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Parking controller, parking control system, and parking control method

US10780879B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 2018
Grant dateSep 22, 2020
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60W2756/10
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A parking controller according to one aspect of an embodiment includes a specific-parking-frame acquiring unit, a target-parking-frame setting unit, and a vacant-parking-frame detecting unit. The specific-parking-frame acquiring unit acquires information indicating a specific parking frame. The specific parking frame is a parking frame that is specified by an external device among from a plurality of parking frames in a parking lot. The target-parking-frame setting unit sets the specific parking frame as a target parking frame. The target parking frame is a parking frame to be a target. The vacant-parking-frame detecting unit detects a vacant parking frame while an own vehicle is travelling to the target parking frame. The vacant parking frame is a parking frame in a vacant state. The target-parking-frame setting unit changes, when the vacant-parking-frame detecting unit detects the vacant parking frame, the set target parking frame into the vacant parking frame.

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