US 12,110,008 B2
Automatic parking management apparatus
Issei Matsunaga, Owariasahi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/130,678.
Application 18/130,678 is a continuation of application No. 16/742,455, filed on Jan. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,654,894.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-005051 (JP), filed on Jan. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249676 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/06 (2013.01) [B62D 15/0285 (2013.01); G08G 1/168 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic parking management apparatus, which is applied to a parking lot and performing an automatic parking control to automatically park a vehicle, which is stopped at a start position where a camera is placed in the parking lot configured to image, into a parking space, said automatic parking management apparatus configured to:
determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in the start position, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started;
determine whether or not the vehicle is stopped in an angle of view of the camera;
output an instruction to move the vehicle into the start position by automatic travel, if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped at the start position, and the vehicle is stopped in the angle of view of the camera, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started; and
cause the vehicle to move into the start position by automatic travel if it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped at the start position, and the vehicle is stopped in the angle of view of the camera, when the automatic parking control is intended to be started.