JP7006538B2 - Information equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information device, and more particularly to a technical field of an information device that provides information related to parking.

Locations targeted by this type of device include automated valet parking lots (ie, valet parking lots for self-driving vehicles; hereinafter appropriately referred to as "automatic valet parking lots"). As a technique related to an automatic valley parking lot, for example, a device for requesting a driving permission with a person in a self-driving vehicle in a control device of the automatic valley parking lot has been proposed (see Patent Document 1). ).

International Publication No. 2016/173386

By the way, even if an automated valet parking lot is developed, there are relatively few opportunities for the automated valet parking lot to be used unless autonomous vehicles become widespread. Then, for example, it may be difficult to maintain the automatic valley parking lot from the financial aspect. On the other hand, it is conceivable to open the automatic valley parking lot to manually driven vehicles that are parked by the driver's operation. On the other hand, there is a new technical problem that the mixture of self-driving vehicles and manually-driving vehicles in the self-driving parking lot may cause confusion. The technique described in Patent Document 1 cannot solve this problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an information device capable of suppressing confusion even in a situation where an autonomous driving vehicle and a manually driven vehicle coexist in an automatic valley parking lot. Make it an issue.

The information device according to one aspect of the present invention has a parking space for an automatically driven vehicle that performs automatic parking using an automatic driving function and a parking space for a manually driven vehicle that is parked by the operation of a driver. An information device that can communicate with a management device that manages the automatically driven vehicle and the manually driven vehicle in a parking lot, and is mounted on the manually driven vehicle or possessed by the driver, and is the management device. From the acquisition means for acquiring parking information including at least one parking space indicating a parking space in which the manually driven vehicle should be parked and route information indicating a route to the one parking space, and at least the location information. The parking space is provided with a parking space indicated by the above and a notification means for notifying the driver of the route indicated by the route information, and the notification means acquires a travel start instruction from the management device by the acquisition means. On the condition that the driver is notified of the start of traveling, the route indicated by the route information is said to be a route that suppresses the influence of the traveling of the manually driven vehicle on the traveling of the automatically driven vehicle. It is a thing.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the image displayed by the information apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows one operation of the integrated control system which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the other operation of the integrated control system which concerns on embodiment.

An embodiment of the information device will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. In the embodiment described below, as an example, the manual driving vehicle 20 uses an automatic valley parking lot having a parking space for the manual driving vehicle 20 (see FIG. 1) that is parked by the operation of the driver. I will list it.

In the automatic valet parking lot (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as "parking lot"), there are a manual driving vehicle 20 and an automatic valet vehicle 30 (that is, a vehicle that performs automatic parking using an automatic driving function). The "manual driving vehicle 20" and the "automatic valley vehicle 30" are hereinafter appropriately referred to as "vehicle 20" and "vehicle 30". Since various existing aspects can be applied to the vehicles 20 and 30, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The parking lot is provided with a parking lot control system 10 for controlling vehicles (that is, vehicles 20 and 30) in the parking lot. As shown in FIG. 1, the parking lot control system 10 includes a comprehensive control system 11, a communication device 12, an infrastructure sensor 13, and a guidance device 14. The infrastructure sensor 13 includes, for example, a plurality of cameras arranged in the parking lot, respectively. The guidance device 14 includes, for example, an electric bulletin board, a guidance light, and the like.

Based on the output of the infrastructure sensor 13, the comprehensive control system 11 acquires, for example, on-site information indicating the fullness of the parking space, the movement status of the vehicle in the venue, and the like. The comprehensive control system 11 determines a parking space in which the vehicle to be parked should park, and also determines a travel route to be traveled in order to reach the one parking space, based on the information in the hall. The comprehensive control system 11 transmits the parking information including the position information indicating the determined parking space and the route information indicating the traveling route to the vehicle to be parked via the communication device 12. When the vehicle to be parked is the vehicle 20, the comprehensive control system 11 controls the guidance device 14 in order to guide the vehicle 20.

