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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2018
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Nikolaos Michalakis, Saratoga, CA (US);
Julian M. Mason, Redwood City, CA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a parking navigation method and system including a vehicle including an in-vehicle computer system having at least one processor and associated memory device, wireless communication circuit, and display. The memory device storing an application program having instructions, the instructions when executed perform a method including: detecting, via the wireless communication circuit, entry into a parking structure, the parking structure including a capability of identifying open parking spaces, synchronizing the vehicle with the parking structure, determining an available parking space in the parking structure, generating a route to the available parking space, displaying a map having a route to the parking space.