IP Library Granted Patent US 12,492,909
Granted Patent B2
US 12,492,909 · App. 17/957,145 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Parking assist system

Inventors: Emrah Akin Sisbot (Menlo Park, CA); Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA); Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA); Yongkang Liu (Mountain View, CA); Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
G01C21/3476G01C21/3807G01C21/3833G08G1/143
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Patent No.
US 12,492,909
App. No.
17/957,145
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a processor and a memory communicably coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to detect a parking space for a vehicle. The instructions further cause the processor to identify one or more parking parameters related to parking the vehicle in the parking space. The parking parameters include a point-of-interest associated with the parking space. The instructions further cause the processor to determine a suitability of the parking space based on the one or more parking parameters. Determining the suitability of the parking space includes predicting a point-of-interest-related action to be performed by an occupant after parking the vehicle in the parking space.

Claims (35)

1 . A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicably coupled to the processor and storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

detect a space for parking a vehicle;

identify a point-of-interest (POI) associated with the space that an occupant of the vehicle is visiting and objects located in the vehicle and the POI;

predict, based on a type of the POI and a type of objects located in the vehicle and the POI, a group of the objects the occupant will load into the vehicle or unload from the vehicle to take to the POI, the type of POI being at least one of a school, a business, a care facility, and a residential building;

determine a clearance of a door of the vehicle through which the occupant will load or unload the group of objects to identify a suitability of the space; and

operate, based on the suitability, an electronic device of the vehicle to generate and output digital information to assist the occupant with parking the vehicle.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine the clearance based on at least one of a type of the vehicle, dimensions of the vehicle, a number of doors on the vehicle, and a direction in which the doors of the vehicle open.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine the clearance based on at least one of dimensions of the space and a presence of one or more objects located about the space.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine the clearance using a depth map generated based on at least one monocular camera image acquired by one or more monocular cameras mounted to the vehicle.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to operate the electronic device include instructions to electronically display instructions to park in the space when the space is suitable for parking the vehicle and instructions to find a different space when the space is not suitable for parking the vehicle.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to operate the electronic device include instructions to run a digital twin simulation of the loading or unloading of the group of objects, and wherein the instructions further cause the processor to display the digital twin simulation to the occupant.

7 . A method, comprising:

detecting a space for parking a vehicle;

identifying a point-of-interest (POI) associated with the space that an occupant of the vehicle is visiting and objects located in the vehicle and the POI;

predict, based on a type of the POI and a type of objects located in the vehicle and the POI, a group of the objects the occupant will load into the vehicle or unload from the vehicle to take to the POI, the type of POI being at least one of a school, a business, a care facility, and a residential building;

determining a clearance of a door of the vehicle through which the occupant will load or unload the group of objects to identify a suitability of the space; and

operating, based on the suitability, an electronic device of the vehicle to generate and output digital information to assist the occupant with parking the vehicle.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein determining the clearance includes calculating the clearance based on at least one of a type of the vehicle, dimensions of the vehicle, a number of doors on the vehicle, and a direction in which the doors of the vehicle open.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein determining the clearance includes calculating the clearance based on at least one of dimensions of the space and a presence of one or more objects located about the space.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein determining the clearance includes calculating the clearance using a depth map generated based on at least one monocular camera image acquired by one or more monocular cameras mounted to the vehicle.

11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein operating the electronic device includes electronically displaying instructions to park in the space when the space is suitable for parking the vehicle and displaying instructions to find a different space when the space is not suitable for parking the vehicle.

12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein determining the suitability of the space includes running a digital twin simulation of the loading or unloading of the group of objects, and further comprising:

displaying the digital twin simulation to the occupant.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

detect a space for parking a vehicle;

identify a point-of-interest (POI) associated with the space that an occupant of the vehicle is visiting and objects located in the vehicle and the POI;

predict, based on a type of the POI and a type of objects located in the vehicle and the POI, a group of the objects the occupant will load into the vehicle or unload from the vehicle to take to the POI, the type of POI being at least one of a school, a business, a care facility, and a residential building;

determine a clearance of a door of the vehicle through which the occupant will load or unload the group of objects to identify a suitability of the space; and

operate, based on the suitability, an electronic device of the vehicle to generate and output digital information to assist the occupant with parking the vehicle.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine the clearance based on at least one of a type of the vehicle, dimensions of the vehicle, a number of doors on the vehicle, and a direction in which the doors of the vehicle open.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine the clearance based on at least one of dimensions of the space and a presence of one or more objects located about the space.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine the clearance using a depth map generated based on at least one monocular camera image acquired by one or more monocular cameras mounted to the vehicle.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions to operate the electronic device include instructions to electronically display instructions to park in the space when the space is suitable for parking the vehicle and instructions to find a different space when the space is not suitable for parking the vehicle.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2026
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 073670/0071 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SEARIAL NO. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 061457 FRAME: 0884. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 9, 2024
From: SISBOT, EMRAH AKIN; UCAR, SEYHAN; HIGUCHI, TAKAMASA; LIU, YONGKANG; OGUCHI, KENTARO
To: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 066241/0060 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2022
From: SISBOT, EMRAH AKIN; UCAR, SEYHAN; HIGUCHI, TAKAMASA; LIU, YONGKANG; OGUCHI, KENTARO
To: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 061457/0884 →
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