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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Will Farrelly, Chelmsford, GB;
Douglas Nicoll, Chelmsford, GB;
Jonathan Scott, Chelmsford, GB;
David Skipp, Brentwood, GB;
Richard Brown, London, GB;
Eric H. Wingfield, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nikola Ristivojevich, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
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.