# US 12,110,008 B2 · Automatic parking management apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,110,008 B2 - Document ID: US12110008B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/130,678 - Filed: 2023-04-04 - Published: 2023-08-10 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-18 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Issei Matsunaga - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12110008B2 ## CPC - B60W 30/06: Automatic manoeuvring for parking - B62D 15/0285: {Parking performed automatically} - G08G 1/168: {Driving aids for parking, e.g. acoustic or visual feedback on parking space} - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## Abstract An automatic parking management apparatus is applied to a parking lot that allows an automatic parking control of automatically parking a vehicle, which is stopped at a start position, into a parking space. The automatic parking management apparatus is provided with: a determinator configured to determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in a predetermined range for defining the start position, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started; and an instructor configured to output an instruction to move into the predetermined range, to the vehicle, if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped in the predetermined range. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An automatic parking management apparatus, which is applied to a parking lot and performing an automatic parking control to automatically park a vehicle, which is stopped at a start position where a camera is placed in the parking lot configured to image, into a parking space, said automatic parking management apparatus configured to: determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in the start position, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started; determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in an angle of view of the camera; output an instruction to move the vehicle into the start position by automatic travel, if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped at the start position, and the vehicle is stopped in the angle of view of the camera, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started; and cause the vehicle to move into the start position by automatic travel if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped at the start position, and the vehicle is stopped in the angle of view of the camera, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The automatic parking management apparatus according to claim 1, further configured to: allow a start of the automatic parking control of the vehicle if it is determined that the vehicle is stopped in the start position, and prohibit the start of the automatic parking control of the vehicle if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped in the start position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The automatic parking management apparatus according to claim 1, further configured to: output an instruction to move the vehicle into the start position by automatic travel when the vehicle is stopped in an allowed area, which is set around the start position and included within the angle of view of the camera, and output an instruction to move the vehicle into the start position by manual travel when the vehicle is stopped outside the allowed area. ### Claim 4 An automatic parking management apparatus, which is applied to a parking lot and performing an automatic parking control to automatically park a vehicle, which is stopped at a start position where a camera is placed in the parking lot configured to image, into a parking space, said automatic parking management apparatus configured to: determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in an angle of view of the camera when the automatic parking control is intended to be started; output an instruction to move the vehicle into the start position by manual travel, if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped in the angle of view of the camera, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started; and cause the vehicle to move into the start position by automatic travel if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped at the start position, and the vehicle is stopped in the angle of view of the camera, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The automatic parking management apparatus according to claim 4, further configured to: determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in the start position; and allow a start of the automatic parking control of the vehicle if it is determined that the vehicle is stopped in the start position, and prohibit the start of the automatic parking control of the vehicle if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped in the start position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The automatic parking management apparatus according to claim 4, further configured to: determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in the start position; and output an instruction to move the vehicle into the start position by automatic travel when the vehicle is stopped in an allowed area, which is set around the start position and included within the angle of view of the camera, and output an instruction to move the vehicle into the start position by manual travel when the vehicle is stopped outside the allowed area.