US 12,482,358 B2
Parking lot management apparatus, parking lot management method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Masayasu Hirata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/281,439
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 31, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/003601
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 11, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/196136, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-042935 (JP), filed on Mar. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0153386 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/14 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)
CPC G08G 1/148 (2013.01) [G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G08G 1/143 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A parking lot management apparatus comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions, and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
manage a use status of a parking lot in a facility;
associate facility use information of a user who uses the facility with a vehicle number of a vehicle used by the user and manage the associated information;
detect a first vehicle number of a first vehicle moving in the parking lot; and
determine, from among a plurality of parking positions that are not currently being used, a parking position of the first vehicle based on the facility use information associated with the first vehicle number so that a moving distance of the user moving in the facility is reduced, wherein
the facility use information includes at least a scheduled rental date and time of a vehicle to be rented to the user, and
the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to determine the parking position of the first vehicle so that the moving distance of the user is reduced as the scheduled rental date and time of the first vehicle becomes closer to a current time.