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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Yuki Matsushita, Saitama, JP;
Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
An in-vehicle device includes: an empty stall determiner that determines, based on sensing of surroundings by a sensor section provided in a vehicle, whether or not a parking stall present in surroundings of the vehicle is an empty stall; an empty stall storing section that stores information regarding a location of the empty stall determined by the empty stall determiner in association with a passing route of the vehicle; and an automatic travel controller that generates a travel route from a current location to the empty stall based on the sensing of the surroundings by the sensor section, the automatic travel controller performing control to cause the vehicle to travel along the travel route and be parked in the empty stall in a head-in manner.