Patent ID: 9076336
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle personalized parking system, comprising: a processor in data communication with a graphical display device, a driver identifying device, a driver input device, a transceiver operative to communicate with at least one source of parking space information, a global positioning system (GPS) module, and a non-transitory data storage device on which is stored computer code which, when executed on the processor, implements: a parking information database that stores information of at least one of an available parking space, and a parking space the vehicle has been parked in; a weighting factor database that stores weighting factor information; a driver preference database that stores driver preference information; a parking preference analysis engine, a parking recommendation engine; an interface to an in-vehicle navigation system; and instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the system to: means for gathering information of the parking spaces in which respective identified drivers park, means for analyzing the drivers' selection of parking spaces parked in, and means for adapting the parking space recommendation based on the analyzing, wherein the destination requested from the driver is used by the in-vehicle navigation system to provide driving directions to the destination, the in-vehicle navigation system provides the destination to the in-vehicle personalized parking system via the interface to the vehicle navigation system and the in-vehicle personalized parking system obtains information of available parking spots around the destination, wherein the driver identifying device includes one of a key fob, a camera, and a driver selection control of the vehicle.