AISIN Partners with Applied Intuition to Transform the Safety of Automated Parking Systems

About

AISIN is a global leader in automotive technology with a strong commitment to its management philosophy: Inspiring “movement,” creating tomorrow. While about 30% of automobile accidents happen in parking lots, AISIN launched an initiative to develop next-generation automated parking systems, aiming to deliver safer, more convenient experiences for drivers and traffic participants.
Headquarters
Kariya City, Japan
Founded
1965
Employees
34,384 (2025 standalone)
114,449 (2025 consolidated)
“As long as people use automobiles, parking will always be necessary. Addressing parking accidents aligns directly with our vision of a safer mobility future.”
Masaya Kato
General Manager, SDV Application Development Section
1st Chassis & Vehicle Safety System Engineering Department

Goals

AISIN’s vision for automated parking systems stems from a commitment to safety, convenience, and technological innovation aiming to lead the future of vehicle development. The company aims to create transformative solutions that address the real-world challenges facing mobility by leveraging advanced technologies.

Parking lots are complex environments where limited space, poor visibility, and unpredictable movements of pedestrians and vehicles result in accidents. To address these challenges, AISIN set out to:

  • Reduce parking-related accidents and protect both drivers and pedestrians through advanced AI-powered sensing technology and vehicle control
  • Deliver an intuitive and stress-free parking experience by enabling vehicles to search for and park in available spaces even in complex environments

In pursuing these goals, AISIN is not only enhancing safety but redefining the benchmark for comfortable user experience in parking environments.

Image 1: U.S. parking lot contains various complex scenarios
“Verifying automated parking software under real conditions is challenging because it’s extremely difficult to comprehensively test every possible scenario."
Jun Adachi
Engineer

Approach

Traditional testing environments couldn’t effectively reproduce the diverse patterns, edge cases, and rare obstacles found in actual parking lots. AISIN faced significant challenges in ensuring system robustness against factors such as the collection of vast and varied scenario data, changing weather conditions, complex parking lot layouts, and the unpredictable movements of pedestrians.

Simulation-driven development

AISIN integrated Applied Intuition’s ADP solution, specifically emphasizing:
  • Sensor simulation: To replicate real-world sensor feedback without the need for physical devices, giving engineers a high-fidelity view of system responses in virtual contexts.
  • Object simulation: To model intricate movement of obstacles, vehicles, and pedestrians—even “rare” and “abnormal” scenarios that would otherwise require extensive time and resources to evaluate in the field.
  • Cloud collaboration: Scenario sharing and real-time validation with OEM and partners allowed all stakeholders to work from unified data sets, accelerating alignment and reducing rework.
Image 2: Automated parking system verification in the virtual environment

Workflow transformation

AISIN planned simulation as a core “pre-verification” step in the workflow—moving much of the functional validation upstream of physical testing. This change positioned them to confirm robustness and safety earlier and more efficiently.

Impact

Expanded scenario coverage & faster iteration

By leveraging simulation, AISIN has overcome the limitations of traditional scenario coverage, enabling verification of AI and system logic across a broader range of risks and use cases. Even rare edge cases, where data is often scarce, can be rigorously tested in a virtual environment, establishing a more reliable product development and verification framework.

Enhanced cross-team collaboration

Cloud-enabled tools provided a “single source of truth” for distributed engineering and product teams. Simulations, maps, and validation data could be shared and reviewed in real time, bridging gaps between stakeholders and expediting feedback cycles across the AISIN-OEM system.

“Both sides could work from the same standards and perspectives, speeding up decisions and reducing misalignment. This made our development cycles not only faster, but also more transparent.”
Jun Adachi
Engineer

Foundation for future differentiation

While AISIN’s full-scale deployment is ongoing, simulation-driven development has already proven transformative for safety, coverage, and project velocity. The process is expected to enable:

  • Rapid iteration and earlier market releases for advanced automated parking features.
  • Increased confidence in system reliability across unpredictable parking environments.
  • Early adoption and differentiation in the software-defined vehicle (SDV) era.

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