| US 7,498,954 B2 | ||
| Cooperative parking | ||
| Gregory Jenson Boss, American Fork, Utah (US); Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, Va. (US); Andrew R. Jones, Round Rock, Tex. (US); and Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 31, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/421,465. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0282489 A1, Dec. 06, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60Q 1/48 (2006.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—932.2 [340/435; 340/436; 340/3.1] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A method of cooperative parking, comprising the steps of:
transmitting a park signal;
at least one parked vehicle receiving the park signal;
activating a position sensor in the at least one parked vehicle;
activating a motor in the at least one parked vehicle;
the motor in the at least one parked vehicle moving its respective parked vehicle away from a source of the transmitted signal
until the position sensor indicates there is no further room.
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