Patent ID: 9666073
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G08G,H04W

Claim:
1. A parking assistance system applicable in a plurality of parking lots, each of the parking lots having one or more driveways and a plurality of parking spaces, for each of the parking lots the parking assistance system including: a plurality of parking space monitors for respectively monitoring usage statuses of the parking spaces in the parking lot, and generating and outputting parking space monitoring information according to the monitored usage statuses of the parking spaces; a plurality of driveway monitors for respectively monitoring movement dynamics of vehicles on the driveways in the parking lot, and generating and outputting driveway monitoring information according to the monitored movement dynamics of vehicles; at least one parking lot central control device for bi-directional communication with the parking space monitors and the driveway monitors in the parking lot in a wired or wireless way, for transmitting first control signals to the parking space monitors in the parking lot to control operations of the parking space monitors, and for transmitting second control signals to the driveway monitors in the parking lot to control operations of the driveway monitors; and the parking lot central control device also for receiving the parking space monitoring information from the parking space monitors, and for receiving the driveway monitoring information from the driveway monitors in the parking lot; a near end server for bi-directional communication with the at least one parking lot central control device in the parking lot, for providing the first and second control signals to the parking lot central control device, and for receiving the parking space monitoring information from the parking space monitors and the driveway monitoring information from the driveway monitors through the parking lot central control device; and a cloud server module for bi-directional communication with the near end server in the parking lot, for providing the first and second control signals to the near end server, and for receiving the parking space monitoring information from the parking space monitors and the driveway monitoring information from the driveway monitors through the near end server.