US Patent 12007767 Method and apparatus for automated valet parking of vehicle

An automated valet parking method includes receiving, by a vehicle, a vehicle return request, receiving, from an infrastructure, a guide route that guides the vehicle from a current parking position to a pickup area to the vehicle, leaving, by the vehicle, the current parking position based on the guide route, autonomously travelling, by the vehicle, to the pickup area along the guide route, and arriving, by the vehicle, at the pickup area.