Patent ID: 11928406
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A method comprising:
receiving location information about a first sensor and a second sensor;
receiving a trigger of the first sensor by a vehicle;
receiving a trigger of the second sensor by the vehicle;
determining, based on the trigger of the first sensor and the trigger of the second sensor, that a first place exists between a location of the first sensor and a location of the second sensor;
adding the first place to a representation of a parking infrastructure system, the representation of the parking infrastructure system comprising a Petri Net model;
receiving data representing that at least one parking spot of the infrastructure system is occupied even though the at least one parking spot is empty; and
sending a digital twin of the representation to a processor of either the vehicle or another vehicle, the digital twin being a digital representation of the parking infrastructure system and showing that the at least one parking spot is occupied, even though the at least one parking spot is empty.