A control device for an automated valet parking lot includes: a travel path determination unit determining a travel path to one of a plurality of parking sections defined in the parking lot; a travel path transmission unit transmitting the travel path to a vehicle having a function of estimating an own position; and an accuracy evaluation unit evaluating an accuracy of the own position estimated by the vehicle. The accuracy evaluation unit is further configured to: recognize a position of the vehicle in the automated valet parking lot based on information from a sensor disposed in the automated valet parking lot; and evaluate the accuracy of the own position by determining whether the recognized position of the vehicle exceeds a preset allowable range that is a range including the travel path with a predetermined margin.

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) have shown the potential to improve safety, increase road throughput, and optimize energy efficiency and emissions in several complicated traffic scenarios. This invention describes a mixed-integer programming (MIP) optimization method for global multi-vehicle decision making and motion planning of CAVs in a highly dynamic environment that consists of multiple human-driven, i.e., conventional or manual, vehicles and multiple conflict zones, such as merging points and intersections. The proposed approach ensures safety, high throughput and energy efficiency by solving a global multi-vehicle constrained optimization problem. The solution provides a feasible and optimal time schedule through road segments and conflict zones for the automated vehicles, by using information from the position, velocity, and destination of the manual vehicles, which cannot be directly controlled. Despite MIP having combinatorial complexity, the proposed formulation remains feasible for real-time implementation in the infrastructure, such as in mobile edge computers (MECs).

A warning system and method are provided. The warning system includes a plurality of sensing apparatuses and a server. The sensing apparatuses are used for sensing a driving trajectory of each of a plurality of two-wheeled vehicles. The server compares the driving trajectories with an accident hotspot list to determine whether at least one first driving trajectory matches an accident hotspot location, wherein the accident hotspot list is generated by a plurality of driving behavior events corresponding to each of the two-wheeled vehicles. The server generates a warning message to remind a first driver of a first two-wheeled vehicle corresponding to the at least one first driving trajectory when determining that the at least one first driving trajectory matches the accident hotspot location.

A management controller manages an automated valet parking service in which a vehicle travels autonomously to enter or exit a designated parking position in a parking lot having a plurality of parking positions. The management controller acquires the designated parking position of a service utilizing vehicle parked by the automated valet parking service. The management controller acquires a scheduled exit time of the service utilizing vehicle. The management controller determines a start timing of an air conditioner of the service utilizing vehicle based on the designated parking position and the scheduled exit time, and The management controller instructs the service utilizing vehicle to start the air conditioner at the start timing.

Location technologies are combined with other information systems to provide augmented information for individuals such as a traveler in an automobile.

An automated valet parking system, an automated valet parking method, and an automated valet parking infrastructure, and a vehicle having an automated valet parking feature are disclosed. In particular, the vehicle can autonomously move to and park in a designated parking spot by communicating with the infrastructure. In addition, the vehicle can autonomously move to a pickup area from a parking spot by communicating with the infrastructure.

The information processing device provides information relating to a movement of a mobile body. The receiving unit receives an information request. The load determination unit determines a load of a driver with respect to a driving of the mobile body. The voice output unit outputs, in response to the information request, a basic information when the load is large, and an additional information in addition to the basic information when the load is small.

According the present invention, there is provided a control system (10) that includes an image acquisition unit (11) that acquires an image generated by a camera, a controlled object determination unit (12) that analyzes the image and determines at least one of a vehicle that satisfies a predetermined condition and a vehicle in which a predetermined person is riding included in the image, as a vehicle to be controlled, a control content decision unit (13) that decides a control content for the vehicle to be controlled, and an output unit (14) that outputs a control command including the control content to the vehicle to be controlled.

Among other things, stored data is maintained indicative of potential stopping places that are currently feasible stopping places for a vehicle within a region. The potential stopping places are identified as part of static map data for the region. Current signals are received from sensors or one or more other sources current signals representing perceptions of actual conditions at one or more of the potential stopping places. The stored data is updated based on changes in the perceptions of actual conditions. The updated stored data is exposed to a process that selects a stopping place for the vehicle from among the currently feasible stopping places.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for monitoring a dedicated roadway the runs in parallel to a railroad. In some implementations, a system includes a central server, an interface, and sensors. The interface receives data from a railroad system that manages the railroad parallel to the dedicated roadway. The sensors are positioned in a fixed location relative to the dedicated roadway. Each sensor can detect vehicles in a first field of view on the dedicated roadway. For each detected vehicle, each sensor can generate sensor data based on the detected vehicle in the dedicated roadway and the data received at the interface. Each sensor can generate observational data and instruct the detected vehicle to switch to an enhanced processing mode. Each sensor can determine an action for the detected vehicle to take based on the generated observational data.