US 11,866,034 B2
Parking assist system
Takamasa Hidaka, Kariya (JP); and Koudai Yamaura, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/587,544.
Application 17/587,544 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/028874, filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-142120 (JP), filed on Aug. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144251 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/06 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/06 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G01C 21/3685 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A parking assist system configured to assist parking of vehicles, the system comprising:
at least one automated driving vehicle configured to perform automated driving, in a parking lot, from a getting-off area to a parking position; and
a management device configured to transmit, to the automated driving vehicle, a guide path to the parking position and a parking start instruction, wherein
the at least one automated driving vehicle includes an information transmission unit that is configured to transmit, to the management device, travelable information relating to travelling of the at least one automated driving vehicle in response to receiving predetermined data from the management device,
the management device includes:
a data transmission unit configured to transmit the predetermined data to the at least one automated driving vehicle; and
a driving setting unit configured to:
determine, based on the travelable information transmitted from the at least one automated driving vehicle, whether parking of the at least one automated driving vehicle is possible; and
instruct the at least one automated driving vehicle to start parking in response to determining that parking of the at least one automated driving vehicle is possible.