Automatic Parking Control for Occupied Space Reassignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional parking support apparatuses are unable to control a single vehicle, making it impossible for a vehicle to automatically exit a designated space when another vehicle is already parked there, thereby failing to park the vehicle without user intervention.
Innovation Solution
A parking support apparatus that executes an automatic parking control by making a vehicle travel automatically to a designated space, searching for an available space if the initial space is occupied, and automatically parking the vehicle in the available space, while informing the user if no space is found.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If the vehicle travels automatically to a designated space, then parking automation is improved, but the system cannot handle occupied spaces requiring user intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The parking support apparatus enables the vehicle to perform self-service by automatically detecting when the designated space is occupied and independently searching for alternative parking spaces without requiring user intervention or manual re-designation
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring the availability of the designated space during automatic travel, detecting occupation status, and automatically adjusting the parking process by searching for alternative spaces when the original space becomes unavailable
2Reliability
If the vehicle searches for alternative spaces automatically, then parking success rate is improved, but travel time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by proactively searching for alternative parking spaces when the designated space is found to be occupied, rather than waiting for the parking attempt to fail completely, thereby reducing overall time loss
Solution Approach 2:
The parking process is made dynamic by allowing automatic adjustment of the target parking space based on real-time conditions, enabling the system to adaptively search for and select alternative spaces without rigid adherence to the originally designated location
Data Source
AI summary
A parking support apparatus executes an automatic parking control for making a vehicle travel automatically to a designated space designated by a user to park the vehicle in the designated space automatically. The parking support apparatus ends the automatic parking control when a predetermined end condition is satisfied. The parking support apparatus makes the vehicle travel automatically to search for an available space, when the parking support apparatus determines that the vehicle cannot park in the designated space while the vehicle travels automatically to the designated space. The parking support apparatus automatically parks the vehicle in the available space when the parking support apparatus finds the available space, and informs the user that there is no available space when the parking support apparatus finds no available space by a time at which the end condition is satisfied.