What the filing covers
Sensor-verified mission credentials for coordinating autonomous vehicle access, dwell, and charging at private property slots. I filed this because arrival does not settle a vehicle's right to occupy a space. A mission credential connects the intended work with access, dwell and charging at a private-property slot. Sensor verification is part of that coordination. I treat the purpose of the visit and the use of the slot as connected questions.
Why it matters now
A vehicle can reach the correct property and still need permission for a particular position. Loading, parking and charging can require different uses of space. Time spent in one slot also affects its availability to another vehicle. The property needs to coordinate both entry and occupation.
A real-world example
Imagine an autonomous vehicle arriving to load at a private facility. Another visit could be for parking, and another for charging. The address is the same, but the work is different. The property needs to connect this vehicle's mission with the slot it is allowed to use.
I use the mission credential to make that connection part of access and dwell coordination. The question continues after arrival. The vehicle is occupying a physical position for a purpose, and that use has to fit the site's operation. Sensor verification ties the coordination to conditions at the property.
Consider a charging position that another vehicle also needs. Reaching the property does not settle which vehicle has authority to use that position. The mission and the slot need to be considered together. That keeps the decision close to the actual work taking place rather than treating the street address as sufficient permission.
Where it applies
This work applies to private-property parking, loading and charging operations. Wins Parking is the associated platform. I focus on sites where an autonomous vehicle needs authority to enter, remain and perform its intended task.
A reservation arranges use of a resource before or during a visit. Slot control concerns coordinated use at the site. I keep those decisions connected while treating each as a distinct part of the operation.
For a property operator, I would ask what the arriving vehicle is there to do and which position that work requires. I would then examine how the authority to use the position relates to the time spent there. Those questions connect the vehicle's mission to the physical space it occupies.
Used in: Wins Parking
Status
U.S. provisional patent application, filed April 29, 2026; Status: Patent Pending; Sole inventor: Ross D. Blankenship; Assignee: Wins Parking LLC.
Provisional applications establish a priority date; they are not examined.