Patent ID: 6771185
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
A guidance system for a parking facility having a plurality of parking spaces for which the occupancy of at least some of said spaces cannot readily be visually detected by a user at an entrance to said facility, said system comprising:a plurality of monitored parking spaces equipped with sensors to detect the presence of a vehicle in one of said monitored spaces, a first display at a main entrance to said facility, said first display providing information about the location of available spaces in said facility, said first display showing graphic information regarding availability of monitored spaces throughout said facility, said graphic information including a discrete indication for each monitored space in said facility, said graphic information including both locational information and information regarding relative numbers of available and unavailable monitored spaces in said facility, a plurality of second displays disposed at entries to particular areas of said facility, said second displays providing information about the location of available spaces in said areas, a plurality of third displays disposed at a plurality of locations within said facility, said third displays providing information about the availability of spaces in areas near said third displays at least one of said first, second and third displays is equipped to display advertising in addition to information about parking space availability.