Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Yuhei Oka

Tatsuya Sugano

Hiroya Chiba

Yuki Okamoto

David B Auner

Daisuke Kakuma

Kazuki Egashira

An automated valet parking management device according to the present disclosure includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices. The one or more memory devices store map information on a parking facility including a loading dock and positional information on a door of a cargo room included in a cargo vehicle that performs at least one of a carry-in and a carry-out of a cargo in the loading dock. The one or more processors execute parking arrangement processing for determining a parking position and a parking direction of the cargo vehicle when the cargo working operation of the cargo vehicle is performed based on the map information and the positional information on the door before the cargo working operation is started by the cargo vehicle.

Automated valet parking management device and automated valet parking management method

In a recognition processing of a vehicle included in a camera image acquired by a camera installed in a closed space, the vehicle recognition system determines whether a shutter provided at an entrance/exit for a vehicle in the closed space is opened or not based on opening/closing information on the shutter. Then, the vehicle recognition system determines whether or not an outside illuminance is higher than an inside illuminance based on information on the outside illuminance and information on the inside illuminance. Furthermore, the vehicle recognition system performs brightness correction processing for correcting brightness of the camera image when it is determined that the shutter is opened and the outside illuminance is higher than the inside illuminance.

Vehicle recognition system and vehicle recognition method

A vehicle includes upright sides, a hitch point between the upright sides, an interior display, and a control module communicatively connected with the display. The control module is configured to, in response to a backup event, operate the display during the backup event to display an area behind the vehicle, general-purpose steering guidelines, and a trailer-hitching steering guideline. The general-purpose steering guidelines lead from the upright sides, indicate a projected locus of the vehicle, and have a reach that is maintained regardless of changing steering angles. The trailer-hitching steering guideline leads from the hitch point, indicates a projected path of the hitch point, and has a reach that is adjusted based on changing steering angles.

Backup system for a vehicle with a trailer hitch

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Yuhei Oka