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Granted Patent B2
US 11,634,119 · App. 17/468,925 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Method of determining a parking position for a motor vehicle, driver assistance system for performing such method, and motor vehicle with a driver assistance system

Inventors: Philipp Hüger (Rühen, DE); Sebastian Busch (Braunschweig, DE); Daniel Thomanek (Berlin, DE)
Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
B60W30/06G05D1/0234G06V20/586G06V20/588B60W2552/53G05D2201/0213
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Patent No.
US 11,634,119
App. No.
17/468,925
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for determining a parking position for a motor vehicle, wherein a perpendicular parking space is detected by means of a sensor system of the motor vehicle, and a parking space data set characterizing the perpendicular parking space is provided to a control unit of the motor vehicle, and the parking position is determined by the control unit by using the parking space data set, as well as by using an access parameter of the motor vehicle that characterizes a possible opening of at least one folding element of the motor vehicle. The invention provides that the parking position is established using an additional access parameter of an additional motor vehicle that is parked adjacent to the parking position. Moreover the invention relates to a driver assistance system and a motor vehicle.

Claims (52)

1. A method for determining a parking position for a motor vehicle, comprising:

detecting a perpendicular parking space by a sensor system of the motor vehicle;

providing a parking space data set characterizing the perpendicular parking space is to a control unit of the motor vehicle; and

determining the parking position by the control unit by using the parking space data set, as well as by using an access parameter of the motor vehicle that characterizes a possible opening of at least one folding element of the motor vehicle; wherein

the parking position is established using an additional access parameter of an additional motor vehicle that is parked adjacent to the parking position.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising: determining an orientation of a forward driving direction of the motor vehicle with respect to the perpendicular parking space to determine the parking position by the control unit by using the parking space data set and by using the access parameter.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the orientation of the forward driving direction of the motor vehicle with respect to the perpendicular parking space is determined by using at least one of the following conditions:

a road type bordering the perpendicular parking space,

a complexity of a driving maneuver needed to drive onto the perpendicular parking space,

an orientation of the forward driving direction of the adjacently parking motor vehicle, and

a load state of a luggage compartment of the motor vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising: determining an offset between a perpendicular longitudinal median plane of the motor vehicle and a perpendicular longitudinal median plane of the perpendicular parking space to determine the parking position by the control unit by using the parking space data set and by using the access parameters.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising: based on an available width of the perpendicular parking space, a motor vehicle width, and the access parameter that characterizes an open position of the folding element, classifying the perpendicular parking space into one of the following categories by the control unit:

a safely usable perpendicular parking space,

a small perpendicular parking space,

a critical perpendicular parking space, and

a not safely usable perpendicular parking space.

6. The method of claim 5 , comprising: when the perpendicular parking space is categorized as a small perpendicular parking space, determining the parking position by the control unit such that a comfort distance to the adjacently parking motor vehicle is provided at at least one of the folding elements of the motor vehicle.

7. The method of claim 5 , comprising: when the perpendicular parking space is categorized as a critical perpendicular parking space, determining the parking position by the control unit such that a minimum distance to the adjacently parking motor vehicle is provided at at least one of the folding elements of the motor vehicle.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein two sensor units of the sensor system that are designed different from each other are used to detect the perpendicular parking space, wherein a first one of these sensor units detects a ground marker defining the perpendicular parking space in order to provide the control unit with a reference data set partially characterizing the perpendicular parking space, and a second one of these sensor units detects a free volume of the perpendicular parking space in order to provide the control unit with a free volume data set partially characterizing the perpendicular parking space so that the parking space data set is provided to the control unit by the sensor system based on the reference data set and the free volume data set, and a corresponding parking position is consequently ascertained.

