Patent ID: 9308913
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: B60W,B62D,E05B

Claim Text:
1. An automatic parking system comprising: a monitoring device configured to monitor a parking space and a path in a parking lot; an automatic drive unit configured to perform an automatic drive control for a vehicle in the parking lot to move from a current position to a predetermined target position in the parking lot based on a monitoring result of the monitoring device; and a contact determination unit configured to perform a contact determination between the vehicle in the automatic drive control and an obstacle, based on the monitoring result or a detection result of a sensor mounted in the vehicle, wherein, in a case where the contact determination is performed by the contact determination unit, the automatic drive unit causes the vehicle to stop, and wherein, after the vehicle stops, the automatic drive unit causes the vehicle to move to a removal position and to be parked using the automatic drive control, and the removal position is determined based on the monitoring result or the detection result.