Adaptive Parking Frame Guidance for Mixed Vehicle Sizes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing parking lot management systems are inefficient in accommodating vehicles of varying sizes and driver characteristics, as they rely on fixed-sized parking areas, which limits the number of vehicles that can be parked and does not consider additional space needs for door opening, luggage loading, or driver passage.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that detects vehicles and drivers, sets customizable parking frames based on vehicle size, door opening methods, and luggage loading needs, and communicates these frames to vehicles for display, using embedded light emitting bodies to guide drivers into optimal parking positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If fixed-sized parking areas are used, then the parking lot structure is simple and easy to manage, but the accommodation efficiency is reduced and fewer vehicles can be parked
Solution Approach 1:
The parking frame size is made dynamic rather than fixed. The information processing apparatus determines the appropriate parking frame size based on the detected vehicle size, and the display unit shows the determined parking frame to the driver. This allows the parking area to adapt to different vehicle dimensions, improving accommodation efficiency while maintaining manageable complexity through automated determination.
Solution Approach 2:
The parking frame parameters (size and position) are changed based on vehicle characteristics. The system detects vehicle size and uses this information to set appropriate parking frame parameters, allowing flexible accommodation of different vehicle types without requiring a completely complex restructured parking lot.
2Ease of operation
If larger parking areas are allocated to ensure safe door opening and luggage loading, then driver convenience and safety are improved, but the number of vehicles that can be parked is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Additional width is provided locally where needed for door opening and luggage loading, rather than uniformly increasing all parking areas. The system determines the specific additional width required based on vehicle characteristics and displays the corresponding parking frame, ensuring convenience only where necessary while maximizing the number of parkable vehicles.
Solution Approach 2:
The system preliminarily determines the required additional width for door opening and luggage loading based on detected vehicle characteristics before the vehicle actually parks. This allows the parking frame to be pre-calculated and displayed to the driver, ensuring safe and convenient parking without requiring excessive space.
3Adaptability or versatility
If standardized parking spaces are used, then the parking lot is easy to construct and manage, but it cannot accommodate vehicles with different size requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The parking lot system performs self-service by automatically detecting vehicle size and determining the appropriate parking frame without requiring manual intervention or complex physical reconfiguration. The information processing apparatus handles the adaptation to different vehicle sizes through automated detection and calculation, maintaining simplicity while achieving versatility.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows for more efficient use of parking space by dynamically adjusting parking frame sizes to accommodate vehicles of different sizes and needs, increasing the number of vehicles that can be parked while ensuring safe and convenient parking experiences.
Implementation Method 1
one or more light emitting bodies are embedded in a road surface of the parking lot, and the one or more processors are configured to cause a light emitting body to emit light, the light emitting body being part of the one or more light emitting bodies and being embedded at a position corresponding to the parking frame
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus communicable with the vehicle includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: detect the vehicle before parking; determine the characteristic of the detected vehicle or the characteristic of a driver of the vehicle; set a parking frame for the vehicle in accordance with the characteristic; and transmit information indicating the parking frame to the vehicle.