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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2020
Applicant:

Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nikos Arechiga-Gonzalez, San Mateo, CA (US);

Soonho Kong, Arlington, MA (US);

Jonathan Decastro, Arlington, MA (US);

Frank Permenter, Cambridge, MA (US);

Dennis Park, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44 (2011.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G08G 1/145 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02);
Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure provide a parking method and system for a vehicle. For example, the parking system can include a processor and an output circuit. As another example, the parking system can include the processor and a compelling unit. The processor can be configured to determine whether a first weather condition, such as snowing, raining, icing and hailing, at a first parking location meets a first criterion, and identify, when the first weather condition meets the first criterion, a second parking location at which a second weather condition meets a second criterion different from the first criterion. The output unit can be configured to output an alert to the vehicle parked at the first parking location indicating that the vehicle is to be moved to the second parking location. The compelling unit can be configured to compel the vehicle to move to the second parking location.


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