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US 12,405,114 · App. 18/532,389 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Automated valet parking management device and automated valet parking management method

Inventors: Hiroya Chiba (Fuji, JP); Tatsuya Sugano (Shizuoka-ken, JP); Yuhei Oka (Susono, JP); Yuki Okamoto (Hadano, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G01C21/28G08G1/145
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Patent No.
US 12,405,114
App. No.
18/532,389
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An automated valet parking management device according to the present disclosure includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices. The one or more memory devices store map information on a parking facility including a loading dock and positional information on a door of a cargo room included in a cargo vehicle that performs at least one of a carry-in and a carry-out of a cargo in the loading dock. The one or more processors execute parking arrangement processing for determining a parking position and a parking direction of the cargo vehicle when the cargo working operation of the cargo vehicle is performed based on the map information and the positional information on the door before the cargo working operation is started by the cargo vehicle.

Claims (19)

1. An automated valet parking management device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memory devices,

wherein the one or more memory devices store;

map information on a parking facility equipped with a loading dock; and

positional information on a door of a cargo room provided with a cargo vehicle, the cargo vehicle is configured to perform a cargo working operation including at least one of a carry-in and a carry-out of a cargo at the loading dock,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute, before the cargo working operation is started by the cargo vehicle, a vehicle arrangement processing to determine a parking position and a parking direction of the cargo vehicle during the cargo working operation based on the map information and the positional information on the door.

2. The management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more memory devices further store specification information on the cargo room excluding the positional information on the door,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to, in the vehicle arrangement processing, determine the parking position and the parking direction based on the map information, the positional information on the door, and the specification information on the cargo room.

3. The management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more memory devices further store attribute information on a cargo handled in the cargo working operation by the cargo vehicle,

wherein the one or more processors configured to, in the vehicle arrangement processing, determine the parking position and the parking direction based on the map information, the positional information, and the attribute information.

4. The management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more memory devices further store cargo working operation situation information obtained from a camera of the parking facility and indicating all situations of the cargo working operation performed in the loading dock,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine a path along which the cargo vehicle moves in the parking facility based on the cargo working operation situation information.

5. An automated valet parking management method, the method comprising the steps of:

acquiring map information on a parking facility equipped with a loading dock and positional information on a door of a cargo room provided with a cargo vehicle, the cargo vehicle is configured to perform a cargo working operation including at least one of a carry-in and a carry-out of a cargo at the loading dock; and

before starting the cargo working operation by the cargo vehicle, executing vehicle arrangement processing to determine a parking position and a parking direction of the cargo vehicle during the cargo working operation based on the map information and the positional information on the door.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: CHIBA, HIROYA; SUGANO, TATSUYA; OKA, YUHEI; OKAMOTO, YUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065808/0102 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-014187 · Feb 1, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240255288A1 · Aug 1, 2024
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