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Granted Patent B2
US 11,074,815 · App. 16/245,876 · Granted Jul 27, 2021

Determination device, determination method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing determining program

Inventors: Hiroaki Takeyama (Nisshin, JP); Motohiro Nakamura (Okazaki, JP); Norihiro Nakamura (Toyokawa, JP); Hideki Kasezawa (Okazaki, JP); Kensuke Takeuchi (Okazaki, JP); Hajime Morikawa (Nagoya, JP); Yoko Sakurai (Toyohashi, JP)
Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha; Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
G08G1/143B60W40/09G10L15/22B60W2540/21B60W2540/30G08G1/14
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Patent No.
US 11,074,815
App. No.
16/245,876
Granted
Jul 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A determination device determines a tendency of a driver who selects a parking space and includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire information regarding an attribute of the parking space in a parking lot, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver in the parking lot, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle in the parking lot. The determination unit is configured to determine the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on the information regarding the behavior of the vehicle or the information regarding the behavior of the driver and the information regarding the attribute of the parking space.

Claims (28)

1. A determination device that determines a tendency of a driver who selects a parking space, the determination device comprising a server configured to:

store, in advance, a plurality of determining conditions associated with a plurality of parking spaces, wherein each determining condition comprises information regarding an attribute of a parking space, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle;

acquire information regarding an attribute of a parking space in a parking lot, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver in the parking lot, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle in the parking lot;

determine which of the determining conditions meets the acquired information;

determine the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on the determination as to which of the determining conditions meets the acquired information; and

guide the vehicle to a parking space based on the determined tendency of the driver.

2. The determination device according to claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the attribute of the parking space includes at least one of information indicating a feature related to a structure of the parking space or information regarding a parking situation of another vehicle in the parking space.

3. The determination device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the information regarding the behavior of the vehicle includes at least information regarding a vehicle speed of the vehicle; and

the determination unit server is configured to determine the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on at least the information regarding the vehicle speed of the vehicle driven by the driver.

4. The determination device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the information regarding the behavior of the driver includes at least information regarding movement of a line of sight of the driver; and

the server is configured to determine the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on at least the information regarding the movement of the line of sight of the driver.

5. The determination device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the information regarding the behavior of the driver includes at least information regarding utterances given by the driver during driving in the parking lot; and

the server is configured to determine the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on at least the information regarding the utterances given by the driver during driving in the parking lot.

6. A method of determining a tendency of a driver who selects a parking space, the method comprising:

storing, in advance, a plurality of determining conditions associated with a plurality of parking spaces, wherein each determining condition comprises information regarding an attribute of a parking space, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle;

acquiring information regarding an attribute of a parking space in a parking lot, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver in the parking lot, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle in the parking lot;

determining which of the determining conditions meet the acquired information; and

determining the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on the determination as to which of the determining conditions meets the acquired information; and

guiding the vehicle to a parking space based on the determined tendency of the driver.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing a determining program that executes a method of determining a tendency of a driver who selects a parking space, the method comprising:

storing, in advance, a plurality of determining conditions associated with a plurality of parking spaces, wherein each determining condition comprises information regarding an attribute of a parking space, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle;

acquiring information regarding an attribute of a parking space in a parking lot, information regarding behavior of a vehicle driven by the driver in the parking lot, and information regarding behavior of the driver when the driver is driving the vehicle in the parking lot;

determining which of the determining conditions meet the acquired information; and

determining the tendency of the driver when the driver selects the parking space, based on the determination as to which of the determining conditions meets the acquired information; and

guiding the vehicle to a parking space based on the determined tendency of the driver.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2020
From: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054707/0273 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2019
From: TAKEYAMA, HIROAKI; NAKAMURA, MOTOHIRO; NAKAMURA, NORIHIRO; KASEZAWA, HIDEKI; TAKEUCHI, KENSUKE; MORIKAWA, HAJIME; SAKURAI, YOKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; AISIN AW CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048066/0703 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-003594 · Jan 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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