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US 10,655,972 · App. 15/519,436 · Granted May 19, 2020

Method and device for operating a vehicle and a parking facility respectively

Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch (Kornwestheim, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
G01C21/3415B60W30/06B62D15/0285G01C21/206G01C21/32G05D1/028G05D1/0274G08G1/096844G08G1/096855G08G1/143G08G1/146G08G1/163G08G1/164G09B29/007G09B29/10G01C21/36G05D2201/0213G06Q90/20G06Q2240/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,655,972
App. No.
15/519,436
Filed
Apr 14, 2017
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2687
USPC
340/932.2
Abstract

A method for operating a vehicle, in which a digital map of a parking facility and at least one target position in the parking facility are received by the vehicle via a communication network, positional data of one or more mobile object(s) located within the parking facility are received by the vehicle via the communication network, the vehicle navigates autonomously in the parking facility to the target position based on the digital map and the positional data of the one or the plurality of mobile object(s), and the vehicle parks itself autonomously at the target position. A device for operating a vehicle, a device and a method for operating a parking facility, and a computer program, are also described.

Claims (50)

1. A method for operating a vehicle, comprising:

receiving, by the vehicle via a communication network, a digital map of a parking facility and at least one target position in the parking facility;

receiving, by the vehicle via the communication network, positional data of at least one mobile object located within the parking facility;

autonomously navigating, by the vehicle, in the parking facility to the target position based on the digital map and the positional data of the at least one mobile object; and

autonomously parking, by the vehicle, at the target position,

wherein prediction data of future movements of the at least one mobile object, allocated to the at least one mobile object, are received by the vehicle via the communication network, so that the vehicle navigates autonomously in the parking facility based on the future movements of the at least one mobile object.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle detects its environment with sensors, and if a mobile object is detected on the basis of the sensor-based detection, the vehicle determines a position of the mobile object and transmits positional data that correspond to the position via the communication network to a user of the communication network.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle, during its navigation in the parking facility, transmits positional data that correspond to a current position of the vehicle via the communication network to a user of the communication network.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle transmits route data corresponding to a scheduled route of the vehicle via the communication network to a user of the communication network during navigation of the vehicle in the parking facility.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the data allocated to the at least one mobile object are included by a dynamic layer of the digital map, and the digital map has a static layer that includes positional data of at least one stationary object located within the parking facility.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the data allocated to the at least one mobile object are included in an additional digital map, the digital map including positional data of at least one stationary object located within the parking facility.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the digital map includes a single layer that encompasses data allocated to the at least one mobile object and positional data of at least one stationary object located within the parking facility.

8. A method for operating a vehicle, comprising:

receiving, by the vehicle via a communication network, a digital map of a parking facility and at least one target position in the parking facility;

receiving, by the vehicle via the communication network, positional data of at least one mobile object located within the parking facility;

autonomously navigating, by the vehicle, in the parking facility to the target position based on the digital map and the positional data of the at least one mobile object; and

autonomously parking, by the vehicle, at the target position,

wherein the data allocated to the at least one mobile object are included by a dynamic layer of the digital map, and the digital map has a static layer that includes positional data of at least one stationary object located within the parking facility,

wherein the dynamic layer includes a plurality of dynamic sub-layers, and one of the sub-layers includes data that are allocated to mobile objects having a speed of 0 m/s, and another one of the sub-layers includes data that are allocated to mobile objects having a speed that is greater than 0 m/s.

9. A device for operating a vehicle, comprising:

a communication interface designed to receive a digital map of a parking facility and a target position in the parking facility via a communication network, the communication interface further designed to receive positional data of at least one mobile object located within the parking facility via the communication network;

a guidance device designed to guide the vehicle autonomously in the parking facility to the target position based on the digital map and the positional data of the at least one mobile object, and to park the vehicle autonomously at the target position;

an environmental sensor system for the sensor-based detection of a vehicle environment; and

a processor designed to detect a mobile object in the vehicle environment based on the sensor-based detection, to determine a position of the mobile object, and to ascertain positional data that correspond to the position;

wherein the communication interface is designed to transmit the positional data via the communication network to a user of the communication network,

wherein the processor is designed to predict a future movement of the mobile object on the basis of the sensor-based detection, and to ascertain prediction data that correspond to the prediction, and the communication interface is designed to transmit the prediction data via the communication network to a user of the communication network.

10. A device for operating a parking facility, comprising:

a vehicle-external monitoring device for monitoring the parking facility;

a processor designed to detect at least one mobile object within the parking facility based on the monitoring, to determine a position of the at least one mobile object, and to ascertain positional data that correspond to the position; and

a communication interface designed to transmit a digital map of the parking facility and the positional data via a communication network to a user of the communication network,

wherein the processor is designed to predict a future movement of the at least one mobile object based on the monitoring, and to ascertain prediction data that correspond to the prediction, and the communication interface is designed to transmit the prediction data via the communication network to the user of the communication network.

11. The device as recited in claim 10 , wherein the communication interface is designed to receive positional data of at least one mobile object located within the parking facility via the communication network.

12. The device as recited in claim 10 , wherein the processor is designed to integrate the data allocated to the at least one mobile object as a dynamic layer into the digital map, and the digital map has a static layer, which includes positional data of at least one stationary object located within the parking facility, and the communication interface is designed to transmit the dynamic layer separately from the static layer via the communication network to the user of the communication network.

13. A device for operating a parking facility, comprising:

a vehicle-external monitoring device for monitoring the parking facility;

a processor designed to detect at least one mobile object within the parking facility based on the monitoring, to determine a position of the at least one mobile object, and to ascertain positional data that correspond to the position; and

a communication interface designed to transmit a digital map of the parking facility and the positional data via a communication network to a user of the communication network,

wherein the processor is designed to prepare an additional digital map based on the data allocated to the at least one mobile object, and the digital map includes positional data of at least one stationary object located within the parking facility, and the communication interface is designed to transmit the additional separate map via the communication network to the user.

14. The device as recited in claim 13 , wherein the communication interface is designed to transmit exclusively data that are allocated to the at least one mobile object to the user via the communication network during an autonomous navigation of a vehicle that includes the user of the communication network in the parking facility.

15. A method for operating a parking facility, comprising:

monitoring the parking facility;

detecting at least one mobile object within the parking facility based on the monitoring, determining a position of the at least one mobile object, and ascertaining positional data that correspond to the position; and

transmitting a digital map of the parking facility and the positional data via a communication network to a user of the communication network,

wherein prediction data of future movements of the at least one mobile object, allocated to the at least one mobile object, are received by the vehicle via the communication network, so that the vehicle navigates autonomously in the parking facility based on the future movements of the at least one mobile object.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for operating a vehicle, the computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:

receiving, by the vehicle via a communication network, a digital map of a parking facility and at least one target position in the parking facility;

receiving, by the vehicle via the communication network, positional data of at least one mobile object located within the parking facility;

autonomously navigating, by the vehicle, in the parking facility to the target position based on the digital map and the positional data of the at least one mobile object; and

autonomously parking, by the vehicle, at the target position,

wherein prediction data of future movements of the at least one mobile object, allocated to the at least one mobile object, are received by the vehicle via the communication network, so that the vehicle navigates autonomously in the parking facility based on the future movements of the at least one mobile object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: NORDBRUCH, STEFAN
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 042645/0240 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 224 104 · Nov 24, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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