Methods for dense parking of remotely controlled or autonomous vehicles

A method of accessing a particular vehicle in an array of autonomous vehicles with a plurality of columns of vehicles wherein the columns are spaced too closely to access at least one vehicle in the array and a plurality of vehicles are in a tandem arrangement in at least one column;

• comprising:
• receiving a request to access the particular vehicle;
• computing a set of movements of a plurality of vehicles with a computing device to be executed in a time sequence wherein each movement is determined not to have any vehicle interfere with the motion of any other vehicle;
• transmitting movements from the set of movements to at least one vehicle to be moved;
• and
• executing the movements in the set wherein a plurality of vehicles are autonomously moved in a coordinated sequence determined by the set of movements;
• a vehicle in a column with a plurality of vehicles is autonomously moved to create a space to allow at least one of a vehicle in a different column to exit the parking area, a vehicle to enter a different column, and a vehicle in a different column to be accessed.

A method of parking a plurality of autonomous vehicles comprising:

• computing a set of locations in a parking area employing:
• the dimensions of the vehicles and
• the dimensions of the parking area;
• computing a set of movements of the vehicles to be executed in a time sequence
• wherein each movement is determined not to have any vehicle interfere with the motion of any other vehicle;
• transmitting a movement from the set of movements to at least one vehicle;
• and
• executing the movements in the set of movements wherein a plurality of vehicles are autonomously moved in a coordinated sequence determined by the set of movements;
• wherein the set of locations designates a plurality of columns of vehicles too closely spaced to discharge a driver from a vehicle;
• a vehicle in a column with a plurality of vehicles is autonomously moved to create a space to allow at least one of a vehicle in a different column to exit the parking area, a vehicle to enter a different column, and a vehicle in a different column to be accessed.