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Caravan Parking Location Finder In Car’s Head Unit And Tracker By Mobile App

Abstract: Present invention is related to an innovative system designed to assist caravan owners in finding suitable parking spots or locations effortlessly. The objective of the present invention is to solve the problem and inadequacies in the prior art related to caravan parking location finder and tracker. This system uses the car's head unit display and a mobile app to give real-time information for parking locations and integrated with the navigation control unit in vehicle, using this system caravan vehicle could easily be found and tracked by head unit and mobile app remotely. Also, the system provides some special facilities such as electric cable plug In/Out, waste disposal facility and larger parking places. There is a camera integrated with the control module to capture and store the real time data. The mobile app allows users to track the location of their caravan, which offers convenience and security. There is a tracking device integrated in the car’ head unit display like GPS module or telematic module that automatically provide the location of caravan/travel trailer/RVs.

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
18 April 2024
Publication Number
17/2024
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
ELECTRONICS
Status
Email
Parent Application

Applicants

Kamal Raj
Senior Technical Lead Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Private Limited, Embassy Crest plot No.5, EPIP Zone, Phase 1 Whitefield Road, Bangalore 560066, Karnataka, India
R Silambarasan
Engineer - Brake NVH Ops Jaguar Land Rover, Banbury Road, Gaydon, United Kingdom. Postal Code: CV35 0RR
Prabhakaran Shanmugasundaram
Technical Lead, Continental Automotive Components (India) Pvt. Ltd., Technical Center India, Sattva South Gate Tech Park, Plot No. 1, Survey No: 17, 18, 19 & 20, Veerasandra Village, Hosur Main Road, Attibele Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore - 560 100, Karnataka, India.
RAJASEKARAN KALIYARAJ
Assistant Manager Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre India Private Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Shashang B
91, Yakoob Street, Gobichettipalayam. Erode District, Tamil Nadu, INDIA PIN Code - 638452
Karthick Singaravelu
No.12 4th Cross, Mahaveer Nagar, Lawspet Puducherry, India. PIN Code: 605 008

Inventors

1. Kamal Raj
Senior Technical Lead Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Private Limited, Embassy Crest plot No.5, EPIP Zone, Phase 1 Whitefield Road, Bangalore 560066, Karnataka, India
2. R Silambarasan
Engineer - Brake NVH Ops Jaguar Land Rover, Banbury Road, Gaydon, United Kingdom. Postal Code: CV35 0RR
3. Prabhakaran Shanmugasundaram
Technical Lead, Continental Automotive Components (India) Pvt. Ltd., Technical Center India, Sattva South Gate Tech Park, Plot No. 1, Survey No: 17, 18, 19 & 20, Veerasandra Village, Hosur Main Road, Attibele Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore - 560 100, Karnataka, India.
4. RAJASEKARAN KALIYARAJ
Assistant Manager Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre India Private Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
5. Shashang B
91, Yakoob Street, Gobichettipalayam. Erode District, Tamil Nadu, INDIA PIN Code - 638452
6. Karthick Singaravelu
No.12 4th Cross, Mahaveer Nagar, Lawspet Puducherry, India. PIN Code: 605 008

Specification

FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention relates to the field of caravan parking location finder.
Particularly, the present invention relates to vehicle-based navigation and tracking
system using car’s head unit and mobile app. More particularly, the present invention
is related to a system for finding caravan parking location using car’ head unit and
mobile app.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
The following description of the related art is intended to provide background
information pertaining to the field of the disclosure. This section may include certain
aspects of the art that may be related to various features of the present disclosure.
However, it should be appreciated that this section is used only to enhance the
understanding of the reader with respect to the present disclosure, and not as
admissions of the prior art.
In the past few years, Existing systems for finding location for caravan to park and
track their movements have specific drawbacks that are making them less effective
and inconvenient for caravan owners. Some work listed in the prior art is as follow:
The city parking finder app presents a special app detects whether available parking
spots are occupied or empty. The app uses satellite connection, computer vision and
cameras to take pictures of parking spaces and is suitable for finding location at city
side, but it has limited and out-dated information about urban area where as present
invention has sufficient and up-to-date information about rural as well as urban areas.
The city parking finder app specially designed for finding the location for standardsized vehicles where as the present invention is for larger sized vehicle like
caravan/travel trailer. The prior art does not offer additional facilities like electric
hook ups, waste disposal facility and larger parking places.
An IoT based smart parking management system presents an intelligent parking
system that is linked to the mobile application and using Internet of Things (IoT)
provides a comprehensive parking solution, it books the parking lot, determining
nearest available space according to vehicle’s size, navigate to the car park, as well as
calculate the account on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, sensor determines whether
the parking space is empty or not and availability of free space details passed through
to the control module to the Wi-Fi technology and wireless communication
technology is uploaded to the server via the mobile app.
There are many other existing prior art related to the present invention in which the
location of the caravan/travel trailer in car’s head unit have to marked manually by the
user, that is very time consuming, there is no Geo position capturing and finding of
your caravan by car’ head unit or mobile app, but in present invention there is a
tracking device integrated in the car’s head unit display like GPS module or telematic
module, that automatically provide the location of parked caravan vehicle.
The "Caravan Parking Location Finder in Car's Head Unit & Tracker by Mobile App"
offers various advantages over prior arts. It provides updated information on caravanfriendly parking locations, effective integration of the car's head unit and mobile app,
and features are customizable to caravan owner’s requirements. The control module
of the system detects the caravan and rear camera ensures the caravan is behind the
car or not. This improves convenience by making it easier to find suitable parking
spaces and track the caravan's location effectively.

OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION:
● The primary objective of the present invention is to navigate the user in finding
parking spaces using car’s head unit display and a mobile app for tracking the
location.
● Another objective of the present invention is to efficiently integrate the
navigation system of the car’s head unit with a mobile app for convenient
parking location searches.
● Another objective of the present invention is to enhance safety by guiding
caravan owners to parking location that reduce the risk of accidents or damage
to the caravan.
● Another objective of the present invention is to ensure caravan’s presence or
absence behind the vehicle whether the electrical cable that connects the vehicle
to the trailer hitched socket is plugged or unplugged.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the
following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein,
by way of illustration and example, the aspects of the present invention are disclosed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention mainly cures and solves the technical problems existing in the
prior art. In response to these problems, the present invention "Caravan Parking
Location Finder in Car's Head Unit & Tracker by Mobile App".
As aspects of the present disclosure relates to the Caravan parking location finder in
car's head unit and tracker by mobile app wherein a system comprising the navigation
control unit and control module in car's head unit; wherein the navigation control unit
navigate the user to park the vehicle and control module is used to capture and finding
the obstacle if any while parking the vehicle. The system refers to make easy way for
caravan owners to find parking location to locate their vehicle safely. It uses the car's
display screen (head unit) and a mobile app to track and monitor the caravan/travel trailer vehicle while finding parking locations, wherein the mobile app is used to find
the current location of parked caravan remotely. This device simplifies parking by
combining with the car's navigation system and providing features specific to caravan
owner’s needs. By using this system caravan vehicle could easily be found and
tracked by head unit display and mobile app and could be store or retrieve Geo
position data in head unit as well as on cloud.

We claim:
1. A system for caravan parking location finder and tracker comprising:
a) a head unit display screen mounted on the vehicle, to display real-time
information about parking location of the caravan;
b) a user interface module, to track and display parking location of the caravan
remotely;
c) a power sensor measures either current or voltage and provides output on
monitored parameter levels to control module;
d) a control module with camera, to trigger navigation control unit, capture and
store events about caravan;
-Wherein, the system provides user real-time information about parking locations
through the display screen of the vehicle that can be tracked by user interface module,
a power sensor senses or tracks the present location of the caravan and ensure whether
the electric cable that connects the vehicle with the trailer hitch socket is plugged or
unplugged, while a control module is used to guide the user during parking the
caravan to improve safety by providing live footage of the surrounding area,
displaying a map with marked parking location on head unit display screen and user
interface module, that allowing users to interact with the navigation control unit. The
combination of these components results in a simple and effective solution for finding
and tracking parking locations.

Documents

Application Documents

# Name Date
1 202441031253-STATEMENT OF UNDERTAKING (FORM 3) [18-04-2024(online)].pdf 2024-04-18
2 202441031253-REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION (FORM-18) [18-04-2024(online)].pdf 2024-04-18
3 202441031253-REQUEST FOR EARLY PUBLICATION(FORM-9) [18-04-2024(online)].pdf 2024-04-18
4 202441031253-FORM-9 [18-04-2024(online)].pdf 2024-04-18
5 202441031253-FORM 18 [18-04-2024(online)].pdf 2024-04-18
6 202441031253-FORM 1 [18-04-2024(online)].pdf 2024-04-18
7 202441031253-DRAWINGS [18-04-2024(online)].pdf 2024-04-18
8 202441031253-DECLARATION OF INVENTORSHIP (FORM 5) [18-04-2024(online)].pdf 2024-04-18
9 202441031253-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [18-04-2024(online)].pdf 2024-04-18