US 11,989,796 B2
Parking seeker detection system and method for updating parking spot database using same
Takamasa Higuchi, Mountain View, CA (US); and Kentaro Oguchi, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/166,405.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,969, filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0138889 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/40 (2024.01)
CPC G06Q 50/40 (2024.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server, target vehicle data of a target vehicle from a plurality of imaging devices, each of the plurality of imaging devices incorporated into a respective detecting vehicle, the target vehicle data including identification data and driving behavior data;
determining, by the server, whether the target vehicle is a registered member vehicle;
in response to determining that the target vehicle is not the registered member vehicle, determining, by the server, whether a driving behavior of the target vehicle indicates an intent to park by comparing, at a respective detecting vehicle, the driving behavior data received from each of the plurality of imaging devices, identifying a target parking spot in which the target vehicle is intending to park based on a proximity of the target vehicle to the target parking spot, and updating an availability of a parking spot of a parking spot database corresponding to the target parking spot prior to the target vehicle entering the target parking spot; and
in response to updating the parking spot database, transmitting navigation information to a controller of a member vehicle by the server to direct the member vehicle to an available parking spot based on parking spot availability information from the updated parking spot database.