ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,995, issued on May 26, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Parking management system" was invented by Norihisa Hotta (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking management system comprises, a parking lock member provided in a parking space; a parking controller configured to manage a reservation to use the parking space; a parking sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the vehicle in the parking space; and an approach sensor configured to detect approach of the vehicle to the parking space, wherein the parking controller is configured to: maintain the parking lock member in a down state even a...