System, method, infrastructure, and vehicle for automated valet parking
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorSung Won Yoon
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Abstract
An automated parking system and a method enable a driverless vehicle to autonomously travel and park in a vacant parking slot through communication with a parking infrastructure. The automated parking system and method also control the driverless vehicle to autonomously travel from a parking slot to a pickup area through communication with the parking infrastructure.
Claims19
An automated valet parking method controlled by an infrastructure, the method comprising:
- being delegated a driving authority of a vehicle;
- transmitting, to the vehicle, a target position, a guide route and information of driving boundaries indicating a permitted driving area for parking the vehicle;
- transmitting, to the vehicle, an automated valet parking start instruction so that the vehicle performs automated valet parking at the target position along the guide route within the permitted driving area;
- and
- transmitting, to the vehicle, a vehicle control release instruction after the vehicle is autonomously parked in the target position.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a program being executed at an infrastructure and including instructions for performing an automated valet parking method, the method comprising:
- being delegated a driving authority of a vehicle;
- transmitting, to the vehicle, a target position, a guide route and information of driving boundaries indicating a permitted driving area for parking the vehicle;
- transmitting, to the vehicle, an automated valet parking start instruction so that the vehicle performs automated valet parking at the target position along the guide route within the permitted driving area;
- and
- transmitting, to the vehicle, a vehicle control release instruction after the vehicle is autonomously parked in the target position.
An automated valet parking system comprising:
- an infrastructure configured to:
- be delegated a driving authority of a vehicle,
- transmit, to the vehicle, a target position, a guide route and information of driving boundaries indicating a permitted driving area for parking the vehicle,
- transmit, to the vehicle, an automated valet parking start instruction so that the vehicle performs automated valet parking at the target position along the guide route within the permitted driving area;
- and
- transmit, to the vehicle, a vehicle control release instruction after the vehicle is autonomously parked in the target position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.