IP Library Granted Patent US 11,657,713
Granted Patent B2
US 11,657,713 · App. 17/158,351 · Granted May 23, 2023

Management system of automated valet parking lot

Inventor: Nobutsugu Maruiwa (Mishima, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G08G1/146B60W30/06B60W60/001G08G1/149
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Patent No.
US 11,657,713
App. No.
17/158,351
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A management system of an automated valet parking lot according to an example in the present disclosure is a management system of an automated valet parking lot attached to a facility. The management system includes a setting unit for setting a management area for the facility, an authentication unit for performing, when a vehicle is deposited in the automated valet parking lot, usage authentication of the automated valet parking lot with a portable terminal associated with the vehicle, a tracking unit for tracking the position of the portable terminal authenticated for the usage, and a notification unit for notifying the portable terminal of an alarm when the portable terminal is outside the management area.

Claims (14)

1. A management system of an automated valet parking lot attached to a facility comprising:

a processor and a memory storing computer executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to set a management area for the facility;

perform usage authentication of the automatic valet parking lot with a portable terminal associated with a vehicle when the vehicle is deposited in the automated valet parking lot;

track a position of the portable terminal that performed the usage authentication;

detect that the portable terminal is outside the management area;

notify the portable terminal of an alarm when the portable terminal is detected outside the management area;

impose a penalty for a use of the automatic valet parking lot by the vehicle associated with the portable terminal on condition which a penalty condition is satisfied when the portable terminal is outside the management area;

wherein the penalty condition is that the portable terminal is outside the management area even after the last alarm is notified; and

wherein the memory further stores instructions that cause the processor to change the weight of the penalty in accordance with the time during which the portable terminal is outside the management area after the last alarm is notified.

2. The management system of the automated valet parking lot according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to notify the portable terminal of the alarm a plurality of times while the portable terminal is outside the management area.

3. The management system of the automated valet parking lot according to claim 1 , wherein the penalty condition is that a time during which the portable terminal is outside the management area exceeds a predetermined time.

4. The management system of the automated valet parking lot according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to detect that the portable terminal is turned off, and to impose the penalty for the use of the automatic valet parking lot by the vehicle associated with the portable terminal when the portable terminal is detected to be turned off.

5. The management system of the automated valet parking lot according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to increase the usage fee of the automatic valet parking lot of the vehicle associated with the portable terminal.

6. The management system of the automated valet parking lot according claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to restrict the use of the automatic valet parking lot by the vehicle associated with the portable terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2021
From: MARUIWA, NOBUTSUGU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-041041 · Mar 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210287542A1 · Sep 16, 2021
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