US 12,073,722 B2
Parking lot identification system and method
Atsushi Baba, Kariya (JP); Yasuhiko Mukai, Kariya (JP); Kyoichi Sugahara, Kariya (JP); and Satoshi Horihata, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/160,978.
Application 18/160,978 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/021254, filed on Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-127449 (JP), filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0169861 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/48 (2006.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 40/105 (2012.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/14 (2013.01) [B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60W 30/146 (2013.01); B60W 40/105 (2013.01); G06V 20/586 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A parking lot identification system comprising a control apparatus mounted to each of a plurality of vehicles and a central apparatus that communicates with the control apparatus of each of the plurality of vehicles, wherein
the control apparatus of each of the plurality of vehicles comprises;
a parking determination unit configured to determine whether a parking action of the vehicle is recognized;
a parking-related data acquisition unit configured to, in response to the parking action of the vehicle being recognized, acquire parking-related data including data of a location and an orientation of the vehicle during the parking action; and
a parking-related data transmission unit configured to transmit the parking-related data to the central apparatus, and
the central apparatus is configured to identify a parking lot area based on the parking-related data transmitted from the plurality of vehicles and reflect data of the identified parking lot area in map data.