Abstract: A control device for an automatic valet parking facility includes: an in-advance obtainment unit configured to obtain, before the vehicle arrives at a specific position on a route to a parking area where automated driving for parking is performed according to a guidance of the control device, (i) characteristics information indicating characteristics of a vehicle that is about to enter the parking area and (ii) identification information of the vehicle; a specific obtainment unit configured to obtain the identification information of the vehicle located at the specific position; and an action unit configured to perform an action for a driver of the vehicle located at the specific position according to the characteristics information, among the characteristics information that has been obtained, corresponding to the identification information obtained from the vehicle located at the specific position.

Abstract: A parking charge device, which charges a parking fee of a target vehicle in a parking lot with automated valet parking service, is configured to: start a count operation for charging purpose when a start condition is satisfied, terminate the count operation when a termination condition is satisfied; calculate a parking fee corresponding to a count value obtained by the count operation; and calculate a temporary parking fee based on the count value at a detection time of an exit request of the target vehicle. When the count operation is terminated within a preset duration, the temporary parking fee is adopted as the parking fee corresponding to the count value.

Abstract: A parking assist device performs parking assist. A vehicle receives assist from the parking assist device. A type determination unit determines a type of received data, which represents data received from the parking assist device or the vehicle. A replacement transmission unit replaces the received data with at least one transmission data, which is prepared in advance, according to the type of the received data and transmits the transmission data to the receiver device, when the type of the received data is a first type. A transfer unit transfers the received data as the transmission data to the receiver device when the type of the received data is a preset second type.

Abstract: An electrical component control device controls an operation state of at least one electrical component mounted in an autonomous vehicle. The electrical component control device comprises a request determination unit that determines whether a movement request for moving the autonomous vehicle in a state where a user is not in the autonomous vehicle is received; an operation restraining unit that restrains operations of multiple target electrical components representing an electrical component that acts on five senses of the user when the autonomous vehicle is instructed to move in response to the movement request; an operation state recording unit that records operation states of the multiple target electrical components; and a state restoring unit that restores the operation states of the multiple target electrical components to the operation states of the multiple target electrical components recorded in the memory, before the user gets on the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A control device is configured to: set multiple time related areas in a parking space of an automated valet parking lot, the multiple time related areas being correlated to respective scheduled exit times different from one another; acquire a scheduled exit time of a vehicle to be parked in the automated valet parking lot; select, from the multiple time related areas, a target parking area of the vehicle corresponding to the acquired scheduled exit time; set a parking position of the vehicle in the selected target parking area. Each time related area is set to have a shorter travel distance to an exit room of the parking lot than other time related areas when the correlated scheduled exit time is earlier than those of other time related areas.

Abstract: A parking assistance system configured to assist in automatic valet parking of a vehicle includes an autonomous vehicle configured to perform autonomous driving between a boarding-alighting area and a parking area in a parking lot; and a management device configured to manage entering and exiting of an autonomous vehicle in the parking lot. The management device includes a route generation unit configured to generate a guide route from the boarding-alighting area to the parking area. A map provision unit in the management device is configured to extract a route map indicative of a portion of parking lot map information regarding the guide route and to provide the route map to the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A control device, which is used in an automated valet parking lot, includes: an availability determination unit determining an availability of a parking section included in a parking area, the parking area being defined as an area in which an autonomous driving of a vehicle is executed according to a guidance of the control device within the automated valet parking lot; and a vehicle guidance unit guiding an entrance vehicle to the parking section according to the availability of the parking section determined by the availability determination unit, the entrance vehicle corresponding to the vehicle that requests an entrance to the parking section. When the availability determination unit determines that the parking section is unavailable, the vehicle guidance unit guides the entrance vehicle to a passage included in the parking area.

Abstract: By a parking assistance apparatus, a parking assistance system, or a non-transitory tangible storage medium storing a parking assistance program executed by a computer, an obstructing vehicle is identified when an exit request for an exit vehicle is received, a movement load of the obstructing vehicle is determined, a non-obstruction position is determined as a target parking position, the obstructing vehicle is moved to the non-obstruction position, and the exit vehicle is moved along the guidance route.

Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: an order table configured to record an order of setting the guide routes for autonomous vehicles; a guide calculation unit that calculates the guide routes; a re-calculation unit that re-calculates, in accordance with the order, the guide routes for vehicles among the autonomous vehicles for which the guide routes not overlapping with each other cannot be calculated; a guide setting unit configured to: set the guide routes for vehicles among the autonomous vehicles for which the guide routes not overlapping with each other can be calculated; and not set the guide routes for the vehicles for which the guide routes not overlapping with each other cannot be calculated; a route transmission unit that transmits the set guide routes to the autonomous vehicles; and an order change unit that changes the order.

