IP Library Granted Patent US 12,365,331
Granted Patent B2
US 12,365,331 · App. 18/227,121 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Control device, control method, and storage medium storing control program

Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakashima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60W30/06B60W50/14B60W2420/403B60W2552/00
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Patent No.
US 12,365,331
App. No.
18/227,121
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device includes a control unit that executes automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the parking position based on recognition data of an external environment of a moving body and the parking position and registers the parking position as a designated parking position. The control unit executes first registration of registering the designated parking position based on first recognition data and executes second registration of registering the designated parking position based on second recognition data. The control unit continues the second registration without executing automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control is instructed during execution of the second registration in new registration of the designated parking position. The control unit suspends the second registration and executes the automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control is instructed during execution of the second registration in update of the designated parking position.

Claims (45)

1. A control device comprising:

an external environment recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an external environment of a moving body;

a reception unit configured to receive selection of a parking position from a user of the moving body; and

a control unit configured to execute automatic parking control for parking the moving body al the parking position based on the recognition data and the parking position and to register the parking position as a designated parking position, wherein

the external environment recognition unit acquires first recognition data and second recognition data different from the first recognition data as the recognition data, and

the control unit executes first registration of registering the designated parking position based on the first recognition data and executes second registration of registering the designated parking position based on the second recognition data,

the control unit continues the second registration without executing automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control of the moving body is instructed from the user of the moving body during execution of the second registration in new registration of the designated parking position, and

the control unit suspends the second registration and executes the automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control is instructed from the user of the moving body during execution of the second registration in update of the designated parking position.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second recognition data is recognition data having a range narrower than the first recognition data.

3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first recognition data is recognition data obtained by a side camera of the moving body, and

the second recognition data is recognition data obtained by at least one of a rear camera and a front camera of the moving body.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit executes the first registration in parallel with the automatic parking control, and

the control unit executes the second registration after the automatic parking control and the first registration are ended.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

when the second registration is continued without executing the automatic movement control, the control unit notifies the user of the moving body that the automatic movement control is not executed due to the second registration.

6. The control device according to claim 5 , wherein

when the second registration is continued without executing the automatic movement control, the control unit notifies the user of the moving body of time until the second registration is completed.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit performs control of restricting an instruction operation of executing the automatic movement control during execution of the second registration in the new registration of the designated parking position.

8. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

when execution of the automatic movement control is instructed from the user of the moving body during execution of the second registration in the update of the designated parking position, the control unit notifies the user of the moving body of at least one of the suspension of the second registration and the execution of the automatic movement control.

9. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit notifies the user of the moving body that the automatic movement control is executed during execution of the second registration in the update of the designated parking position.

10. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit updates the designated parking position according to a matching rate between registration information of the designated parking position and information obtained based on the recognition data during execution of the automatic parking control.

11. A control method performed by a control device including

an external environment recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an external environment of a moving body,

a reception unit configured to receive selection of a parking position from a user of the moving body, and

a control unit configured to execute automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the parking position based on the recognition data and the parking position and register the parking position as a designated parking position, the control method comprising:

acquiring first recognition data and second recognition data different from the first recognition data as the recognition data, the step being performed by the external environment recognition unit, and

executing first registration of registering the designated parking position based on the first recognition data and second registration of registering the designated parking position based on the second recognition data, the step being performed by the control unit,

continuing the second registration without executing automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control of the moving body is instructed from the user of the moving body during execution of the second registration in new registration of the designated parking position, the step being performed by the control unit, and

suspending the second registration and executing the automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control is instructed from the user of the moving body during execution of the second registration in update of the designated parking position, the step being performed by the control unit.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program for a control device including

an external environment recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an external environment of a moving body,

a reception unit configured to receive selection of a parking position from a user of the moving body, and

a control unit configured to execute automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the parking position based on the recognition data and the parking position and register the parking position as a designated parking position, wherein

the external environment recognition unit acquires first recognition data and second recognition data different from the first recognition data as the recognition data,

the control program for causing the control unit to execute processing of:

executing first registration of registering the designated parking position based on the first recognition data and second registration of registering the designated parking position based on the second recognition data,

continuing the second registration without executing automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control of the moving body is instructed from the user of the moving body during execution of the second registration in new registration of the designated parking position, and

suspending the second registration and executing the automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control is instructed from the user of the moving body during execution of the second registration in update of the designated parking position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: NAKASHIMA, HIROYUKI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064407/0942 →
Continuity (1)
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