of the event, determining whether the parking space within the certain distance is available, wherein when the parking space is available, the method comprises:

maneuvering the transport to the parking space to park, and

in response to the completion of the event, maneuvering the transport to a location of a mobile device associated with the occupant.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

identifying the completion of the event based on receiving a command from the mobile device to leave the parking space.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the parking space is not available, the method comprises:

remaining in the initial parking space; and

in response to identifying the completion of the event, maneuvering the transport to the location of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

notifying the mobile device of a location of the initial parking space and the parking space.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the maneuvering the transport to the parking space further comprises:

maneuvering the transport to the parking space based on the parking space being identified as available and the transport having been parked in the initial parking space for a certain time.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the maneuvering of the transport to the parking space further comprises:

automatically maneuvering the transport to the parking space after the certain time.

7. The method of claim 1 ,:

identifying the completion of the event by detecting that the mobile device has moved a certain distance from the location.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor that, when executing instructions stored in a memory, is configured to:

in response to it being identified that a transport lacks sufficient priority to park at a parking space within a certain distance of a location hosting an event, maneuver the transport to a drop-off area proximate to the location to drop off an occupant and assign an initial parking space to the transport, wherein the initial parking space is located greater than the certain distance from the location;

maneuver the transport to the initial parking space;

at a time before completion of the event, determine whether the parking space within the certain distance is available, wherein when the parking space is available, the processor is further configured to:

maneuver the transport to the parking space to park, and

in response to the completion of the event, maneuver the transport to a location of a mobile device associated with the occupant.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

identify the completion of the event based on receiving a command from the mobile device to leave the parking space.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein when the parking space is not available, the processor is configured to:

remain in the initial parking space; and

in response to the completion of the event, maneuver the transport to the location of the mobile device

move to the location of the device associated with the at least one occupant.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

notify the mobile device of a location of the initial parking space and the parking space.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein when the processor maneuvers the transport to the parking space, the processor is further configured to:

maneuver the transport to the parking space based on the parking space being identified as available and the transport having been parked in the initial parking space for a certain time.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein when the processor maneuvers the transport to the parking space, the processor is further configured to:

automatically maneuver the transport to the parking space after the certain time.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to:

identify the completion of the event based on a detection that the mobile device has moved a certain distance from the location.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a processor to perform:

in response to identifying that a transport lacks sufficient priority to park at a parking space within a certain distance of a location hosting an event, maneuvering the transport to a drop-off area proximate to the location to drop off an occupant and assigning an initial parking space to the transport, wherein the initial parking space is located greater than the certain distance from the location;

maneuvering the transport to the initial parking space;

at a time before completion of the event, determining whether the parking space within the certain distance is available, wherein when the parking space is available, the method comprises:

maneuvering the transport to the parking space to park, and

in response to the completion of the event, maneuvering the transport to a location of a mobile device associated with the occupant.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform:

identifying the completion of the event based on receiving a command from the mobile device to leave the parking space.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein when the parking space is not available, the instructions further cause the processor to perform:

remaining in the initial parking space; and

in response to identifying the completion of the event, maneuvering the transport to the location of the mobile device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform:

notifying the mobile device of a location of the initial parking space and the parking space.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform:

maneuvering the transport to the parking space based on the parking space being identified as available and the transport having been parked in the initial parking space for a certain time.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform:

identifying the completion of the event by detecting that the mobile device has moved a certain distance from the location.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2024
From: REASER, DANIEL WARREN
To: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 18299014 · Apr 11, 2023
Continuation 17171261 · Feb 9, 2021
Continuation 16441096 · Jun 14, 2019
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