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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ryan O'Gorman, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Harrison Wood, Dearborn, MI (US);
Farshad Harirchi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Devang Davé, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosure describes systems and methods that are configured to measure and generate parking environment data including locations of parking spaces and their occupancy status, and to use the parking environment data to find an unoccupied parking space for a vehicle. In particular, a system is configured to determine the location and occupancy status of parking spaces based on parking environment data received from a vehicle, and to determine a location of an unoccupied parking space based on a database of parking environment data.