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Granted Patent B2
US 11,948,460 · App. 18/299,014 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Parking monitoring and assistance for transports

Inventor: Daniel Warren Reaser (Oak Point, TX)
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
G08G1/143B60W30/06G01C21/3617G06Q10/02G06Q50/30G06Q2240/00
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Patent No.
US 11,948,460
App. No.
18/299,014
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
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 (41)

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a transport, available spaces proximate a location prior to arriving at the location; and

responsive to the available spaces being below a threshold when arriving at the location, determining, by the transport, an alternate location to drop-off at least one occupant of the transport prior to parking the transport at one of the available spaces based on a current optimal traffic movement pattern.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

stopping the transport at the alternate location to drop off the at least one occupant.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising

moving the transport to a location of a device associated with the at least one occupant.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

notifying a device associated with the at least one occupant of a location of an initial space of the available spaces.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

parking the transport in an initial space of the available spaces after the at least one occupant of the transport is dropped-off at the alternate location.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the initial space is beyond a threshold distance away from the alternate location.

7. The method of claim 5 , comprising:

parking the transport in a new space of the available spaces after the transport was parked in the initial space.

8. A system, comprising:

a transport configured to:

determine available spaces proximate a location prior to arriving at the location; and

responsive to the available spaces being below a threshold upon arrival at the location, determine an alternate location to drop-off at least one occupant of the transport prior to the transport being parked at one of the available spaces based on a current optimal traffic movement pattern.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the transport is further configured to stop at the location and permit the at least one occupant to unload.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the transport is further configured to:

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

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

notify a device associated with at least one occupant of a location of an initial space of the available spaces.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the transport is further configured to:

park in an initial space after the at least one occupant associated with the transport exits the

transport at the location, wherein the initial space is beyond a threshold distance away from the location.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the initial space is beyond a threshold distance away from the alternate location.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the transport is further configured to:

park in a new space of the available spaces after being parked in the initial space.

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

determining available spaces proximate a location prior to arriving at the location; and

responsive to the available spaces being below a threshold when arriving at the location, determining an alternate location to drop-off at least one occupant of the transport prior to parking the transport at one of the available spaces based on a current optimal traffic movement pattern.

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

stopping the transport at the location and permitting the at least one occupant to unload.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

moving the transport to a location of a device associated with the at least one occupant.

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

notifying a device associated with at least one occupant of a location of an initial space of the available spaces.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the initial space is beyond a threshold distance away from the alternate location.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

parking the transport in a new space of the available spaces after the transport was parked in the initial space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2023
From: REASER, DANIEL WARREN
To: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 17171261 · Feb 9, 2021
Continuation 16441096 · Jun 14, 2019
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