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US 12,007,767 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for automated valet parking of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorKyung Ho Yoo
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Abstract
An automated valet parking method includes receiving, by a vehicle, a vehicle return request, receiving, from an infrastructure, a guide route that guides the vehicle from a current parking position to a pickup area to the vehicle, leaving, by the vehicle, the current parking position based on the guide route, autonomously travelling, by the vehicle, to the pickup area along the guide route, and arriving, by the vehicle, at the pickup area.
Claims15
An automated valet parking method comprising:
- receiving, by a vehicle that is parked, a vehicle return request;
- receiving, by the vehicle, a guide route from a current parking position to a pickup area from an infrastructure;
- preparing, by the vehicle, to leave the current parking position based on the guide route;
- and
- performing autonomous driving, by the vehicle, from the current parking position to the pickup area along the guide route;
- arriving, by the vehicle, at the pickup area;
- receiving, by the vehicle, a vehicle control release instruction instructing engine off or power off from the infrastructure after the vehicle arrives at the pickup area;
- and
- performing, by the vehicle, engine off or power off according to the vehicle control release instruction.
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An autonomous valet parking apparatus for performing automated valet parking, the apparatus comprises:
- a transceiver configured to receive a vehicle return request and a guide route that guides a vehicle from a current parking position to a pickup area;
- a processor configured to generate a control signal for preparing to exit the vehicle based on the guide route;
- and
- a vehicle controller configured to control the vehicle such that the vehicle autonomously travels to the pickup area from the current parking position along the guide route according to the control signal,
- wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a vehicle control release instruction instructing engine off or power off from the infrastructure after the vehicle arrives at the pickup area, and
- wherein the vehicle controller controls to perform engine off or power off according to the vehicle control release instruction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.