Patent ID: 9454745
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of tracking vehicles within a parking lot using RFID tags, the method comprising: creating a record of a vehicle, wherein the record is stored on a computer and includes information associated with the vehicle; creating a electronic map of the parking lot relative to a global positioning system (GPS) to store on the computer, the electronic map representing a plurality of slots with each slot representing a parking spot to park a respective vehicle in the parking lot; assigning a RFID tag to the record associated with the vehicle using the computer; detecting the RFID tag attached to the vehicle stored in a parking lot within a pre-determined range using a mobile first interrogator when the vehicle is stationary; determining a new GPS location of the mobile first interrogator within the parking lot upon detecting the RFID tag by the first interrogator; associating the new GPS location with a particular slot of the parking lot using the electronic map; and assigning the particular slot to the vehicle in response to RFID tag is no longer detected by the first interrogator to indicate a current parking spot of the vehicle within the parking lot.