The invention relates to a parking platform for a motor vehicle, in particular for a motorized parking apparatus for a motor vehicle. Profile parts are provided which are arranged next to each other along a longitudinal direction and preferably are connected to each other and form a parking space for the motor vehicle. The profile parts each comprise a base region and a projecting region projecting therefrom. In order to provide a generic parking platform with high stability and increased user friendliness for a vehicle operator, the profile parts each comprise a profile section which has at least one base region and at least one projecting region, as well as a covering section which is arranged next to the profile section and is connected thereto. The covering section of a profile part covers at least one projecting region of an adjacent profile part.

In one aspect there is provided a foldable creeper having a body comprised of a foldable material. The body has a first end, a second end and is foldable in a direction along a folding axis. The creeper further comprises a bottom, a raisable circumferential wall having first end portion, a second end portion, a first side wall and a second side wall, said first and second side walls running along axes that are substantially parallel to the folding axis, and a plurality of rigid panel members. The plurality of rigid panel members are positioned at panel locations within or along each of the first and second side walls. The first end portion, the second end portion and the first and second side walls are moveable relative to the bottom and cooperate to form a circumferential raised barrier around the periphery when the creeper is in an unfolded configuration.

A computerized operation of a vehicle rental system is provided, wherein a number of vehicles is made available to a defined user group for a temporary use period. The vehicles are placed at one or more locations accessible only to the user group, with one or multiple parking spaces reserved for the vehicles in each case. Based on a user input which includes at least one item of data regarding a rental period start and a rental period end of a vehicle, as well as a user ID, a reservation of the vehicle is carried out in a computerized reservation system. A sensor device, which monitors the parking spaces, verifies the presence of the vehicle. The reservation system shows a vehicle, the same being detected by the sensor device as parked in one of the reserved parking spaces prior to the expiration of the rental period end and saved in the reservation system, as available for rental in the reservation system.

A facade assembly for a vehicle parking structure comprising a facade panel arranged to form part of an exterior of the structure. The facade assembly includes at least one support member extending inwardly of the panel and into the structure in use for connection with a floor of the structure. The support member is arranged to include one or more attachments.

A parking system including a plurality of trays, a plurality of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) configured to transport the plurality of trays, a plurality of bays, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a bay configuration ratio based on collected parking data, each bay being configured into one of an insert-ready state and a retrieve-ready state in accordance with the bay configuration ratio. When a bay is in the insert-ready state, a tray is placed within the bay and an outward-facing door of the bay is in an open position. When a bay is in the retrieve-ready state, the outward-facing door of the bay is in a closed position, an inward-facing door of the bay is in an open position, and no tray is positioned within the bay.

Provided are a distributed robot-based object movement system and an object movement method using the same. The distributed robot-based object movement system includes a first robot that moves to a reference location where a target object is located, and acquires path information for moving the target object from the reference location to a predetermined destination location, and a second robot that moves to the reference location, provides a driving force for lifting the target object, and drives according to the path information in while lifting the target object.

A vehicle elevator device for vertical parking for individual households of collective building includes, a private parking lot attached to an individual private space; a vehicle elevator unit that transports vehicles between a waiting vehicle space and the private parking lot; a sliding moving means for horizontally transferring the vehicle between the private parking lot and the inside of the vehicle elevator; a control unit specifying vehicles that needs to be entered or by managing the reservation of enter and exit, controlling the operation of the elevator unit and sliding moving means.

The disclosure relates to a method for transferring a motor vehicle to an automatic parking system which is designed to transfer the motor vehicle to a free parking space of the parking system without a driver. The parking system transmits a release code (C) to the motor vehicle, said release code being output in the motor vehicle so as to be perceivable to a motor vehicle user. After leaving the motor vehicle, the motor vehicle user transmits the release code to the parking system in order to grant a drive release. As soon as the drive release is granted, the motor vehicle is transferred to the free parking space of the parking system without the driver. The disclosure additionally relates to an automatic parking system and to a motor vehicle for carrying out the method.

A parking system includes an inventory status storage storing the status of inventory of a bicycle, two-wheeled vehicle, or car, and a control system that controls the status of inventory of the bicycle, two-wheeled vehicle, or car and controls check-in and check-out of the bicycle, two-wheeled vehicle, or car based on data stored in the inventory status storage. The parking system further includes a cooperative control unit for communicating with an external rental operator's server, converting instruction data on check-in and check-out transmitted from the server to commands processable for the control system, and instructing to do check-in and check-out.

A parking system includes an inventory status storage storing the status of inventory of a bicycle, two-wheeled vehicle, or car, and a control system that controls the status of inventory of the bicycle, two-wheeled vehicle, or car and controls check-in and check-out of the bicycle, two-wheeled vehicle, or car based on data stored in the inventory status storage. The parking system further includes a cooperative control unit for communicating with an external rental operator's server, converting instruction data on check-in and check-out transmitted from the server to commands processable for the control system, and instructing to do check-in and check-out.