Parking management system and parking management method

1. A parking management system for managing parking of a vehicle in a parking lot including a plurality of parking slots, the parking management system comprising:

a vacant slot sensor which detects a vacant slot among the plurality of parking slots in the parking lot and creates vacant slot information indicating a position of the detected vacant slot;

a vehicle information obtainment unit which obtains, using a processor, vehicle information of a vehicle to which a parking slot is to be allocated;

a first information obtainment unit which obtains, using the processor, first information indicating presence or absence of a person in the vehicle; and

a parking slot determination unit which determines, using the processor, a parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked based on the vehicle information, the vacant slot information, and the first information, and the parking slot determination unit outputs the parking slot, wherein

when there are a plurality of vacant slots and the first information indicates that the person is present in the vehicle, the parking slot determination unit determines, as the parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked, the detected vacant slot located at a first distance from a facility, preferentially over a detected vacant slot located at a second distance from the facility, among a plurality of detected vacant slots which are included in the plurality of vacant slots and in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked, the facility being used by the person after alighting from the vehicle, the second distance being greater than the first distance.

2. The parking management system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a notifier capable of receiving an output of the parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked and notifying the person of the output, wherein

the vehicle information includes second information indicating presence or absence of an autonomous driving function of the vehicle, and

when the second information indicates that the vehicle has the autonomous driving function, the parking slot determination unit transmits, to the vehicle, information of the parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked, and when the second information indicates that the vehicle does not have the autonomous driving function, the parking slot determination unit transmits, to the notifier, the information of the parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked.

3. The parking management system according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a first mobile body including the notifier, the first mobile body being configured to move while notifying the person in the vehicle of a route to the parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked, to guide the vehicle to the parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked.

4. The parking management system according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a second mobile body capable of moving separately from the first mobile body and including the vacant slot sensor, the vehicle information obtainment unit, and the parking slot determination unit.

5. The parking management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the parking lot includes a wait slot for the vehicle to wait, the wait slot being disposed at a position different from positions of the plurality of parking slots, and

when there is no vacant slot detected, the parking slot determination unit determines the wait slot as the parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked.

6. A parking management method for managing parking of a vehicle in a parking lot including a plurality of parking slots, the parking management method comprising the steps of:

detecting a vacant slot among the plurality of parking slots in the parking lot, and creating vacant slot information indicating a position of the detected vacant slot;

obtaining vehicle information of a vehicle to which a parking slot is to be allocated;

obtaining first information indicating presence or absence of a person in the vehicle; and

obtaining second information indicating whether the vehicle has an autonomous driving function;

determining a parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked, using the vehicle information, the vacant slot information, and the first information;

determining whether the vehicle has the autonomous driving function, using the second information; and

outputting the parking slot, wherein

in determining of the parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked, based on there being a plurality of the vacant slots and the first information indicating that the person is present in the vehicle, the detected vacant slot located at a first distance from a facility is determined as the parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked, preferentially over a detected vacant slot located at a second distance from the facility, among a plurality of detected vacant slots which are included in the plurality of vacant slots and in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked, the facility being used by the person after alighting from the vehicle, the second distance being greater than the first distance, and

(i) for a state in which the vehicle is determined to have the autonomous driving function, outputting the determined parking slot which includes the vacant slot, to the vehicle which has the autonomous driving function, and

(ii) for a state in which the vehicle is determined to not have the autonomous driving function, outputting the determined parking slot which includes the vacant slot, to a mobile body which informs a driver of a manually-operated vehicle of a travel route.

7. A parking management system for managing parking of a vehicle in a parking lot including a plurality of parking slots, the parking management system comprising:

a vacant slot sensor which detects a vacant slot among the plurality of parking slots in the parking lot and creates vacant slot information indicating a position of the detected vacant slot; and

a controller comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium; and

a set of computer-executable instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that cause the processor to:

obtain vehicle information of a vehicle to which a parking slot is to be allocated;

obtain first information indicating presence or absence of a person in the vehicle;

determine a parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked based on the vehicle information, the vacant slot information, and the first information; and

output the parking slot,

wherein

in determining of the parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked, based on there being a plurality of the vacant slots and the first information indicating that the person is present in the vehicle, the detected vacant slot located at a first distance from a facility is determined as the parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked, preferentially over a detected vacant slot located at a second distance from the facility, among a plurality of detected vacant slots which are included in the plurality of vacant slots and in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked, the facility being used by the person after alighting from the vehicle, the second distance being greater than the first distance.