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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Faizan Mohammed Shaik, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
A method for parking an autonomous vehicle in a parking lot. The method comprises receiving primary data from a first source and receiving secondary data from a second source. The primary data may include information sufficient to identify a location for one or more of a plurality of parking spaces within the parking lot. The secondary data may include status identifier information for at least one of the plurality of parking spaces. The method includes using the primary data and the secondary data to identify at least one vacant parking space in the plurality of parking spaces, and occupying the at least one vacant parking space.