PARKING SUPPORT DEVICE AND PARKING SUPPORT METHOD

• US 20200130698A1
• Filed: 08/19/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Inventors: MIYAHARA, Akihiro, OKAZAKI, Haruki
• Granted Patent: US 11,180,153 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/35 Road bumpiness, e.g. potholes
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/00 Input parameters relating to objects
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/06 Automatic manoeuvring for parking
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/06 Road conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 1/00 Steering controls, i.e. means for initiating a change of direction of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0285 Parking performed automatically

Abstract

A parking support device of the present invention, which is configured to move a vehicle in a longitudinal direction and stop the vehicle in a specified space by using a communication terminal to send a control signal to the vehicle, comprises a step detection part which is configured to detect presence/absence of a step in a moving direction of the vehicle, a moving stop part which is configured to stop moving of the vehicle in a case where presence of the step is detected by the step detection part, and a moving restart part which is configured to restart the moving of the vehicle so as to ride over the step in a case where the control signal from the communication terminal is received after the moving of the vehicle is stopped by the moving stop part.

Claims

1. A parking support device which is configured to move a vehicle in a longitudinal direction and stop the vehicle in a specified space by using a communication terminal to send a control signal to the vehicle, the parking support device comprising:

a step detection part configured to detect presence/absence of a step in a moving direction of the vehicle;

a moving stop part configured to stop moving of the vehicle in a case where presence of the step is detected by said step detection part; and

a moving restart part configured to restart the moving of the vehicle so as to ride over the step in a case where the control signal from the communication terminal is received after the moving of the vehicle is stopped by said moving stop part.

2. The parking support device of claim 1, further comprising a wheel determination part configured to determine whether a vehicle wheel which contacts said step for riding over is a drive wheel, wherein said moving stop part is configured to stop the moving of the vehicle after moving the vehicle by a specified distance in an opposite direction to said moving direction in a case where it is determined by said wheel determination part that the vehicle wheel contacting the step is not the drive wheel.

3. The parking support device of claim 1, further comprising a power part configured to generate a power for moving the vehicle and a brake part configured to brake the vehicle, wherein said moving stop part is configured to stop the moving of the vehicle through braking conducted by said brake part, without stopping generation of the power conducted by said power part, and maintain stopping of the moving of the vehicle.

4. The parking support device of claim 2, further comprising a power part configured to generate a power for moving the vehicle and a brake part configured to brake the vehicle, wherein said moving stop part is configured to stop the moving of the vehicle through braking conducted by said brake part, without stopping generation of the power conducted by said power part, and maintain stopping of the moving of the vehicle.

5. The parking support device of claim 1, further comprising a riding-over propriety determination part configured to determine whether the vehicle wheel is able to ride over the step, wherein said moving restart part is configured to stop the moving of the vehicle again in a case where it is determined by said riding-over propriety determination part that the vehicle wheel is unable to ride over the step after said restarting of the moving of the vehicle based on reception of the control signal from the communication terminal.

6. The parking support device of claim 2, further comprising a riding-over propriety determination part configured to determine whether the vehicle wheel is able to ride over the step, wherein said moving restart part is configured to stop the moving of the vehicle again in a case where it is determined by said riding-over propriety determination part that the vehicle wheel is unable to ride over the step after said restarting of the moving of the vehicle based on reception of the control signal from the communication terminal.

7. The parking support device of claim 3, further comprising a riding-over propriety determination part configured to determine whether the vehicle wheel is able to ride over the step, wherein said moving restart part is configured to stop the moving of the vehicle again in a case where it is determined by said riding-over propriety determination part that the vehicle wheel is unable to ride over the step after said restarting of the moving of the vehicle based on reception of the control signal from the communication terminal.

8. The parking support device of claim 4, further comprising a riding-over propriety determination part configured to determine whether the vehicle wheel is able to ride over the step, wherein said moving restart part is configured to stop the moving of the vehicle again in a case where it is determined by said riding-over propriety determination part that the vehicle wheel is unable to ride over the step after said restarting of the moving of the vehicle based on reception of the control signal from the communication terminal.

9. A parking support method which is configured to move a vehicle in a longitudinal direction and stop the vehicle in a specified space by using a communication terminal to send a control signal to the vehicle, the parking support method comprising steps of:

detecting presence/absence of a step in a moving direction of the vehicle;

stopping moving of the vehicle in a case where presence of the step is detected by said step of detecting the presence/absence of the step; and

restarting the moving of the vehicle so as to ride over the step in a case where the control signal from the communication terminal is received after the moving of the vehicle is stopped by said step of stopping the moving of the vehicle.