Vehicle control device, vehicle control center, and parking assistance system

A vehicle control center that manages a vehicle entering and exiting a parking location of a parking lot, comprising:

• a control communication network that receives a remaining amount of energy for driving the vehicle;
• a memory that stores map information and other vehicles information of the parking lot from at least one of a camera located in the parking lot of a sensor of the vehicle received via the control communication network;
• and
• one or more processors, that, in response to executing instructions stored on the memory:
• predict a plurality of traveling speeds and a plurality of movement times of the vehicle at the time of entry and exit based on the map information and the other vehicles information;
• calculate a required amount of energy for entry and exit of the vehicle based on each of the plurality of traveling speeds and each of the plurality of movement times;
• and
• determine parking availability of the vehicle based on the remaining amount of energy and the required amount of energy,
• wherein the control communication network transmits a determination result of the parking availability to a display device of the vehicle or a mobile terminal that an occupant of the vehicle has.

A parking assistance system, comprising:

• a vehicle control device that controls a vehicle entering and exiting a parking location of a parking lot;
• and
• a vehicle control center that manages the vehicle,
• wherein the vehicle control device includes one or more memory devices storing instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to calculate a remaining amount of energy for driving the vehicle and a vehicle communication network that communicates with the vehicle control center,
• the vehicle control center includes one or more memory devices that store map information and other vehicles information of the parking lot from at least one of a camera located in the parking lot or a sensor of the vehicle received via a control communication network that communicates with the vehicle, and the vehicle control device or the vehicle control center includes a prediction unit that predicts a plurality of traveling speeds and a plurality of movement times of the vehicle at the time of entry and exit based on the map information and the other vehicles information, a required energy amount calculation unit that calculates a required amount of energy for entry and exit of the vehicle based on each of the plurality of traveling speeds and each of the plurality of movement times, and a parking determination unit that determines parking availability of the vehicle based on the remaining amount of energy and the required amount of energy.