Patent ID: 11862020
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A system for parking management, comprising:
an entrance license plate reader associated with an entrance of a parking area, the entrance license plate reader is configured to read license plate numbers of vehicles entering the entrance of the parking area;
an exit license plate reader associated with an exit of a parking area, the exit license plate reader is configured to read license plate numbers of vehicles exiting the exit of the parking area;
one or more tracking license plate readers each positioned at a fixed position within the parking area, the one or more tracking license plate readers configured to read license plate numbers of vehicles at each respective location in the parking area;
a computing device, configured to:
receive an indication of a vehicle entering the parking area from the entrance license plate reader;
determine an available parking spot in the parking area;
designate the available parking spot as a held parking spot for the vehicle;
track a location of the vehicle in the parking area based at least in part on license plate numbers read by the one or more tracking license plate readers in the parking area;
provide turn-by-turn directions to a mobile device associated with the vehicle to guide a user of the mobile device to the held parking spot;
receive an indication that the vehicle is parked in the held parking spot;
receive flight information from the mobile device that is associated with the vehicle, and associate the received flight information with the held parking spot;
predict when the held parking spot in which the vehicle is parked will likely become available based at least in part upon the received flight information;
receive an indication of the vehicle exiting the parking area from the exit license plate reader; and
in response to receiving the indication of the vehicle exiting the parking area, designate the parking spot previously held by the vehicle as an available parking spot.