The comprehensive control system 11 determines a place where the vehicle to be delivered should move (for example, a predetermined waiting place, a delivery gate, etc.) based on the above-mentioned information in the hall, and travels to reach the place to be moved. Determine the travel route to be taken. The comprehensive control system 11 transmits the delivery information including the determined position information indicating the place to be moved and the route information indicating the traveling route to the vehicle to be delivered via the communication device 12. When the vehicle to be delivered is the vehicle 20, the comprehensive control system 11 controls the guidance device 14 in order to guide the vehicle 20.

The information device 100 is located in the vehicle interior of the vehicle 20. The information device 100 may be incorporated in, for example, a center cluster, or may be a terminal portable to the driver of the vehicle 20, for example. The information device 100 includes a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, and a notification unit 130. The control unit 120 communicates with the comprehensive control system 11 via the communication unit 110. At this time, the control unit 120 acquires, for example, the parking information and the warehousing information from the comprehensive control system 11.

Based on the parking information, the control unit 120 displays an image showing a parking space (“parking frame” in FIG. 2) and a traveling route (see the arrow in FIG. 2) as shown in FIG. 2, for example, in the vehicle 20. The notification unit 130 is controlled so as to be presented to the driver of. The control unit 120 controls the notification unit 130 so as to present an image showing the place to be moved and the traveling route to the driver of the vehicle 20 based on the delivery information. In addition, instead of presenting the image to the driver, the control unit 120 controls the notification unit 130 so as to notify the driver of the parking space, the place to be moved, and the traveling route by voice. May be good.

Next, the operation of the comprehensive control system 11 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4.

(Parking operation)
In FIG. 3, the comprehensive control system 11 determines whether or not a newly parked vehicle is detected based on the output of the infrastructure sensor 13 (step S101). The comprehensive control system 11 determines that a newly parked vehicle has been detected, for example, when a new vehicle arrives at a predetermined waiting place outside the parking lot. If it is determined in the process of step S101 that a newly parked vehicle is not detected (step S101: No), the comprehensive control system 11 temporarily ends the process. Then, after a predetermined time (for example, several tens of milliseconds to several hundreds of milliseconds) has elapsed, the process of step S101 is performed again.

When a newly parked vehicle is detected in the process of step S101 (step S101: Yes), the comprehensive control system 11 communicates with the newly parked vehicle via the communication device 12 and recognizes the type of the parked vehicle (step S101: Yes). S102). Specifically, the comprehensive control system 11 recognizes whether the newly parked vehicle is a manually driven vehicle 20 or an automatic valley vehicle 30.
When the comprehensive control system 11 recognizes that the communication is with the information device 100, the comprehensive control system 11 recognizes the newly parked vehicle as the manually driven vehicle 20. At this time, the comprehensive control system 11 transmits information indicating a question to the driver (for example, "manual driving vehicle?") To the information device 100. The control unit 120 of the information device 100 that has received the information indicating the question sends the information. The notification unit 130 controls the notification unit 130 so as to notify the driver of the question indicated by the driver at least one of the image and the sound. The control unit 120 transmits information indicating an answer from the driver to the comprehensive control system via the communication unit 110. The comprehensive control system 11 determines whether or not the newly parked vehicle is the manual driving vehicle 20 based on the information indicating the answer. It should be noted that the method of recognizing the automatic valley vehicle 30 already exists. Since the technology is applicable, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The comprehensive control system 11 determines whether or not the newly parked vehicle recognized in the process of step S102 is the automatic valley vehicle 30 (step S103). When it is determined in the process of step S103 that the vehicle is an automatic valley vehicle (step S103: Yes), the comprehensive control system 11 travels to the newly parked vehicle 30 by the automatic driving function and parks the vehicle to be parked. A signal indicating parking in the space is transmitted (step S112). As a result of the process of step S112, the vehicle 30 is parked in the parking space to be parked by the automatic driving function.

When it is determined in the process of step S103 that the vehicle is not the automatic valley vehicle 30 (that is, the manually driven vehicle 20) (step S103: No), the comprehensive control system 11 parks based on the output of the infrastructure sensor 13. Information on the situation of vehicles traveling in the hall is collected (step S104). Based on the output of the infrastructure sensor 13, the comprehensive control system 11 selects (sets) a parking space in which the newly parked vehicle 20 should park and a travel route of the vehicle 20 to the parking space (step S105). .. It is desirable that the traveling route is selected based on the information collected in the process of step S104.

