US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 16 for "Parking lot, parking lot management system, and parking lot management method that determines a usage status of each of a plurality of parking spaces" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,704, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Parking lot, parking lot management system, and parking lot management method that determines a usage status of each of a plurality of parking spaces" was invented by Hiroya Chiba (Fuji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking lot includes: a plurality of parking spaces arranged in series in a first direction; a camera configured to take a picture of the plurality of parking spaces; and a recognition target provided in each of the plurality of parking spaces. A usage status of each parking space is determined based on a result of recognition of ...