Abstract: A parking support device configured to support an automatic valet parking of a vehicle includes: an abnormality determiner configured to determine a presence or absence of an abnormality in an automatically driven vehicle when the automatically driven vehicle moves in a parking facility by automatic driving; and a notification instructor configured to issue, when determining an abnormality, a notification instruction for a portable terminal device held by a user of the automatically driven vehicle, notifying contents including (i) collection information indicating a collection position where the user should collect the automatically driven vehicle, and (ii) prompter information prompting that the user should go to the collection position.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A parking assistance system for assisting parking of a vehicle includes: an autonomous driving vehicle configured to perform automatic driving from a drop off area in a parking lot to a parking position upon receiving a parking start instruction; a management device configured to manage entering and exiting of the autonomous driving vehicle; and a fixed terminal device installed in the drop off area, the fixed terminal device being operable by a user of the autonomous driving vehicle. The management device includes an intention acquiring unit configured to acquire a parking intention input by the user; an inspection executing unit configured to execute an inspection on the autonomous driving vehicle; an operation requesting unit configured to request the user to perform a predetermined operation through the fixed terminal device; and an instruction transmitting unit configured to transmit the parking start instruction to the autonomous driving vehicle.

Abstract: A control device for an 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; and a positional accuracy calculation unit configured to calculate a positional estimation accuracy, which is an accuracy of the position of the vehicle acquired by the position acquiring unit, prior to performing automated driving of the vehicle in accordance with the travel route.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: An ECU causes an injector to implement multiple split injections during a combustion cycle and to implement a final split injection among the split injections in the latter half of the compression stroke. The ECU further sets a time interval between the injection timing for the final split injection and the ignition timing of an ignition plug at a constant time in a region in which the fuel pressure is the same. Then, the ECU sets a crank angle position based on the time interval and a rotational speed of an output shaft.

Abstract: A control device includes a drive unit configured to supply electric power to a fuel injection valve to perform valve open drive to supply fuel to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine; and a correction unit configured to correct a fuel injection amount of the fuel injection valve. The correction unit is configured to learn the fuel injection amount of the fuel injection valve when NOx purge is performed to reduce and purify the NOx occlusion catalyst.

Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control device sets a target air-fuel ratio and performs an air-fuel ratio control based on the target air-fuel ratio for an engine of a spark ignition type. The air-fuel ratio control device includes a lean combustion determination unit that determines whether a lean combustion is performed in the engine at the target air-fuel ratio, the target air-fuel ratio being set leaner than the theoretical air-fuel ratio; a target NOx setting unit that sets a target NOx concentration according to an operation state of the engine; an acquisition unit that acquires an actual NOx concentration detected by using a NOx concentration detection unit in an exhaust passage of the engine; and a correction unit that corrects the target air-fuel ratio based on the target NOx concentration and the actual NOx concentration when determination is made that lean combustion is performed.

Abstract: A control device includes a drive unit configured to supply electric power to a fuel injection valve to perform valve open drive to supply fuel to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine; and a correction unit configured to correct a fuel injection amount of the fuel injection valve. The correction unit is configured to learn the fuel injection amount of the fuel injection valve when NOx purge is performed to reduce and purify the NOx occlusion catalyst.

Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control device sets a target air-fuel ratio and performs an air-fuel ratio control based on the target air-fuel ratio for an engine of a spark ignition type. The air-fuel ratio control device includes a lean combustion determination unit that determines whether a lean combustion is performed in the engine at the target air-fuel ratio, the target air-fuel ratio being set leaner than the theoretical air-fuel ratio; a target NOx setting unit that sets a target NOx concentration according to an operation state of the engine; an acquisition unit that acquires an actual NOx concentration detected by using a NOx concentration detection unit in an exhaust passage of the engine; and a correction unit that corrects the target air-fuel ratio based on the target NOx concentration and the actual NOx concentration when determination is made that lean combustion is performed.

Abstract: An ECU causes an injector to implement multiple split injections during a combustion cycle and to implement a final split injection among the split injections in the latter half of the compression stroke. The ECU further sets a time interval between the injection timing for the final split injection and the ignition timing of an ignition plug at a constant time in a region in which the fuel pressure is the same. Then, the ECU sets a crank angle position based on the time interval and a rotational speed of an output shaft.