Parking Entrance Registration via Position Deviation Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional information providing apparatuses for vehicles struggle to accurately identify and register entrance and exit points of parking lots, leading to inconvenience and increased data management costs due to the lack of precise entrance point recording in map information.
Innovation Solution
A position registering apparatus that acquires traveling state information to identify the current position of a mobile object and registers deviation points on a road as entrance or exit points to and from parking lots, using GPS and sensor data to determine parking status and type of parking lot.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If entrance points of all parking lots are preliminarily recorded in map information, then route retrieval accuracy to parking lot entrances is improved, but data amount increases making data edit operations difficult and product cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects and registers parking lot entrance points by monitoring when a vehicle's current position deviates from the road onto a parking lot area, eliminating the need for manual data entry and reducing data management complexity while maintaining accurate entrance point records
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection of entrance points during normal vehicle operation and stores them in advance, so that when route retrieval is needed, the entrance points are already registered and ready for use, improving both accuracy and efficiency
2Measurement precision
If entrance points are embedded through user input operations, then data accuracy is improved, but user input operations become troublesome reducing convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects entrance points by monitoring vehicle position deviations without requiring user input, and the detected points are automatically registered and stored, completely eliminating troublesome manual input operations while maintaining accurate entrance point data
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors vehicle position and provides feedback when deviation from road to parking lot is detected, automatically triggering the registration process without user intervention, thereby achieving accurate data collection with minimal user burden
3Device complexity
If only route to vicinity of parking lot is retrieved when entrance point is not recorded, then device complexity is reduced, but user convenience deteriorates as entrance must be searched after arrival
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects and registers entrance points during vehicle operation, so that when route retrieval is performed, accurate entrance point information is already available, providing complete route guidance to the entrance without requiring users to search manually upon arrival
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection and registration of entrance points during normal operation, so that when route retrieval is needed, the entrance point data is already prepared and integrated into the navigation system, enabling direct routing to the entrance
Data Source
AI summary
A position registering apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires traveling state information concerning a mobile object; a position identifying unit that identifies a current position of the mobile object based on the traveling state information and map information; a parking determining unit that determines whether the mobile object is parked when the current position is identified not be on a road; and a registering unit that registers a point of deviation from the road by the mobile object as an entrance point to a parking lot when the current position that has been identified to be on the road is identified to be not on the road and the mobile object is determined to be parked. The registering unit further registers the current position identified upon the parking determining unit determining that the mobile object is parked, as a parking lot position correlated with the entrance point.