An access control system for electric vehicle charging is provided that includes an access device, a secure reservation interface, a reservation server and a smartphone application installed on the smartphone. The access device includes a short-range wireless communication module connected to a processor having control of an electric vehicle charger. The secure reservation interface receives a reservation request for a reservation at a given destination. The reservation server receives the reservation request for the destination, issues a reservation certificate, and transmits the reservation certificate from the reservation server to a smartphone. The smartphone application has access to a short range wireless communication setting corresponding to the access device. The access device receives the reservation certificate from the smartphone application based on use by the smartphone application of the short-range wireless communication setting. The processor activates the electric vehicle charger based on at least the receipt of the reservation certificate.

After determining a trip order has a high risk, verification information unavailable in a passenger information database system can be requested and provided for a passenger of the account. Validity of the verification information can be determined using a verification service and stored in a passenger information database. A decision for the trip order can be determined based on the validity of the verification information stored in the passenger information database.

Aspects relate to methods and systems for controlling usage of parking maps for autonomous parking. In some embodiments, an exemplary system includes a computing device, configured to receive a first parking map representative of a first point of interest, wherein the first parking map comprises a first access datum, generate a first map metric associated with the first parking map, and selectively communicate the first parking map with a first remote device as a function of the first access datum.

A computer implemented method for managing charge availability of a charge unit (CU) to obtain charge for a battery of an electric vehicle (EV) is provided. The CU includes a computer for processing at least part of the method and for communicating with a server over a network. The method includes receiving, by the server, status information from the computer of the CU. The method includes sending to the computer of the CU instructions to make a reservation for the CU. The reservation is for a user account that has requested a desire to charge the battery of the electric vehicle of the user at the CU or another CU. The method includes sending, by the server, a confirmation for the reservation to the user account. The confirmation is viewable via a device having access to the server via the user account. The method includes sending, by the server, a data regarding a time of availability of the CU to the user account for the reservation. The computer of the CU is configured to display a visual indicator regarding the reservation of the CU.

A route guidance apparatus includes: a reservation information communications unit to receive reservation information which includes at least one of a parking-reserved space of the parking lot, a vehicle type, a vehicle number, and a parking time; a reserved vehicle recognition unit to recognize a vehicle number of a reserved vehicle and determine whether the reserved vehicle enters or exits the parking lot; a traffic flow determination unit that divides an area of each floor of the parking lot into a plurality of unit areas and calculates density within the parking lot based on the number of vehicles within each divided unit area; and a parking route generation unit and an exit route generation unit that respectively generate an optimal parking route and an optimal exit route based on the calculated density; and a route guidance unit to provide the user with the generated optimal parking and exit routes.

An automated valet parking system, an automated valet parking method, an automated valet parking infrastructure, and a vehicle having an automated valet parking feature each enable an unmanned vehicle to autonomously move to and park in a designated parking spot by communicating with the infrastructure. An unmanned vehicle can autonomously move to a pickup area from a parking spot by communicating with the infrastructure.

Illustrative methods and systems may determine whether a rideshare is verified based on received rideshare data. A verification code may be assigned to a rideshare trip. The verification code may be provided to a rider of the rideshare trip. The verification code may be received by a vehicle device assigned to the rideshare trip via user input or communication from the rider device. Whether the rider has entered the correct vehicle for the rideshare trip may be verified based on the verification code assigned to the rideshare trip and the verification code received by the rideshare vehicle.

A charging system includes load meters mounted in a vehicle, the load meters each measuring a load exerted on an axle or a wheel and deciding a measurement result and an onboard unit that acquires the measurement results of the load meters and is capable of communicating weight information on the weight of the vehicle based on the measurement results to a roadside machine.

Location polygons are defined along traffic lanes and parking spaces to facilitate determination of the location of a vehicle relative to features associated with the location polygons. The location polygons are used, in one application, to identity entrance and exit of a special toll lane along a roadway, and to ensure that the vehicle properly enters and exits the tolling lane.

A system and a method for reporting enhanced toll road data to a toll road audit system is used to independently audit a toll system including the roadside toll equipment, back-office systems, billing systems, the conditions of the toll road, and other toll variables. The device account associated to a transponder device enters device travel data captured by the transponder device. The device travel data is relayed from the transponder device to the toll road audit server, if the device travel data is entered. The device account enters toll device condition data of a toll road device captured by the transponder device. The toll device condition data is relayed from the transponder device to the toll road audit server, if the toll device condition data is entered. A log entry from the device travel data and the toll device condition data is generated with the toll road audit server.