Method of determining an attribute of a parking structure

摘要

A method of determining an attribute of a parking structure includes monitoring vehicle status data (VSD) obtained by a first on-board processor operatively associated with a vehicle telematics unit. The first processor executes computer readable code encoded on a first non-transitory computer readable medium. The method includes recording, in a vehicle memory operatively associated with the first processor, the VSD based on an output of a vehicle on-board sensor. The method further includes communicating the recorded VSD to a data aggregator of a remote parking information system (RPIS) for storage as aggregated data in a computer memory associated with the RPIS. The method determines, via the data aggregator, whether the vehicle is in the parking structure based on the communicated recorded VSD. The method further includes determining the attribute via the RPIS based on the VSD stored in the computer memory, and storing the attribute in the computer memory.

主权项

1. A method of determining an attribute of a parking structure, comprising:
monitoring vehicle status data associated with a vehicle obtained by a first processor on-board the vehicle operatively associated with a telematics unit disposed in the vehicle, the first processor executing computer readable code encoded on a first non-transitory computer readable medium; recording, in a vehicle memory operatively associated with the first processor, the vehicle status data based on an output of a vehicle on-board sensor; determining elements of the vehicle status data including latitude, longitude, altitude, heading, and speed based on the on-board sensor output during an interruption of radio-based input to a location detection component of a navigation unit in the telematics unit; communicating the recorded vehicle status data to a data aggregator of a remote parking information system for storage as aggregated data in a computer memory associated with the remote parking information system; determining, via the data aggregator, whether the vehicle is in the parking structure based on the communicated recorded vehicle status data, the data aggregator, including a second processor, executing computer readable code encoded on a second non-transitory computer readable medium; determining the attribute of the parking structure via the remote parking information system based on the vehicle status data stored in the computer memory; and storing the attribute of the parking structure in the computer memory.