Next, the comprehensive control system 11 transfers the position information indicating the parking space selected in the process of step S105 and the parking information indicating the route information indicating the traveling route to the information device 100 of the vehicle 20 via the communication device 12. Transmission (step S106). In addition to the position information and the route information, the parking information may include, for example, time information indicating the time when the vehicle 20 starts moving, information related to speed regulation, and the like. As a result of the process of step S106, the control unit 120 of the information device 100 presents, for example, an image as shown in FIG. 2 to the driver of the vehicle 20.

The comprehensive control system 11 transmits a signal indicating a start of travel instruction to the information device 100 via the communication device 12 on condition that it is time to start the movement of the vehicle 20 (step S107). As a result, the driver of the vehicle 20 is notified of the start of traveling. When the parking information includes the time information indicating the time when the movement of the vehicle 20 starts as described above, the control unit 120 of the information device 100 performs the time information instead of the process of step S107. The driver may be notified of the start of travel of the vehicle 20 based on the above.

After the movement of the vehicle 20 is started by the operation of the driver triggered by the process of step S107, the comprehensive control system 11 tracks the vehicle 20 and uses the guidance device 14 based on the output of the infrastructure sensor 13. Guidance of the vehicle 20 is performed (step S109). Since various existing modes can be applied to the tracking method and the guiding method of the vehicle 20, the details thereof will be omitted.

The comprehensive control system 11 determines whether or not the vehicle 20 has completed parking in the parking space to be parked based on the output of the infrastructure sensor 13 (step S110). If it is determined in the process of step S110 that parking has not been completed (step S110: No), the process of step S110 is performed again. When it is determined in the process of step S110 that parking is completed (step S110: Yes), the comprehensive control system 11 ends the communication with the information device 100 of the vehicle 20 (step S111).

(Delivery operation)
Regarding the warehousing operation, the description overlapping with the parking operation described above will be omitted, the common parts on the drawings will be indicated by the same reference numerals, and the fundamental differences will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In FIG. 4, the comprehensive control system 11 is based on information indicating, for example, the scheduled departure time of the parked automatic valley vehicle 30, and the parked manual driving vehicle 20 is, for example, from the information device 100. It is determined whether or not there is a delivery vehicle based on the presence or absence of a signal requesting delivery permission (step S201).

When it is determined in the process of step S201 that there is no vehicle to be delivered (step S201: No), the comprehensive control system 11 temporarily ends the process. Then, after a lapse of a predetermined time, the process of step S201 is performed again. On the other hand, when it is determined in the process of step S201 that there is an exit vehicle (step S201: Yes), the comprehensive control system 11 communicates with the parked vehicle to be exited via the communication device 12, and the type of the parked vehicle Is recognized (step S102).

In FIG. 4, after the processing of step S104, the comprehensive control system 11 determines the place where the vehicle 20 which is the parked vehicle to be delivered should move (that is, the delivery end point) based on the output of the infrastructure sensor 13. The travel route of the vehicle 20 to the place is selected (set) (step S202). After that, the comprehensive control system 11 determines whether or not the vehicle 20 has completed parking at the delivery end point based on the output of the infrastructure sensor 13 (step S203). If it is determined in the process of step S203 that parking is not completed (step S203: No), the process of step S203 is performed again. When it is determined in the process of step S203 that parking is completed (step S203: Yes), the comprehensive control system 11 ends the communication with the information device 100 of the vehicle 20 (step S111).

(Technical effect)
In an automatic valley parking lot having a parking space for a manually driven vehicle 20, if the vehicle 20 moves freely at the driver's will, the movement of the automatic valley vehicle 30 may be affected.

In the embodiment, parking information and exit information, which are instructions from the comprehensive control system 11, are transmitted to the information device 100. As a result, the instruction from the comprehensive control system 11 is transmitted to the driver of the vehicle 20 via the information device 100. That is, in the embodiment, since the information device 100 is in the vehicle interior of the vehicle 20, the comprehensive control system 11 can control the movement of the vehicle 20 in the parking lot.

