LG Uplus demonstrated the world's first 5th generation mobile communication-based self-parking technology on Dec. 17 with "ACELAB," an automotive electronic control laboratory at Hanyang University, and "Controlworks," a self-driving solution company.
5G self-parking is a kind of "autonomous valet parking" concept in which a car visits a nearby parking lot and parks in an empty space.
It is the first time in a global market that 5G autonomous driving and parking technology have been introduced in uncontrolled roads and public parking lots.
This demonstration is about a year after LG Uplus introduced the vehicle's unmanned remote call technology in October last year.
Sunwoo Myung-ho, a world-renowned professor on autonomous driving technology, said, "This technology will eliminate all the hassle of walking back to our destination after finding a nearby parking lot, entering it and finding an empty seat."
The demonstration showed that the 5G self-driving car "A1" introduced last year has evolved further. In addition to the existing 5G self-driving technology, real-time parking space recognition solution and 5G cloud control service platform have been added.
In addition, Mobile App (App.) service was linked to allow drivers to easily operate and find the location of vehicles.
While driving, 'Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based driving environment awareness' technology played a key role. With the information of the Lidar and Radar sensors installed in the vehicle, a driver recognized the surrounding situation of A1 and predicted future situations.
This provided a stable response to lane changes and sudden intervention of the front, rear and side vehicles.
The 5G self-driving car A1 has undergone 137 closed-door 5G self-driving tests. ACELAB, Controlworks and LG Uplus will begin a public demonstration for general public as early as next month.
