Automated valet parking system server and automated valet parking method
An Automated Valet Parking System (AVPS) server controlling automated valet parking of a vehicle, the AVPS server including a transceiver transmitting and receiving data on the automated valet parking and a processor to control the transceiver to receive an availability request from a user backend (UB), recognize that an authority to control a subject vehicle (SV) of the automated valet parking is transferred to an Automated Valet Driving System (AVDS) through handover, and control the automated valet parking of the subject vehicle based on parking-out information included in the availability request.
1 . An Automated Valet Parking System (AVPS) server controlling automated valet parking of a vehicle, the AVPS server comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data on the automated valet parking; and
a processor configured to control the transceiver to receive an availability request from a user backend (UB), recognize that an authority to control a subject vehicle (SV) of the automated valet parking is transferred to an Automated Valet Driving System (AVDS) through handover, and control the automated valet parking of the subject vehicle based on parking-out information included in the availability request,
wherein an AVPS operation zone is divided into at least three zones including a first zone closest to a pick-up area, a second zone located farther from the pick-up area than the first zone, and a third zone located farther from the pick-up area than the first zone and the second zone, and
wherein based on the parking-out information including parking duration information, the processor is configured to determine an estimated parking-out time based on the parking duration information, calculate an estimated time remaining until parking out based on a difference between the estimated parking-out time and a current time, determine a destination as the first zone based on the estimated time remaining until parking out being smaller than a threshold, determine the destination as the third zone based on the estimated time remaining until parking out being equal to or greater than the threshold, and determine the destination as the second zone based on the parking-out information failing to include the parking duration information.
2 . The AVPS server of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to generate at least one of identification information indicating a zone in the AVPS operation zone and identification information indicating a parking spot.
3 . The AVPS server of claim 1 , wherein for the subject vehicle parked at a first parking spot in an AVPS operation zone, the processor is configured to control the subject vehicle to be re-parked at a second parking spot having a shortest distance to the pick-up area based on the estimated time remaining until parking our being smaller than a second threshold.
4 . The AVPS server of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to receive a parking-out request including pick-up time information from a user terminal about the subject vehicle parked in an AVPS operation zone and control the subject vehicle to be parked at a third parking spot having a shortest distance to the pick-up area based on an estimated time remaining until parking out being equal to or greater than a second threshold.
5 . A method of controlling automated valet parking of a vehicle by an Automated Valet Parking System (AVPS) server, the method comprising:
receiving an availability request from a User Backend (UB);
recognizing that an authority to control a Subject Vehicle (SV) of the automated valet parking is transferred to an Automated Valet Driving System (AVDS) through handover; and
controlling the automated valet parking of the subject vehicle based on parking-out information included in the availability request,
wherein an AVPS operation zone is divided into at least three zones including a first zone closest to a pick-up area, a second zone located farther from the pick-up area than the first zone, and a third zone located farther from the pick-up area than the first zone and the second zone, and
wherein based on the parking-out information including parking duration information, the method includes determining an estimated parking-out time based on the parking duration information, calculating an estimated time remaining until parking out based on a difference between the estimated parking-out time and a current time, determining a destination as the first zone based on the estimated time remaining until parking out being smaller than a threshold, determining the destination as the third zone based on the estimated time remaining until parking out being equal to or greater than the threshold, and determining the destination as the second zone based on the parking-out information failing to include the parking duration information.