PURPOSES : The purpose of this study is to identify the beneficiaries of car-sharing that can utilize autonomous car-sharing services when they are introduced. METHODS : This study was conducted in two stages. The first step was to analyze the characteristics of shared car usage by region and rental time using t-Ttest. The second step was to analyze the beneficiaries of autonomous car-sharing services if they are introduced. The beneficiaries were derived using parking time and survey data. RESULTS : Car-sharing behavior showed statistically different usage characteristics by region and rental period. However, the distance traveled per trip for short trips was similar. When the autonomous car sharing service with free return and rental is introduced, 31% (Jeju) to 38% (Daejeon) of short-term renters and 50 to 52% of long-term renters are expected to benefit. CONCLUSIONS : When introducing autonomous car-sharing services, it is necessary to establish a shared car strategy that reflects the characteristics of car-sharing use by region and rental period. In particular, in Jeju Island, where the rental time is relatively longer than Daejeon, the introduction of autonomous car-sharing services will contribute to reducing the cost of shared vehicles in terms of cost.

Over the last years, a number of different path following methods for the autonomous parking system have been proposed for tracking planned paths. However, it is difficult to find a study comparing path following methods for a short path length with large curvature such as a parking path. In this paper, we conduct a comparative study of the path following methods for perpendicular parking. By using Monte-Carlo simulation, we determine the optimal parameters of each controller and analyze the performance of the path following. In addition, we consider the path following error occurred at the switching point where forward and reverse paths are switched. To address this error, we conduct the comparative study of the path following methods with the one thousand switching points generated by the Monte-Carlo method. The performance of each controller is analyzed using the V-rep simulator. With the simulation results, this paper provides a deep discussion about the effectiveness and limitations of each algorithm.