A system (100) and method for finding a likely available parking spot within a geographical area are disclosed. The system (100) may be configured to receive a request for directions for a first vehicle (702) to an open parking spot within a particular geographical area (210, 214), receive sensor information indicating potential open parking spots (346, 348), identify likely available parking spots (346, 348), and receive information regarding other vehicles searching for parking in the same geographical area. The system may use the identified likely available spots and the information regarding other vehicles searching for parking when computing a route (218, 220) to a likely available parking spot.

Information corresponding to one or more traversable map elements (TMEs) within a zone of interest is accessed from the geographic database. A respective category of a plurality of categories is determined for each of the one or more TMEs based at least in part on the information corresponding to the TME. A first category encoding data structure is generated based at least in part on map version agnostic identifiers corresponding to TMEs determined to be in a first category of the plurality of categories, wherein the first category encoding data structure is a probabilistic data structure configured to not provide false negatives for TMEs within the zone of interest. The first category encoding data structure is provided such that a mobile apparatus receives the first category encoding data structure.

Each of a plurality of landing pads is sized and shaped to accommodate an AV. Landing pad sensor(s) are located in or around each landing pad. A control subsystem receives landing pad sensor data from the one or more landing pad sensors and receives, from a first AV traveling to a location of the plurality of landing pads, a request for an assigned landing pad in which the first AV should park. In response to this request, the control subsystem determines, based on the received landing pad sensor data, whether a first landing pad is free of obstructions that would prevent receipt of the first AV. If the first landing pad is free of obstructions, an indication is provided to the AV that the first landing pad is the assigned landing pad.

An example operation may include one or more of parking a transport in an initial space, determining an average time of an event attended by at least one occupant associated with the transport, moving the transport to at least one other space when an elapsed time of the event is less than the average time and when the at least one other space is available and closer to an event location than the initial space, and moving the transport to a final space when the event is completed, and the final space is a location of a device associated with the at least one occupant.

Input of destination information is received from a user. Information on a parking facility to be a candidate when moving to a destination and information on a transportation service for transporting between arbitrary points are acquired. Based on the acquired information, information including a candidate of a composite route combining a first route for moving from a destination to a parking facility by using a vehicle and a second route for moving from the parking facility to the destination by using a transportation service is generated, and the information is output to a user interface. When the input for selecting the composite route is received from the user, the composite route is set as the travel route and the use reservation of the transportation service is performed.

A smart parking system and method are disclosed which includes a plug-and-play and point to multipoint (PnP&P2MP) based internet of things (IoT) parking sensors, gateway managers, and user devices that can share information via a network. The information is used to preserve parking spaces, calculate minimum parking search time, and establish a dynamic queuing system to achieve high throughput, avoid traffic congestion and time losses.

A navigation method in the field of intelligent driving technologies includes obtaining images shot by a plurality of cameras; obtaining location information of a target vehicle based on the images shot by the plurality of cameras; after a target parking space for parking the target vehicle is determined, generating a navigation route based on the location information of the target vehicle and location information of the target parking space; and sending the navigation route to a terminal device such that a safety condition in the parking lot can be predicted to assist in safe driving of the target vehicle.

Automated parking lot digital map generation and use thereof is disclosed. Imagery of a parking lot is received from a video camera, the imagery depicting lines that define a plurality of parking spots. A parking lot digital map comprising data that defines a location and dimensions of each parking spot is generated. The parking lot digital map is stored in a memory.

The server is configured to communicate with a plurality of power-supplying vehicles and a plurality of power-receiving vehicles. The server is configured to notify, to matched vehicles (candidate power-receiving vehicle and candidate power-supplying vehicle), a candidate gathering location list including respective pieces of information of a plurality of parking areas owned by third parties different from users of the matched vehicles, so as to make an inquiry to the users of the matched vehicles to select one of the plurality of parking areas included in the candidate gathering location list. The server is configured to determine a gathering location for the matched vehicles using the respective pieces of information of the parking areas selected by the users of the matched vehicles, and is configured to transmit the information of the parking area of the determined gathering location to the matched vehicles.

Provided is a smart mobility link system which provides a travel path through a vehicle terminal installed in a vehicle up to a location at which parking is allowed, and mobility is relayed to a vehicle-carried moving object terminal which is installed in a vehicle-carried moving object over a remaining distance so that the travel path can be continuously provided. Accordingly, a user can be guided through a travel path even in an area in which vehicle travel is not possible without additional manipulation of the user.