Parking Assistance Recall for Shared Vehicle Parking Sections

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Solution Overview

Problem

In shared vehicle systems, users often have to perform repetitive parking assistance operations, leading to inconvenience and annoyance when a user parks in a section where another user has already set the parking method, as existing systems do not effectively store and apply previous user settings.

Innovation Solution

A parking assistance system that includes a control device to store parking methods associated with specific parking sections, allowing it to determine if a user is returning to a previously parked location and automatically propose the stored method, reducing the need for repetitive user input.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If parking method selection operation is required for each user in shared vehicle scenarios, then each user can have personalized parking preferences, but operation complexity and user annoyance increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of parking operationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically proposing parking methods based on previously stored parking section information before the user needs to make a selection. When a user requests parking assistance, the system retrieves stored parking section data and automatically generates parking method proposals, eliminating the need for users to manually select parking methods repeatedly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by automatically managing parking method selections using stored parking section information. The control device autonomously proposes parking methods based on previously learned parking section data, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring continuous user input and manual configuration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If parking methods are stored in association with parking sections, then subsequent users benefit from previous users' selections, but information management complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to shared vehicle usageVSAvoiddata management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies universality by creating a shared parking section database that serves multiple users and multiple parking scenarios. The stored parking section information becomes a universal resource that can be applied across different users, different vehicles, and different parking locations, making the system adaptable to various shared vehicle usage patterns.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses copying by replicating parking section information across the network. When a parking section is learned and stored, this information can be copied to and shared with other users and vehicles, allowing the same parking section data to serve multiple purposes and multiple users without requiring redundant manual input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Ease of operation

If automatic parking control is implemented without storing previous user selections, then system simplicity is maintained, but user convenience decreases in shared vehicle scenarios

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidloss of parking method information
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by storing parking method information in association with parking sections during initial use. This pre-stored information is then automatically retrieved and proposed for subsequent parking operations at the same location, preventing loss of valuable parking method information and improving user convenience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by continuously learning and storing parking section information from user operations. The control device receives feedback from parking operations, stores this information in the database, and uses it to generate improved parking method proposals for future operations, creating a positive feedback loop that enhances convenience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP4606678A1Parking assistance system, parking assistance method, and program
Publication Date: 2025.08.27 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

To increase convenience, provided is a system including a device which executes control of executing an automatically parking a vehicle or causing the vehicle to automatically exit based on a method selected by a user. The device includes: a storage module (110) which stores, in association with position information on a specific section, a parking method selected by a first user when the first user executes parking the vehicle in the specific section or causing the vehicle to exit from the specific section; a determination module (120) which determines, when a second user executes parking the vehicle in a predetermined section or causing the vehicle to exit from the predetermined section, whether the predetermined section is the specific section; and a processing module (130) which executes proposing, when the determination module determines that the predetermined section is the specific section, to the second user, the parking method stored in the storage module.