APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PARKING OF VEHICLE
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling a parking operation of a vehicle, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for evaluating each available parking space in a parking area to determine a parking space. Specifically, the parking control apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive parking area map information from a server; an extraction unit configured to extract a candidate parking space list including one or more available parking spaces on the basis of the parking area map information; an available parking space evaluation unit configured to allocate a priority order to each of the available parking spaces included in the candidate parking space list on the basis of preset priority order allocation condition information; and a parking space determination unit configured to determine a target parking space for a subject vehicle on the basis of information on priority orders allocated to respective available parking spaces.
1 . A parking control apparatus comprising:
a reception unit configured to receive parking area map information from a server;
an extraction unit configured to extract a candidate parking space list comprising one or more available parking spaces based on the parking area map information;
an available parking space evaluation unit configured to allocate a priority order to each of the available parking spaces comprised in the candidate parking space list based on preset priority order allocation condition information; and
a parking space determination unit configured to determine a target parking space for a subject vehicle based on priority order information allocated to each of the available parking spaces.
2 . The parking control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the extraction unit generates a parking space matrix mapped one-to-one to respective parking spaces based on the parking area map information, and extracts the candidate parking space list comprising the available parking spaces based on the parking space matrix.
3 . The parking control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the received parking area map information comprises a parking space matrix mapped one-to-one to respective parking spaces, and
wherein the extraction unit extracts the candidate parking space list comprising the available parking spaces based on the parking space matrix.
4 . The parking control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the available parking space evaluation unit evaluates the priority order allocation condition information item for each available parking space and allocates a priority order to each available parking space by applying a weight, which has been set for each priority order allocation condition information, to an evaluation result.
5 . The parking control apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the priority order allocation condition information items comprise at least one of moving distance information from the subject vehicle to a corresponding available parking space, distance information from the corresponding available parking space to an entrance, and information on whether or not a surrounding parking space around the available parking space is occupied by a vehicle.
6 . The parking control apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the weight of priority order allocation condition information is set to a previously stored default value or is determined by a user's setting signal.
7 . The parking control apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the available parking space evaluation unit extracts information corresponding to individual items of the priority order allocation condition information for each of the available parking spaces, converts the information on the extracted individual items into scores according to a preset score table, and determines a score of each priority order allocation condition information item for each of the available parking spaces.
8 . The parking control apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the available parking evaluation unit calculates a weight value of each priority order allocation condition information item for each available parking space by multiplying the score of each priority order allocation condition information item for each available parking space by the weight set for each priority order allocation condition information, calculates parking space scores of the available parking spaces by summing the weight values of the priority order allocation condition information items of the available parking spaces, and allocates priority orders of respective available parking spaces in descending order of the calculated parking space scores.
9 . The parking control apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the parking space determination unit determines an available parking space having a highest priority order as the target parking space for the subject vehicle.
10 . The parking control apparatus of claim 4 , wherein, when it is determined that it is impossible to park the subject vehicle in the target parking space, in the parking space determination step, the parking space determination unit determines an available parking space to which a next priority order is allocated as the target parking space.
11 . A parking control method comprising:
receiving parking area map information from a server;
extracting a candidate parking space list comprising one or more available parking spaces based on the parking area map information;
allocating a priority order to each of the available parking spaces comprised in the candidate parking space list based on preset priority order allocation condition information; and
determining a target parking space for a subject vehicle based on priority order information allocated to each available parking space.
12 . The parking control method of claim 11 , wherein the allocating of a priority order to each of the available parking spaces comprised in the candidate parking space list based on preset priority order allocation condition information comprises:
evaluating the priority order allocation condition information item for each available parking space; and
allocating a priority order to each available parking space by applying a weight, which has been set for each priority order allocation condition information, to an evaluation result.
13 . The parking control method of claim 12 , wherein the evaluating of the priority order allocation condition information item for each available parking space comprises:
extracting information corresponding to individual items of the priority order allocation condition information for each of the available parking spaces;
converting the information on the extracted individual items into scores according to a preset score table; and
determining a score of each priority order allocation condition information item for each of the available parking spaces.
14 . The parking control method of claim 13 , wherein the allocating of a priority order to each available parking space by applying a weight, which has been set for each priority order allocation condition information, to an evaluation result comprises:
calculating a weight value of each priority order allocation condition information item for each available parking space by multiplying the score of each priority order allocation condition information item for each available parking space by the weight set for each priority order allocation condition information;
calculating parking space scores of the available parking spaces by summing the weight values of the priority order allocation condition information items of the available parking spaces; and
allocating priority orders of respective available parking spaces in descending order of the calculated parking space scores.
15 . The parking control method of claim 14 , wherein the determining of a target parking space for the subject vehicle based on priority order information allocated to each available parking space comprises:
determining an available parking space having a highest priority order as the target parking space for the subject vehicle.
16 . A parking control system comprising:
an image sensor capable of being disposed in a vehicle so as to have a field of view of exterior of the vehicle, the image sensor configured to capture image data;
a controller comprising a processor operable to process the image data captured by the image sensor; and
a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one of the controller and the server,
wherein the communication unit receives parking area map information from the server, and
wherein the controller comprises:
an extraction unit configured to extract a candidate parking space list comprising one or more available parking spaces based on the parking area map information;
an available parking space evaluation unit configured to allocate a priority order to each of the available parking spaces comprised in the candidate parking space list based on preset priority order allocation condition information; and
a parking space determination unit configured to determine a target parking space for a subject vehicle based on priority order information allocated to each of the available parking spaces.
17 . A parking control system comprising:
an image sensor capable of being disposed in a vehicle so as to have a field of view of exterior of the vehicle, the image sensor configured to capture image data;
a non-image sensor disposed in the vehicle so as to sense the exterior of the vehicle, the non-image sensor configured to capture sensing data;
a controller comprising at least one processor configured to process at least one of the image data captured by the image sensor and the sensing data captured by the non-image sensor; and
a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one of the controller and the server,
wherein the communication unit receives parking area map information from the server, and
wherein the controller comprises:
an extraction unit configured to extract a candidate parking space list comprising one or more available parking spaces based on the parking area map information;
an available parking space evaluation unit configured to allocate a priority order to each of the available parking spaces comprised in the candidate parking space list based on preset priority order allocation condition information; and
a parking space determination unit configured to determine a target parking space for a subject vehicle based on priority order information allocated to each of the available parking spaces.
18 . A parking control system comprising:
an image sensor capable of being disposed on a vehicle so as to have a field of view of the exterior of the vehicle, the image sensor configured to capture image data;
a non-image sensor disposed in the vehicle so as to sense the exterior of the vehicle, the non-image sensor configured to capture sensing data;
a domain control unit configured to process at least one of the image data captured by the image sensor and the sensing data captured by the non-image sensor; and
a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one of the domain control unit and the server,
wherein the communication unit receives parking area map information from the server, and
wherein the domain control unit extracts a candidate parking space list comprising one or more available parking spaces based on the parking area map information, allocates a priority order to each of the available parking spaces comprised in the candidate parking space list based on preset priority order allocation condition information, and determines a target parking space for a subject vehicle based on priority order information allocated to each available parking space.