A vehicle presence detection system for determining whether a parking space is vacant or occupied and utilizing this information to guide vehicles to available parking spaces. generally includes a LIDAR device, a cloud-based processing unit, a database, and a guidance light. The LIDAR device generally includes a light emitter, a light sensor, a CPU, a memory unit, and a communications device. The LIDAR device determines the distance between itself and a parking spot or a vehicle parked in that parking spot using an algorithm that accounts for variances in the ambient conditions. This status information can be communicated to a cloud-based processing unit, which can store this information in a database and/or use this information to send parking status indications to an autonomous vehicle dynamic sign, mobile device, or guidance light.

Disclosed are a virtual parking space establishment system and a method. The virtual parking space establishment system includes a data acquiring module, a data processing module, a parking space control module, a wireless communication module and a client; the data acquiring module is used for acquiring traffic flow data; the data processing module is used for processing and analyzing the traffic flow data; the parking space control module is used for establishing or canceling virtual parking spaces according to analysis results of the traffic flow data; the wireless communication module is used for providing a wireless network link between the client and the parking space control module; the client is used for viewing virtual parking space information.

A virtual image display device includes: a switching mechanism for switching a position of a view angle including a first position and a second position; and a display control unit for displaying the virtual image in response to a switching of the position of the view angle by the switching mechanism. When the display control unit displays a specific content within the view angle at the second position after the switching mechanism switches the view angle from the first position to the second position, the display control unit starts displaying a related content preliminarily associated with the specific content before the switching of the view angle to the second position is completed.

A virtual image display device includes: a switching mechanism for switching a position of a view angle including a first position and a second position; and a display control unit for displaying the virtual image in response to a switching of the position of the view angle by the switching mechanism. When the display control unit displays a specific content within the view angle at the second position after the switching mechanism switches the view angle from the first position to the second position, the display control unit starts displaying a related content preliminarily associated with the specific content before the switching of the view angle to the second position is completed.

This disclosure describes systems and methods for virtual parking lot space allocation. An example method may include receiving, by a processor and from a first vehicle, sensor data relating to a first location. The example method may also include generating, by the processor and based on the sensor data, a first virtual parking space of a virtual parking location within the first location.

A parking lot management system capable of selecting places where vehicles should be parked while preventing a load of computation from being increased is provided. The parking lot management system manages a parking lot including a plurality of parking spaces so as to enable one vehicle to be parked. The parking lot condition acquisition unit acquires a parking lot condition, which is a condition of a parking block. The parking block utility calculation unit calculates the utility of each of the plurality of parking blocks using a parking block utility function, which is a utility function set in advance regarding a parking block, based on the parking lot condition. The parking block selection unit selects parking blocks to be allocated to the plurality of respective vehicles based on the utility of each of the plurality of parking blocks.

A parking lot management system capable of selecting places where vehicles should be parked while preventing a load of computation from being increased is provided. The parking lot management system manages a parking lot including a plurality of parking spaces so as to enable one vehicle to be parked. The parking lot condition acquisition unit acquires a parking lot condition, which is a condition of a parking block. The parking block utility calculation unit calculates the utility of each of the plurality of parking blocks using a parking block utility function, which is a utility function set in advance regarding a parking block, based on the parking lot condition. The parking block selection unit selects parking blocks to be allocated to the plurality of respective vehicles based on the utility of each of the plurality of parking blocks.

A parking management system that facilitates motorist guidance, payment, violation detection, and enforcement using highly accurate space occupancy detection, unique vehicle identification, guidance displays, payment acceptance, violation detection, enforcement data generation, electronic booting, and towing management is described. The system enables reduced time to find parking, congestion mitigation, accurate violation detection, and easier enforcement, and increased payment and enforcement revenues to cities.

According to a method for self-localization, a vehicle is detected by a vehicle-external sensor system of a parking infrastructure when it is located in a detection region of the vehicle-external sensor system. By way of a vehicle-external communication interface of the parking infrastructure, position information regarding the detection region is relayed in dependence on the detection of the vehicle to at least one vehicle computer unit and an initial pose of the vehicle is determined by the at least one vehicle computer unit in dependence on the position information.

The disclosure describes systems and methods for determining and adjusting a parking position of a vehicle. In particular, the vehicle may determine a first parking space where the vehicle can move to a second parking space and exit the second parking space in a forward direction.