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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Hongsheng Lu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gaurav Bansal, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Kenney, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/14 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/143 (2013.01); G06N 5/046 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure describes a method for an ego vehicle. The method includes providing roaming data to a server, the roaming data describing a roaming pattern of the ego vehicle in a geographic area as a function of time. The method further includes providing a request to the server that describes a need for the ego vehicle to park. The method further includes receiving, from the server, a geographic location of an available parking spot and an estimated length of time the available parking spot will remain available.