Patent ID: 11921503
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. An automatic parking system configured to cause an autonomous vehicle to travel autonomously from a parking space to a pickup area based on a parking space departure time determined such that the autonomous vehicle arrives the pickup area at a scheduled pickup time that is predetermined, the automatic parking system comprising circuitry configured to:
set an on-control time at which a state of the autonomous vehicle is controlled to be a power-on state based on the parking space departure time;
set the on-control time such that the power-on state is established prior to the parking space departure time;
control the state of the autonomous vehicle to be the power-on state based on the on-control time that is set;
execute departure preparation for the autonomous vehicle to be able to depart for the pickup area from a state in which the autonomous vehicle is parked in the parking space after controlling the state of the autonomous vehicle to be the power-on state based on the on-control time that is set, the departure preparation includes a charging processing of a backup power source for a brake; and
cause the autonomous vehicle to stand by until the departure preparation is completed, and cause the autonomous vehicle to depart from the parking space to the pickup area after the departure preparation is completed.