Therefore, according to the embodiment, it is possible to suppress the influence on the movement of the vehicle 30 due to the movement of the vehicle 20 in the parking lot. On the other hand, the driver of the vehicle 20 can also park the vehicle 20 without paying more attention to the behavior of the vehicle 30 moving unmanned in the parking lot. As a result, according to the embodiment, it is possible to prevent confusion from occurring in a situation where vehicles 20 and 30 coexist in the parking lot.

Various aspects of the invention derived from the embodiments described above will be described below.

The information device according to one aspect of the invention has a parking space for an automatically driving vehicle that performs automatic parking using an automatic driving function and a parking space for a manually driving vehicle that is parked by the operation of a driver. An information device that can communicate with the management device that manages the automatic driving vehicle and the manually driving vehicle in the parking lot, and is mounted on the manually driving vehicle or possessed by the driver, from the management device. , The acquisition means for acquiring parking information including at least one parking space indicating one parking space in which the manually driven vehicle should be parked, and route information indicating a route to the one parking space, and at least by the above-mentioned location information. It is provided with one parking space shown and a notification means for notifying the driver of the route indicated by the route information.

In the above-described embodiment, the "parking lot management system 10" corresponds to an example of a "management device", the "manual driving vehicle 20" corresponds to an example of a "manual driving vehicle", and the "automatic valley vehicle 30" corresponds to an example. The "communication unit 110" and "control unit 120" correspond to an example of "acquisition means", and the "control unit 120" and "notification unit 130" correspond to "notification means". Corresponds to one example.

In the information device, the position information and the route information indicated by the parking information acquired from the management device are notified to the driver of the manually driven vehicle. Therefore, it can be expected that the manually driven vehicle travels in the parking lot according to the parking information instructed by the management device. Therefore, according to the information device, confusion can be suppressed even in a situation where an automatically driven vehicle and a manually driven vehicle coexist in the parking lot.

The information device according to another aspect of the invention has a parking space for an autonomous driving vehicle that performs automatic parking using an automatic driving function, and a parking space for a manually driven vehicle that is parked by the operation of a driver. An information device that can communicate with the self-driving vehicle and the management device that manages the manual-driving vehicle in the parking lot, and is mounted on the manual-driving vehicle or possessed by the driver, and is the manual operation. At the time of leaving the vehicle, the management device obtains the delivery information including at least the position information indicating the place where the manually driven vehicle should be moved and the route information indicating the route to the place to be moved, and at least, It is provided with a place to be moved indicated by the position information and a notification means for notifying the driver of the route indicated by the route information.

In the information device, the position information and the route information indicated by the delivery information acquired from the management device are notified to the driver of the manually driven vehicle. Therefore, it can be expected that the manually driven vehicle travels in the parking lot according to the delivery information instructed by the management device. Therefore, according to the information device, confusion can be suppressed even in a situation where an automatically driven vehicle and a manually driven vehicle coexist in the parking lot.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately modified within the scope of claims and within the scope not contrary to the gist or idea of the invention that can be read from the entire specification. It is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

10 ... Parking lot control system, 11 ... Comprehensive control system, 12 ... Communication device, 13 ... Infrastructure sensor, 14 ... Guidance device, 20 ... Manual driving vehicle, 30 ... Automatic valley vehicle, 100 ... Information device, 110 ... Communication unit, 120 ... Control unit, 130 ... Notification unit

Claims (1)

In a parking lot having a parking space for an automatically driving vehicle that performs automatic parking using an automatic driving function and a parking space for a manually driving vehicle that is parked by a driver's operation, the automatic driving vehicle and the manual operation An information device that can communicate with a management device that manages a driving vehicle and is mounted on the manually driven vehicle or possessed by the driver.
An acquisition means for acquiring parking information including at least position information indicating one parking space in which the manually driven vehicle should be parked and route information indicating a route to the one parking space from the management device.
At least one parking space indicated by the position information, and a notification means for notifying the driver of the route indicated by the route information.
Equipped with
The notification means notifies the driver of the start of travel on condition that the travel start instruction from the management device is acquired by the acquisition means.
The route indicated by the route information is a route that suppresses the influence of the traveling of the manually driven vehicle on the traveling of the automatically driven vehicle.
An information device characterized by that.

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