IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,458,962
Granted Patent B2
US 11,458,962 · App. 17/071,144 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Automatic parking system

Inventors: Ryuji Okamura (Gotemba, JP); Tatsuya Sugano (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W30/06B60W50/0205B60W60/001G05D1/0011G07C5/0808G08G1/143
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,458,962
App. No.
17/071,144
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An automatic parking system park autonomous driving vehicles in a target parking space in a parking lot by instructing the autonomous driving vehicle in the parking lot. The system includes: a failure type determination unit configured to determine a failure type from among a plurality of preset failure type candidates, when a vehicle-induced failure occurs in an automated vehicle under autonomous driving in accordance with the instruction, an evacuation space determination unit configured to determine an evacuation space based on the failure type determined by the failure type determination unit, the position information of the autonomous driving vehicle, and the parking lot map information, and a vehicle instruction unit configured to execute an evacuation instruction to evacuate the autonomous driving vehicle to the evacuation space.

Claims (20)

1. An automatic parking system for parking autonomous driving vehicle in a target parking space in a parking lot by instructing the autonomous driving vehicle in the parking lot comprising:

a failure type determination unit configured to determine a failure type from among a plurality of preset failure type candidates, when a vehicle-induced failure occurs in an automated vehicle under autonomous driving in accordance with the instruction,

an evacuation space determination unit configured to determine an evacuation space based on the failure type determined by the failure type determination unit, position information of the autonomous driving vehicle, and parking lot map information,

a vehicle instruction unit configured to execute an evacuation instruction to evacuate the autonomous driving vehicle to the evacuation space.

2. The automatic parking system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the evacuation space determination unit and the vehicle instruction unit are provided in a parking lot management server that manages the parking lot.

3. The automatic parking system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the vehicle instruction unit causes the autonomous driving vehicle to evacuate to the evacuation space by a remote control instruction when the failure type is an autonomous driving ECU abnormality and a remote control instruction for steering the autonomous driving vehicle and for a speed of the autonomous driving vehicle is possible.

4. The automatic parking system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the evacuation space determination unit secures two parking spaces adjacent to each other in the parking lot, and sets the two parking spaces as the evacuation space when the failure type is an abnormality of an external sensor of the autonomous driving vehicle.

5. The automatic parking system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the evacuation space determination unit sets the evacuation space to a flat position where the autonomous driving vehicle can reach without passing the slope when the failure type is a brake abnormality.

6. The automatic parking system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the evacuation space determination unit secures two parking spaces adjacent to each other in the parking lot, and sets the two parking spaces as the evacuation space when the failure type is an abnormality of an external sensor of the autonomous driving vehicle.

7. The automatic parking system according to claim 3 ,

wherein the evacuation space determination unit secures two parking spaces adjacent to each other in the parking lot, and sets the two parking spaces as the evacuation space when the failure type is an abnormality of an external sensor of the autonomous driving vehicle.

8. The automatic parking system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the evacuation space determination unit sets the evacuation space to a flat position where the autonomous driving vehicle can reach without passing a slope when the failure type is a brake abnormality.

9. The automatic parking system according to claim 3 , wherein the evacuation space determination unit sets the evacuation space to a flat position where the autonomous driving vehicle can reach without passing a slope when the failure type is a brake abnormality.

10. The automatic parking system according to claim 4 , wherein the evacuation space determination unit sets the evacuation space to a flat position where the autonomous driving vehicle can reach without passing a slope when the failure type is a brake abnormality.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2020
From: OKAMURA, RYUJI; SUGANO, TATSUYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054065/0485 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-194617 · Oct 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210122362A1 · Apr 29, 2021