Automated valet parking management system and automated valet parking management method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroya CHIBA
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Abstract
An automated valet parking (AVP) management system executes a tentative allocation process that allocates a tentative parking space on a passage in a parking lot to an entry vehicle, when there is no available regular parking space in the parking lot. In the tentative allocation process, the AVP management system acquires a scheduled exit time of a parked vehicle parked in a regular parking space. When the scheduled exit time of a first parked vehicle is earlier than the scheduled exit time of a second parked vehicle, the AVP management system preferentially allocates the tentative parking space not present on an exit route of the first parked vehicle to the entry vehicle based on the map information and the vehicle management information.
Claims9
An automated valet parking management system for managing automated valet parking in a parking lot,
- the automated valet parking management system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more memory devices configured to store map information of the parking lot and vehicle management information for managing a vehicle being a target of the automated valet parking, wherein
- the one or more processors are configured to execute a tentative allocation process that allocates a tentative parking space on a passage in the parking lot to an entry vehicle, when there is no available regular parking space in the parking lot, and
- in the tentative allocation process, the one or more processors are configured to:
- acquire a scheduled exit time of a parked vehicle parked in a regular parking space, based on the vehicle management information;
- and
- when the scheduled exit time of a first parked vehicle is earlier than the scheduled exit time of a second parked vehicle, preferentially allocate the tentative parking space not present on an exit route of the first parked vehicle to the entry vehicle based on the map information and the vehicle management information.
An automated valet parking management method for managing automated valet parking in a parking lot,
- the automated valet parking management method, which is executed by a computer, comprising:
- acquiring map information of the parking lot and vehicle management information for managing a vehicle being a target of the automated valet parking;
- and
- executing a tentative allocation process that allocates a tentative parking space on a passage in the parking lot to an entry vehicle, when there is no available regular parking space in the parking lot, and
- the tentative allocation process includes:
- acquiring a scheduled exit time of a parked vehicle parked in a regular parking space, based on the vehicle management information;
- and
- when the scheduled exit time of a first parked vehicle is earlier than the scheduled exit time of a second parked vehicle, preferentially allocating the tentative parking space not present on an exit route of the first parked vehicle to the entry vehicle based on the map information and the vehicle management information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.