SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO VALET PARKING

• US 20100156672A1
• Filed: 12/16/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Jungsook, Sung, Kyung Bok, Kim, Do Hyun, Choi, Jeong Dan, Kim, Kyeong Tae, Jang, Byung Tae, Lim, Jae Han, Jang, Jeong Ah, YOO, Jaejun
• Application Number:
  US12/639,385
• Publication Number:
  US 20100156672A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/932.200
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0285 Parking performed automatically
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/14 indicating individual free spaces in parking areas
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/168 Driving aids for parking, e.g. acoustic or visual feedback on parking space

Abstract

Provided are a system and a method for auto valet parking. In the system and method, a parking slot of a target vehicle among a plurality of slots formed in a parking place is determined based on situation information on the parking place and a movement path based on information on current location of the target vehicle and information on the parking slot is determined. The target vehicle is automatically parked in the determined parking slot by moving along the movement path.

Claims

1. A system for providing an auto valet parking service of a vehicle in a parking place including a plurality of slots, comprising:

a plurality of vehicle guide sensors that are installed in the parking place and that guide driving of the vehicle;

a plurality of parking situation sensing sensors that are installed in each of the plurality of slots and that sense whether vehicles are parked in the plurality of slots or not; and

a service server that manages sensing information sensed from the plurality of vehicle guide sensors and the plurality of parking situation sensing sensors, determines a movement path of the vehicle and a parking slot of the vehicle of the plurality of slots based on the sensing information, and provides the movement path of the vehicle and the parking slot of the vehicle to the vehicle.

2. The system for providing the auto valet parking service of claim 1, wherein

the vehicle guide sensor includes:

a vehicle movement sensing unit that senses movement direction of the vehicle;

a vehicle guide information manager that manages information on the vehicle received from the vehicle and information on the movement direction of the vehicle received from the vehicle movement sensing unit as guide information for guiding movement of the vehicle; and

a data transceiver that provides the guide information to the service server or receives information from the vehicle, the service server, or the parking situation sensing sensor.

3. The system for providing the auto valet parking service of claim 2, further comprising

an alert information generator generating alert information including obstacle sensing information when receiving the obstacle sensing information from the vehicle or the vehicle movement sensing unit and transferring the alert information to any one of the vehicle or the service server.

4. The system for providing the auto valet parking service of claim 1, wherein

the parking situation sensing sensors include:

a vehicle sensing unit that senses whether the vehicle is parked at a corresponding slot or not;

a vehicle sensing information management unit that receives and stores vehicle sensing information that is sensed and generated by the vehicle sensing unit; and

a data transceiver that transfers the vehicle sensing information to the service server according to request for providing the vehicle sensing information from the service server.

5. The system for providing the auto valet parking service of claim 1, wherein

the service server includes:

a communicator that transceives information from/to the vehicle guide sensor and the plurality of parking situation sensing sensors;

a manager that manages information received from the vehicle guide sensor and the plurality of parking situation sensing sensors or manages information determined by the service server; and

a determiner that determines the parking slot of the vehicle of the plurality of slots and determines a path from a current location of the vehicle to the parking slot.

6. The system for providing the auto valet parking service of claim 5, wherein

the vehicle guide sensor transfers alert information including obstacle sensing information to any one of the vehicle or the service server when receiving the obstacle sensing information from the vehicle or the vehicle movement sensing unit, and

the service server further includes a processor that requests the determiner to research the determined path or transmits a driving stop signal to the vehicle when receiving the alert information from the vehicle guide sensor.

7. The system for providing the auto valet parking service of claim 5, wherein

the manager includes:

a parking place data management module that manages information on the parking place at which the vehicle will be parked;

a target vehicle management module that manages information on the vehicle;

a parking history information management module that manages parking history information on the vehicle receiving the auto valet parking service;

a vehicle guide sensor management module that monitors and manages states of the plurality of vehicle guide sensors;

a parking situation sensing sensor management module that monitors and manages states of the plurality of parking situation sensing sensors; and

a vehicle movement situation management module that manages information on current location and information on movement direction of the vehicle.

8. The system for providing the auto valet parking service of claim 5, wherein

the determiner includes:

a parking location determining module that determines the parking slot of the vehicle of the plurality of slots based on the information on the current location received from the vehicle;

a movement path determining module that determines the movement path from the current location of the vehicle to the parking slot determined by the parking location determining module; and

a guide information generating module that generates guide information including the information on the parking slot and the movement path determined in the parking location determining module and the movement path determining module.

9. A control system for controlling a vehicle receiving an auto valet parking service from a system for providing the auto valet parking service, comprising:

a vehicle movement controller that controls movement of a vehicle based on guide information on the vehicle transmitted by the system for providing the auto valet parking service;

an obstacle recognizer that recognizes an obstacle appearing during movement of the vehicle and generates obstacle recognition information; and

a vehicle movement instructor that transfers vehicle parking instruction information to the vehicle movement controller to instruct the movement of the vehicle and transfers the obstacle recognition information to the system for providing the auto valet parking service.

10. The control system of claim 9, wherein

the vehicle movement instructor includes:

a vehicle information manager that manages information on the vehicle;

a server communicator that transceives information informing of start and end of the auto valet parking service from/to the system for providing the auto valet parking service; and

a vehicle guide sensor communicator that receives the vehicle guide information from the system for providing the auto valet parking service and provides the vehicle guide information to the vehicle movement controller.

11. A method for providing an auto valet parking service of a vehicle in a system for providing the auto valet parking service, comprising:

receiving information on a target vehicle to use the service;

determining a parking slot of the target vehicle of a plurality of slots formed in a parking place based on situation information on the parking place;

determining a movement path based on information on current location of the target vehicle and information on the parking slot to transfer the movement path to the target vehicle;

modifying the movement path to generate a modified movement path when an obstacle appears during guiding of the target vehicle according to the movement path; and

guiding the target vehicle through the modified movement path.

12. The method for providing the auto valet parking service of claim 11, wherein,

in a case where an obstacle appears, the method further comprises

determining whether an appearance cause for the obstacle has been solved or not per a preset time period, and

if the appearance cause for the obstacle has not been solved, stopping guiding of the vehicle.

13. A method for controlling a vehicle receiving an auto valet parking service through a system for providing an auto valet parking service, comprising:

requesting the service providing system to provide the service including information on a vehicle;

when receiving guide information that is generated based on the information on the vehicle from the service providing system, initializing a vehicle movement control module and an obstacle recognition sensor;

when receiving information informing of recognition of an obstacle from the vehicle, transferring the obstacle recognition information to the service providing system; and

receiving modified guide information from the service providing system and controlling parking of the vehicle based on the modified guide information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein

the initializing includes

transferring information on the vehicle that is moved based on the guide information to the service providing system.