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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hisashi Fujisawa, Toyota, JP;
Shigeki Kinomura, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Oki, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroki Takabatake, Chiryu, JP;
Hiromitsu Fujii, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A parking lot management method for managing a parking lot includes determining whether a parking space in the parking lot is insufficient. Further, the parking lot management method further includes at least one of executing a process of prompting at least one vehicle parked in the parking lot to exit when it is determined that a parking space in the parking lot is insufficient, and requesting at least one vehicle electrically connected to a power supply facility to execute energy management when it is determined that the parking space in the parking lot is not insufficient and a predetermined condition is satisfied.