Abstract: A parking management system is provided that addresses the problem of parking difficulties in auto-valet situations where vehicle size is not taken into account. It includes a target parking position determination unit, a route generation unit, and a vehicle control unit. The determination unit considers parking block sizes, empty vehicle space position, and the own vehicle's size to find a suitable parking spot. The route generation unit creates a guidance route from the entrance to the target parking position. The vehicle control unit autonomously drives the own vehicle along the generated route. The system generates potential routes based on entrance or exit positions and determines a turning point on the route. If the own vehicle can safely navigate the turning point considering parked vehicle sizes and minimum turning radius, that route is selected as the guidance route.

Abstract: There is provided an outside environment recognition device that rapidly performs target recognition processing when there is a possibility that a target coming into contact with an own vehicle appears. There is provided an outside environment recognition device that recognizes a target.

Abstract: The present invention provides a driving assistance apparatus that assists driving of a vehicle, comprising: an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of the front of the vehicle; an identification unit configured to identify a traffic light in the image obtained by the image capturing unit; a detection unit configured to detect, from the image, an installation height of the traffic light identified by the identification unit; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the traffic light identified by the identification unit is a target traffic light indicating whether or not the vehicle travels, based on the installation height detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: A driving assistance device comprises: a recognition unit configured to recognize a lighting color of a traffic light from an image captured by a camera that images an outside world of a vehicle; and an alarm output unit configured to output an alarm to a driver of the vehicle when the lighting color is red and there is no braking operation of the vehicle. When a plurality of traffic lights are recognized from the image by processing of the recognition unit, the alarm output unit controls the output of the alarm based on a combination of lighting colors of the plurality of traffic lights.

Abstract: The invention solves a problem that it is not possible to park or pass through a parking lot depending on the vehicle when a specification such as a size of the vehicle is not taken into consideration during auto-valet parking.