Honda develops automated valet parking service

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There’s no pleasure to be found in navigating through a crowded parking lot hunting for a space. That’s why Honda is looking to take this task off drivers’ hands with an automatic valet parking system.

Engineers at Honda are hard at work on a system that will let your car park itself, plus come pick you up when you’re ready to go home. Drivers simply pull up to a terminal, exit their vehicle, input the proper commands, and their car automatically slides into an empty spot in the lot.

The system is even able to park multiple cars at the same time, taking into account their relative positions in order to prevent collisions.

Honda’s self-parking cars can even detect and avoid objects that suddenly dart across their path, such as the rubber ball used in the demonstration.

The system, which Honda is hoping to have finished by 2020, works by combining data from the car’s rear-view camera with visuals from camera mounted in the parking lot, creating a map of the area and directing the car to empty spaces marked on the ground.

The system’s best feature, though, comes into play once you leave the store. By tapping the “call” button on the terminal’s screen, your car will dutifully pull up to the curb and pick you up, saving you the hassle of carrying your heavy bags without even asking for a tip.

The panel has also has a button marked “Emergency!” which the engineers in the video never talk about. While the most logical theory is that it immediately stops all cars controlled by the system, we’re keeping our fingers crossed that it actually sends your car back into the store to pick up the milk you forgot to buy.

Source: Diginfo

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