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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Norihisa Hotta, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A parking management system comprises, a parking lock member provided in a parking space; a parking controller configured to manage a reservation to use the parking space; a parking sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the vehicle in the parking space; and an approach sensor configured to detect approach of the vehicle to the parking space, wherein the parking controller is configured to: maintain the parking lock member in a down state even after a first reserved vehicle has left the parking space when it is predicted that switching parking occurs in which a second reserved vehicle enters the parking space immediately after the first reserved vehicle leaves the parking space.