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

Claim 0:
1. A system for parking management, comprising:
a first reader associated with an entrance of a parking area and configured to determine that a vehicle has entered the parking area;
a second reader associated with an exit of the parking area and configured to determine that the vehicle has exited the parking area;
a plurality of beacons associated with the parking area;
a computing device, configured to:
receive an indication of the vehicle entering the parking area from the first reader;
track a location of the vehicle in the parking area based at least in part on communications between the plurality of beacons and a mobile device associated with the vehicle;
receive from the mobile device an indication that the vehicle is parked in a particular parking spot;
receive flight information from the mobile device that is associated with the vehicle, and subsequent to receiving from the mobile device the indication that the vehicle is parked in the particular parking spot, associate the received flight information with the particular parking spot in which the vehicle is parked;
predict when the particular 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 second reader; and
determine a length of time the vehicle spent in the parking area based on the indications from the first reader and the second reader.