Control device, getting-into/out facility, control method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11345365-B2
Application number	US-202016871089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2020
Priority date	May 24, 2019
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

A control device includes a getting-into/out facility selection unit configured to select one or more getting-into/out facilities where a vehicle to be parked in a parking lot will stop from among a plurality of getting-into/out facilities on the basis of at least information indicating a driving assistance level at which driving assistance can be executed by the vehicle and information associated with the parking lot having the plurality of getting-into/out facilities and a guidance unit configured to guide the vehicle to the selected getting-into/out facility.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device comprising:
a getting-into/out facility selection unit configured to select one or more getting-into/out facilities where a vehicle to be parked in a parking lot will stop from among a plurality of getting-into/out facilities on the basis of at least information indicating an automated driving level that can be executed by the vehicle and information associated with the parking lot having the plurality of getting-into/out facilities; and
a guidance unit configured to guide the vehicle to the selected getting-into/out facility
wherein the automated driving level is based on a time period required for the vehicle to complete parallel parking, and wherein the automated driving level is higher as the time period is lower; and
wherein each of the plurality of getting-into/out facilities is set to have a respective stopping difficulty level, wherein the respective stopping difficulty level is defined according to a predicted time period required for the vehicle to stop in the getting-into/out facility, and wherein the respective stopping difficulty level is higher as the predicted time period is higher.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the getting-into/out facility selection unit selects the getting-into/out facility in response to a leaving request for causing the vehicle to automatedly move from a stop position of the vehicle to the getting-into/out facility.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the getting-into/out facility selection unit selects the getting-into/out facility when the vehicle is allowed to enter the parking lot.

4. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the getting-into/out facility selection unit is capable of selecting a getting-into/out facility having a higher stopping difficulty level when the automated driving level is higher.

5. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the getting-into/out facility selection unit selects a getting-into/out facility having a higher stopping difficulty level when the automated driving level is higher than or equal to a predetermined level than when the automated driving level is lower than the predetermined level.

6. The control device according to claim 3 , further comprising a recognition level setting unit configured to set a recognition level representing a recognition accuracy level of the vehicle,
wherein the getting-into/out facility selection unit selects a getting-into/out facility having a higher stopping difficulty level than the getting-into/out facility selected in a situation in which the recognition level of the vehicle is lower than a first level when the recognition level of the vehicle is higher than or equal to the first level and lower than a second level higher than the first level, and
wherein the getting-into/out facility selection unit selects a getting-into/out facility having a higher stopping difficulty level than the getting-into/out facility selected in a situation in which the recognition level of the vehicle is higher than or equal to the first level and lower than the second level when the recognition level of the vehicle is higher than or equal to the second level.

7. The control device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the recognition level setting unit sets the recognition level on the basis of a level at which the vehicle can autonomously travel without accompanying a driving operation of a user of the vehicle, and
wherein the getting-into/out facility selection unit selects the getting-into/out facility on the basis of the recognition level set on the basis of the level at which the vehicle can autonomously travel.

8. The control device according to claim 4 , wherein the getting-into/out facility selection unit sets the stopping difficulty level in accordance with an extra space in a vehicle length direction required when the vehicle is parallel parked in the selected getting-into/out facility and selects the getting-into/out facility on the basis of the set stopping difficulty level.

9. The control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a stopping difficulty level setting unit configured to set information associated with a stopping difficulty level of the getting-into/out facility,
wherein the getting-into/out facility selection unit selects the getting-into/out facility where a host vehicle can stop and which has a higher stopping difficulty level from among the getting-into/out facilities in an empty state on the basis of a setting result of the stopping difficulty level setting unit and a recognition level representing a recognition accuracy level of the host vehicle.

10. A control method comprising:
selecting, by a computer, one or more getting-into/out facilities where a vehicle to be parked in a parking lot will stop from among a plurality of getting-into/out facilities on the basis of at least information indicating an automated driving level that can be executed by the vehicle and information associated with the parking lot having the plurality of getting-into/out facilities in response to a leaving request for causing the vehicle to automatedly move from a parking position to the getting-into/out facility; and
guiding, by the computer, the vehicle to the selected getting-into/out facility
wherein the automated driving level is based on a time period required for the vehicle to complete parallel parking, and wherein the automated driving level is higher as the time period is lower; and
wherein each of the plurality of getting-into/out facilities is set to have a respective stopping difficulty level, wherein the respective stopping difficulty level is defined according to a predicted time period required for the vehicle to stop in the getting-into/out facility, and wherein the respective stopping difficulty level is higher as the predicted time period is higher.

11. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to:
select one or more getting-into/out facilities where a vehicle to be parked in a parking lot will stop from among a plurality of getting-into/out facilities on the basis of at least information indicating an automated driving level that can be executed by the vehicle and information associated with the parking lot having the plurality of getting-into/out facilities in response to a leaving request for requesting the vehicle to automatedly move from a parking position to the getting-into/out facility; and
guide the vehicle to the selected getting-into/out facility
wherein the automated driving level is based on a time period required for the vehicle to complete parallel parking, and wherein the automated driving level is higher as the time period is lower; and
wherein each of the plurality of getting-into/out facilities is set to have a respective stopping difficulty level, wherein the respective stopping difficulty level is defined according to a predicted time period required for the vehicle to stop in the getting-into/out facility, and wherein the respective stopping difficulty level is higher as the predicted time period is higher.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Noguchi Junpei
• Sugihara Chie
• Taguchi Ryoma
• Takada Yuta

Classifications

• B62D15/0285

  Parking performed automatically · CPC title

• G01C21/3679

  Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities (G01C21/3611 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G08G1/096811

  where the route is computed offboard · CPC title

• E04H6/42

  Devices or arrangements peculiar to garages, not covered elsewhere, e.g. securing devices, safety devices {, monitoring and operating schemes; centering devices} · CPC title

• G08G1/143

  inside the vehicles · CPC title