9. A driver assistance system for determining a parking position for a motor vehicle, the driver assistance system configured for:

detecting a perpendicular parking space by a sensor system of the motor vehicle;

providing a parking space data set characterizing the perpendicular parking space to a control unit of the motor vehicle; and

determining the parking position by the control unit by using the parking space data set, as well as by using an access parameter of the motor vehicle that characterizes a possible opening of at least one folding element of the motor vehicle; wherein

the parking position is established using an additional access parameter of an additional motor vehicle that is parked adjacent to the parking position.

10. A motor vehicle with a driver assistance system configured for:

detecting a perpendicular parking space by a sensor system of the motor vehicle;

providing a parking space data set characterizing the perpendicular parking space to a control unit of the motor vehicle; and

determining the parking position by the control unit by using the parking space data set, as well as by using an access parameter of the motor vehicle that characterizes a possible opening of at least one folding element of the motor vehicle; wherein

the parking position is established using an additional access parameter of an additional motor vehicle that is parked adjacent to the parking position.

11. The method of claim 2 , comprising: determining an offset between a perpendicular longitudinal median plane of the motor vehicle and a perpendicular longitudinal median plane of the perpendicular parking space to determine the parking position by the control unit by using the parking space data set and by using the access parameters.

12. The method of claim 3 , comprising: determining an offset between a perpendicular longitudinal median plane of the motor vehicle and a perpendicular longitudinal median plane of the perpendicular parking space to determine the parking position by the control unit by using the parking space data set and by using the access parameters.

13. The method of claim 2 , comprising: based on an available width of the perpendicular parking space, a motor vehicle width, and the access parameter that characterizes an open position of the folding element, classifying the perpendicular parking space into one of the following categories by the control unit:

a safely usable perpendicular parking space,

a small perpendicular parking space,

a critical perpendicular parking space, and

a not safely usable perpendicular parking space.

14. The method of claim 3 , comprising: based on an available width of the perpendicular parking space, a motor vehicle width, and the access parameter that characterizes an open position of the folding element, classifying the perpendicular parking space into one of the following categories by the control unit:

a safely usable perpendicular parking space,

a small perpendicular parking space,

a critical perpendicular parking space, and

a not safely usable perpendicular parking space.

15. The method of claim 4 , comprising: based on an available width of the perpendicular parking space, a motor vehicle width, and the access parameter that characterizes an open position of the folding element, classifying the perpendicular parking space into one of the following categories by the control unit:

a safely usable perpendicular parking space,

a small perpendicular parking space,

a critical perpendicular parking space, and

a not safely usable perpendicular parking space.

16. The method of claim 13 , comprising: when the perpendicular parking space is categorized as a small perpendicular parking space, determining the parking position by the control unit such that a comfort distance to the adjacently parking motor vehicle is provided at at least one of the folding elements of the motor vehicle.

17. The method of claim 14 , comprising: when the perpendicular parking space is categorized as a small perpendicular parking space, determining the parking position by the control unit such that a comfort distance to the adjacently parking motor vehicle is provided at at least one of the folding elements of the motor vehicle.

18. The method of claim 15 , comprising: when the perpendicular parking space is categorized as a small perpendicular parking space, determining the parking position by the control unit such that a comfort distance to the adjacently parking motor vehicle is provided at at least one of the folding elements of the motor vehicle.

19. The method of claim 13 , comprising: when the perpendicular parking space is categorized as a critical perpendicular parking space, determining the parking position by the control unit such that a minimum distance to the adjacently parking motor vehicle is provided at at least one of the folding elements of the motor vehicle.

20. The method of claim 14 , comprising: when the perpendicular parking space is categorized as a critical perpendicular parking space, determining the parking position by the control unit such that a minimum distance to the adjacently parking motor vehicle is provided at at least one of the folding elements of the motor vehicle.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2023
From: THOMANEK, DANIEL
To: IAV GMBH
Reel/Frame 062942/0047 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2023
From: IAV GMBH
To: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 062942/0101 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2023
From: HÜGER, PHILIPP; BUSCH, SEBASTIAN, DR.
To: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 062935/0254 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 211 332.7 · Sep 9, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220073056A1 · Mar 10, 2022
Cited By (1)
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