Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatic selection of parking spaces based on parking space attributes, driver preferences, and vehicle information
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Application No.: US16197625Application Date: 2018-11-21
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Publication No.: US10657816B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: James E. Bostick , John M. Ganci, Jr. , Martin G. Keen , Sarbajit K. Rakshit
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.A.
- Agent Brian Restauro; Andrew D. Wright
- Main IPC: G08G1/14
- IPC: G08G1/14 ; G01C21/34 ; G01C21/36 ; G06K9/00 ; G06K9/62 ; G08G1/015 ; G08G1/017 ; G08G1/04 ; G06F1/16 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/0488 ; G08G1/0968

Abstract:
A method includes receiving: by a computing device, vehicle identification information for a vehicle that is entering a parking facility; identifying a driver profile and vehicle information based on the vehicle identification information, where the driver profile identifies criteria for scoring and selecting a parking space; determining, by the computing device, attributes of one or more open parking spaces in the parking facility when the vehicle enters the parking facility; scoring, by the computing device, each of the one or more open parking spaces based on the attributes, the driver profile, and the vehicle information; selecting, by the computing device, a particular one of the one or more parking spaces based on the scoring; determining, by the computing device, navigation directions from the vehicle to the selected parking space; and outputting, by the computing device, the navigation directions to a user device or vehicle interface system associated with the driver.
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