US 11,993,253 B2
Vehicle control device, vehicle control center, and parking assistance system
Katsuro Watanabe, Hitachinaka (JP); Shigenori Hayase, Hitachinaka (JP); and Shunsuke Katoh, Hitachinaka (JP)
Assigned to Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/055,475
Filed by Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka (JP)
PCT Filed May 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/019219
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/244517, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-115303 (JP), filed on Jun. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0213938 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/06 (2013.01) [B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G08G 1/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle entering and exiting a parking location of a parking lot, comprising:
a remaining energy amount calculation unit that calculates a remaining amount of energy for driving the vehicle;
a parking lot information acquisition unit that acquires map information and other vehicles information of the parking lot from at least one of a camera located in the parking lot or a sensor of the vehicle;
a prediction unit that predicts a plurality of traveling speeds and a plurality of movement times of the vehicle at the time of entry and exit based on the map information and the other vehicles information;
a required energy amount calculation unit that calculates a required amount of energy for entry and exit of the vehicle based on each of the plurality of traveling speeds and each of the plurality of movement times; and
a parking determination unit that determines parking availability of the vehicle based on the remaining amount of energy and the required amount of energy, wherein:
the map information includes a parking location;
the other vehicles information includes a location, a speed, and a state of the other vehicles in the parking lot;
the prediction unit plans a travel route of the vehicle to the parking location, and predicts the traveling speed and the movement time of the vehicle in consideration of an influence of the other vehicles on the vehicle based on the other vehicles information; and
the parking determination unit determines that parking is possible when the remaining amount of energy is greater than the required amount of energy.