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Granted Patent B2
US 12,315,372 · App. 18/090,956 · Granted May 27, 2025

Parking position adjustment device and parking position adjustment method

Inventors: Daisaku Honda (Nagoya, JP); Hiroya Matsubayashi (Nisshin, JP); Ryota Tomizawa (Mishima, JP); Satoshi Tanabe (Susono, JP); Nobutsugu Maruiwa (Mishima, JP); Yasuhiro Kobatake (Nagoya, JP); Hiroki Awano (Susono, JP); Satoshi Omi (Ebina, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G08G1/143B60W30/06B60W60/001
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Patent No.
US 12,315,372
App. No.
18/090,956
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control unit of a server is a device that adjusts a parking position of a vehicle in a parking lot, and includes an acquisition unit that acquires the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive a package in the parking lot, and an adjustment information generation unit that generates adjustment information for adjusting parking of another vehicle in a parking slot adjacent to the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive the package in the parking lot such that a space is secured around the vehicle scheduled to receive the package.

Claims (47)

1. A parking position adjustment device for adjusting a parking position of a vehicle in a parking lot, the parking position adjustment device comprising:

a processor, wherein

the processor is configured to:

acquire the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive a package in the parking lot;

generate adjustment information for adjusting parking of another vehicle in a parking slot adjacent to the parking position such that a space is secured around the vehicle scheduled to receive the package, and

generate, based on the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive the package and a position of a loading port of the vehicle for the package, the adjustment information for adjusting parking of the other vehicle in a parking slot adjacent to the loading port such that a space is secured around the loading port,

wherein:

the adjustment information is control information for controlling a parking position of the other vehicle;

the other vehicle is an autonomous driving vehicle that is able to drive autonomously; and

the processor is configured to transmit the control information to the other vehicle, and to control the parking position of the other vehicle based on the adjustment information.

2. The parking position adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to generate the adjustment information such that a priority of the parking slot adjacent to the loading port of the vehicle scheduled to receive the package is lower than priorities of other parking slots.

3. The parking position adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein when another parking slot other than the parking slot adjacent to the loading port is empty, the processor is configured to generate the adjustment information in which the other parking slot other than the parking slot adjacent to the loading port is set as a parking position of the other vehicle.

4. The parking position adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein when another parking slot other than the parking slot adjacent to the loading port is not empty, the processor is configured to generate the adjustment information in which the parking slot adjacent to the loading port is set as a parking position of the other vehicle and the other vehicle is separated from the loading port.

5. The parking position adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the adjustment information is display information for adjusting a parking position of the other vehicle; and

the processor is configured to transmit the display information to the other vehicle so as to display the display information on a display device provided in the other vehicle.

6. The parking position adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the adjustment information is sound information for adjusting a parking position of the other vehicle; and

the processor is configured to transmit the sound information to the other vehicle so as to output the sound information as sound from a sound output device provided in the other vehicle.

7. The parking position adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the adjustment information is control information for controlling a parking position of the other vehicle;

the other vehicle is transported to the parking position by a parking robot; and

the processor is configured to transmit the control information to the parking robot so as to control the parking position of the other vehicle based on the control information.

8. A parking position adjustment method for adjusting a parking position of a vehicle in a parking lot, the parking position adjustment method comprising:

a step of acquiring the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive a package in the parking lot; and

a step of generating adjustment information for adjusting parking of another vehicle in a parking slot adjacent to the parking position such that a space is secured around the vehicle scheduled to receive the package, wherein

in the step of generating the adjustment information, based on the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive the package and a position of a loading port of the vehicle for the package, the adjustment information for adjusting parking of the other vehicle in a parking slot adjacent to the loading port such that a space is secured around the loading port is generated,

wherein:

the adjustment information is control information for controlling a parking position of the other vehicle;

the other vehicle is an autonomous driving vehicle that is able to drive autonomously; and

the parking position adjustment method includes a step of transmitting the control information to the other vehicle and a step of controlling the parking position of the other vehicle based on the adjustment information.

9. The parking position adjustment method according to claim 8 , wherein in the step of generating the adjustment information, the adjustment information is generated such that a priority of the parking slot adjacent to the loading port of the vehicle scheduled to receive the package is lower than priorities of other parking slots.

10. The parking position adjustment method according to claim 9 , wherein in the step of generating the adjustment information, when another parking slot other than the parking slot adjacent to the loading port is empty, the adjustment information in which the other parking slot other than the parking slot adjacent to the loading port is set as a parking position of the other vehicle is generated.

11. The parking position adjustment method according to claim 9 , wherein in the step of generating the adjustment information, when another parking slot other than the parking slot adjacent to the loading port is not empty, the adjustment information in which the parking slot adjacent to the loading port is set as a parking position of the other vehicle and the other vehicle is separated from the loading port is generated.

12. The parking position adjustment method according to claim 8 , wherein:

the adjustment information is display information for adjusting a parking position of the other vehicle; and

the parking position adjustment method includes a step of transmitting the display information to the other vehicle so as to display the display information on a display device provided in the other vehicle.

13. The parking position adjustment method according to claim 8 , wherein:

the adjustment information is sound information for adjusting a parking position of the other vehicle; and

the parking position adjustment method includes a step pf transmitting the sound information to the other vehicle so as to output the sound information as sound from a sound output device provided in the other vehicle.

14. A parking position adjustment method for adjusting a parking position of a vehicle in a parking lot, the parking position adjustment method comprising:

a step of acquiring the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive a package in the parking lot; and

a step of generating adjustment information for adjusting parking of another vehicle in a parking slot adjacent to the parking position such that a space is secured around the vehicle scheduled to receive the package, wherein

in the step of generating the adjustment information, based on the parking position of the vehicle scheduled to receive the package and a position of a loading port of the vehicle for the package, the adjustment information for adjusting parking of the other vehicle in a parking slot adjacent to the loading port such that a space is secured around the loading port is generated, wherein:

the adjustment information is control information for controlling a parking position of the other vehicle;

the other vehicle is transported to the parking position by a parking robot; and

the parking position adjustment method includes a step of transmitting the control information to the parking robot and a step of controlling so the parking position of the other vehicle based on the adjustment information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2022
From: HONDA, DAISAKU; MATSUBAYASHI, HIROYA; TOMIZAWA, RYOTA; TANABE, SATOSHI; MARUIWA, NOBUTSUGU; KOBATAKE, YASUHIRO; AWANO, HIROKI; OMI, SATOSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-050421 · Mar 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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