Management device, management method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11302194-B2
Application number	US-202016817666-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2020
Priority date	Mar 22, 2019
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

A management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a plurality of requests for automated exit processing, a classifier configured to classify the requests into first requests of first users who are permitted to use a specific parking space and second requests of second users who are not permitted to use the specific parking space, and an instructor configured to cause vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of the first requests to perform automated exit processing such that automated exit processing according to the first requests is continuously executed, or to cause vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of the second requests to perform automated exit processing such that automated exit processing according to the second requests is continuously executed, on the basis of a result of the classification.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A management device comprising:
an acquirer configured to acquire requests for automated exit processing of causing a vehicle to exit from a parking lot and causing an occupant of the vehicle to board the vehicle in a boarding area;
a classifier configured to classify the requests acquired by the acquirer into first requests of first users who are permitted to use a specific parking space and second requests of second users who are not permitted to use the specific parking space; and
an instructor configured to cause vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of one or more of the first requests acquired by the acquirer to perform automated exit processing such that automated exit processing according to the one or more of the first requests is continuously executed, or to cause vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of one or more of the second requests acquired by the acquirer to perform automated exit processing such that automated exit processing according to the one or more of the second requests is continuously executed, on the basis of a result of the classification by the classifier.

2. The management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the instructor prioritizes the first requests classified by the classifier over the second requests classified by the classifier, or prioritizes the second requests classified by the classifier over the first requests classified by the classifier.

3. The management device according to claim 2 ,
wherein, when the acquirer has acquired a predetermined number or more of the first requests within a predetermined time, the instructor causes vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of one or more of the first requests to continuously perform the automated exit processing.

4. The management device according to claim 2 ,
wherein, when the acquirer has acquired a predetermined number or more of the second requests within a predetermined time, the instructor causes vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of one or more of the second requests to continuously perform the automated exit processing.

5. The management device according to claim 3 ,
wherein, when a degree of congestion in the boarding area is equal to or less than a threshold, the instructor stops continuously performing the automated exit processing.

6. The management device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the acquirer acquires the first requests and desire level information indicating desire levels for the first requests from first terminal devices held by the first users, and
the instructor adjusts priority levels of the first requests on the basis of the desire levels.

7. The management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second requests are requests transmitted by second terminal devices held by the second users, and
the device further comprises an information provider configured to notify the second terminal devices of information indicating the first requests are prioritized over the second requests or information indicating that starts of automated exit processing for the second requests are delayed by prioritizing the first requests over the second requests.

8. The management device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the information provider provides information for inquiring of the second terminal devices whether to cancel the second requests after the notification.

9. The management device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the acquirer acquires cancellation information of the second requests transmitted by the second terminal devices after the inquiry, and
the instructor cancels the second requests on the basis of the cancellation information of the second requests, and furthermore preferentially performs automated exit processing associated with the second requests of second users of the second terminal devices which have transmitted the cancellation information in next and subsequent automated exit processing.

10. The management device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the acquirer acquires designation information in which a timing for increasing priority levels of the second requests transmitted by the second terminal devices which have transmitted the cancellation information is designated, and
the instructor increases the priority levels of the second requests transmitted by the second terminal devices on the basis of the designation information.

11. The management device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the acquirer acquires disposition information of an assistant who assists an action of an occupant of the vehicle in the boarding area, and
the instructor changes an order of exit instructions to cause vehicles subjected to automated exit processing in accordance with the requests to perform automated exit processing on the basis of position information of the assistant.

12. A management device comprising:
an acquirer configured to acquire requests for automated exit processing of causing a vehicle to exit from a parking lot and causing an occupant of the vehicle to board the vehicle in a boarding area;
a classifier configured to classify requests acquired by the acquirer into first requests of first users who are estimated to take a long time to board the vehicle in the boarding area and second requests of second users who are estimated to take a shorter time to board the vehicle than the first users; and
an instructor configured to cause vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of one or more of the first requests acquired by the acquirer to perform automated exit processing such that automated exit processing according to the one or more of the first requests is continuously executed, or to cause vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of one or more of the second requests acquired by the acquirer to perform automated exit processing such that automated exit processing according to the one or more of the second requests is continuously executed, on the basis of a result of the classification by the classifier.

13. The management device according to claim 12 ,
wherein a user who is estimated to be slow in boarding the vehicle includes a user carrying a certain degree or more of luggage, a user accompanying a child, a user of a vehicle with a child seat installed therein, or a user who took a predetermined time or more to get off a vehicle.

14. A management method comprising:
by a computer,
acquiring requests for automated exit processing of causing a vehicle to exit from a parking lot and causing an occupant of the vehicle to board the vehicle in a boarding area;
classifying the acquired requests into first requests of first users who are permitted to use a specific parking space and second requests of second users who are permitted to use the specific parking space; and
causing vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of the acquired one or more of the first requests to perform automated exit processing such that automated exit processing according to the one or more of the first requests is continuously executed, or causing vehicles associated with terminal devices which are transmission sources of the acquired one or more of the second requests to perform automated exit processing such that automated exit processing according to the one or more of the second requests is continuously executed, on the basis of a result of the classification.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a computer program to be execu

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamane Katsuyasu
• Mimura Yoshitaka
• Yamanaka Hiroshi
• Sugihara Chie
• Motegi Yuki
• Shibauchi Tsubasa

Classifications

• G08G1/149 Primary

  coupled to means for restricting the access to the parking space, e.g. authorization, access barriers, indicative lights · CPC title

• G06F16/906 Primary

  Clustering; Classification · CPC title

• G06V20/54

  of traffic, e.g. cars on the road, trains or boats · CPC title

• G06V20/52

  Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) · CPC title

• G06F18/24

  Classification techniques · CPC title