A parking assist system includes: a control device configured to execute a driving process for autonomously moving a vehicle to a target position; a steering operation member configured to receive a steering operation performed by an occupant; a vehicle state detecting device; and a notification device configured to make a notification to the occupant. In the driving process, the control device executes vehicle speed control and steering control. When, during execution of the driving process, the control device determines that the vehicle is a suspension state in which the driving process should be temporarily suspended, the control device causes the notification device to output a prescribed notification and executes a suspension process. In the suspension process, the control device executes the vehicle speed control to stop the vehicle and stops the steering control.

An automatic parking system is provided. The automatic parking system includes a camera processor that acquires images around a subject vehicle, converts the acquired images into external images and synthesizes the external images. A sensor processor measured spaced distances between the subject vehicle and surrounding vehicles. A parking space recognizing unit periodically receives the spaced distances and the external images and comparing the consecutive external images with the spaced distances using an image recognition technology to recognize parking areas. A controller calculates a moving path between a current position of the subject vehicle and an optimal parking area and operates the subject vehicle based on the moving path.

A vehicle conveyance control apparatus for controlling a plurality of conveyance devices, includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. Each of the plurality of conveyance devices is configured to lift each tire of a vehicle to convey the vehicle from a predetermined area of a parking lot to a parking space. The processor is configured to perform: acquiring vehicle information including tire position information of each tire of the vehicle detected in the predetermined area; selecting conveyance devices to convey the vehicle from among the plurality of conveyance devices different in conveyance capacity for lifting each tire of the vehicle to convey the vehicle based on the tire position information of the vehicle acquired in the acquiring; and instructing the conveyance devices selected in the selecting to convey the vehicle from the predetermined area to the parking space.

One aspect of the invention relates to a method for signaling information to the operator of the remote control for a parking assistance system which can be controlled by remote control from outside of a motor vehicle for automatically parking the motor vehicle into a parking space. The method includes detecting surroundings information with respect to the vehicle surroundings on the motor vehicle side using a surrounding sensor system of the motor vehicle. The parking assistance system in the motor vehicle detects a parking space on the basis of the surroundings information, and information on the detection of a parking space is transmitted from the motor vehicle to the remote control via a wireless communication connection. On the basis of the received information, the remote control signals the presence of the detected parking space to the operator.

An automatic parking method includes: acquiring a panoramic image near a vehicle, and recognizing a parking space line in the panoramic image; determining whether a parking space exists near the vehicle according to a recognition result; in response to the recognition result indicating that no parking space exists near the vehicle, generating a virtual parking space; and controlling the vehicle to park automatically according to the virtual parking space.

A vehicle control apparatus is configured to perform a stop control for stopping a vehicle at a target stop position. The vehicle control apparatus is provided with: a first executor configured to perform a first stop control as the stop control such that a first vehicle is stopped at a first target stop position, which is the target stop position; a second executor configured to perform a second stop control as the stop control such that a second vehicle is stopped at a second target stop position after obtaining a difference between the first target stop position and a first actual stop position at which the vehicle is stopped in the first stop control; and a corrector configured to correct control contents of the second stop control on the basis of the difference, before the second vehicle is stopped at the second target stop position.

A vehicle is provided to automatically move according to a movement request received from a surrounding vehicle already parked when the vehicle is parked around the surrounding parked vehicle. The vehicle includes a communication unit and a sensor sensing an external surrounding. A steering device steers the vehicle wheels and a power device transmits power to the wheels. In response to receiving vehicle identification information and movement request from the surrounding parked vehicle through the communication unit, a controller determines whether the surrounding vehicle has an authority for the movement request based on the external surrounding and the vehicle identification information. The power device and the steering device are operated based on the movement request when the surrounding parked vehicle has the authority.

A remote parking apparatus comprises an electronic control unit which executes a remote parking control to move an own vehicle and park the own vehicle in a designated parking space in response to receiving a signal transmitted wirelessly from an operation terminal. The electronic control unit is configured to set a parking space as the designated parking space even when there is an obstacle interrupting parking the own vehicle in the parking space.

A method and system is disclosed for creating a machine learning model that is reconfigurable. A fixed parameter model is created to include fixed feature values obtained during a training process for the machine learning model. The fixed parameter model may include a fixed base classifier used by the machine learning model to classify objects detected by an ultra-sonic system within a vicinity of a vehicle. A configurable parameter model may be created to include feature values that are different from the fixed feature values, the configurable parameter model including a modified base classifier. A vehicle controller may receive and update the fixed parameter model with the configurable parameter model. The machine learning model may be updated to use the configurable parameter model to classify the objects detected by the ultra-sonic system.

A control device for automated valet parking lot includes: a travel route determining unit configured to determine a travel route to a parking space; a travel route transmission unit configured to transmit the travel route to a vehicle; a position acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the vehicle, a position of the vehicle that is estimated by the vehicle while traveling; and a positional accuracy calculation unit configured to calculate a dynamic estimation accuracy, which is an accuracy of the position of the vehicle acquired by the position acquiring unit from the vehicle while the vehicle is travelling, prior to performing automated driving of the vehicle in accordance with the travel route.