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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toru Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Katou, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Atarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mariko Okude, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An auto valet parking system operates a car in a parking lot and including: a parking lot map database which manages route information to each parking space; a vacant space information database which manages full and vacant information for each parking space; a facility migration information database which accumulates facility migration information indicative of behaviors of a parking lot user; a first unit which detects the full and vacant information for each parking space, searches for a route to the parking space and automatically parks the car in the parking space based on the route information; a second unit notifies the parking lot user of information on a parking position through a mobile terminal; and a third unit which searches for the vacant space as close as possible to conditions based on the facility migration information, and reflects the vacant space on the first unit.