Autonomous Vehicle Parking Layout Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Inefficient use of parking space due to varying vehicle sizes and uncoordinated positioning in shared parking areas, leading to significant unutilized space, especially when vehicles arrive and leave at different times and are managed by unrelated operators.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that obtains vehicle information, identifies occupied areas, and determines an optimized layout for vehicles in a parking area by repositioning autonomous vehicles to maximize space utilization, considering vehicle dimensions, driving directions, and movement events such as arrivals and departures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If vehicles are parked in a common parking area without coordination, then each vehicle operator can independently position their vehicle, but the parking area experiences significant unutilized space and inefficient use of parking area
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts vehicle positions and orientations in real-time based on arrival and departure events. The coordinated positioning system continuously optimizes the parking layout by recalculating positions when vehicles arrive or leave, transforming the static parking arrangement into a dynamic adaptive system that maximizes space utilization while maintaining operational simplicity for individual vehicle operators.
2Adaptability or versatility
If vehicles of different sizes are parked in a common parking area, then the parking area can accommodate various vehicle types, but the parking area experiences significant unutilized space
Solution Approach 1:
The system assigns different positioning strategies and spatial requirements to different vehicle types based on their specific dimensions and characteristics. Each vehicle receives a customized position and orientation recommendation that optimizes space utilization for its particular size and shape, rather than applying a uniform parking approach to all vehicles. This localized optimization allows the parking area to efficiently accommodate diverse vehicle types.
3Ease of operation
If vehicles arrive and leave at different times without coordination, then each vehicle operator has flexibility in timing, but the parking area experiences inefficient space utilization
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares optimized parking layouts in advance based on predicted vehicle arrivals and departures. When a vehicle is scheduled to arrive or depart, the system pre-calculates the optimal positioning strategy and communicates it to the vehicle operator before the actual event occurs. This preliminary coordination allows operators to maintain flexible timing while the system proactively optimizes space utilization in anticipation of changes in the parking area configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
Vehicle positioning in a parking area is provided by obtaining vehicle information of vehicles for positioning in the parking area, identifying unutilized parking space in the parking area, then based on recognizing a vehicle movement event, determining an optimized layout for the vehicles, the optimized layout including position for each vehicle of the vehicles, the vehicle movement event including (i) actual or anticipated arrival of an arriving vehicle to be positioned in the parking area or (ii) actual or anticipated departure of a departing vehicle departing from the parking area, and positioning one or more vehicles of the vehicles to conform to the determined optimized layout, the positioning including automatically controlling movement of at least one autonomous vehicle of the one or more vehicles and repositioning a vehicle, of the one or more vehicles, that is a different vehicle than the arriving vehicle or departing vehicle.