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US 12,638,860 · App. 18/528,414 · Granted May 26, 2026

Method and apparatus for remote control of a vehicle

Inventors: Benno Albrecht (Holzmaden, DE); Nicolas Velz (Stuttgart, DE); Thomas Scheuerle (Friolzheim, DE); Meike Fehse (Nersingen, DE)
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
G05D1/622B60W30/06G05D1/222G05D2109/10G05D2111/30
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Patent No.
US 12,638,860
App. No.
18/528,414
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for remote control of a vehicle. An input and/or remote control device is provided. The apparatus includes: a transceiver device in the vehicle, configured to exchange signals with the input and/or remote control device; sensors mounted in or on the vehicle for detecting the environment of the vehicle; a signal from the input and/or remote control device to the transceiver device activates an operating mode in the vehicle in which the vehicle moves to a target position independently, i.e., without the assistance of a driver located in the vehicle. The target position is in a first direction of travel of the vehicle. The vehicle, in the operating mode, also moves in the second direction of travel opposite the first direction of travel depending on the detected environment. The vehicle can also move away from the target position in order to reach the target position.

Claims (31)

1 . A method for remote control of a vehicle using an input or remote control device, the vehicle includes a transceiver device, which is configured to exchange signals with the input or remote control device, and the vehicle has sensors for detecting an environment of the vehicle, the method comprising the following steps:

activating an operating mode of the vehicle by a signal to the transceiver device, wherein in the operating mode, the vehicle automatically moves to a target position, and wherein the target position is located in a first direction of travel of the vehicle;

wherein the vehicle, in the operating mode, also moves in a second direction of travel opposite the first direction of travel depending on the detected environment;

detecting an obstacle located between the vehicle and the target position, wherein the vehicle then moves in the second direction of travel when it is detected that the obstacle projects into the travel path of the vehicle in a predeterminable first manner;

wherein the travel path is specified by an outer contour of the vehicle using an imaginary straight-line travel in the first direction of travel.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least an environment located in a vicinity of the vehicle between the vehicle and the target position is detected as the environment.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a least steering of the vehicle is actuated in the operating mode.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein steering is actuated during the movement in the second direction of travel depending on which side of the vehicle the obstacle is detected.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the vehicle is moved in the second direction of travel until a position of the detected obstacle with respect to the vehicle orientation allows it to be avoided, wherein, the vehicle is moved in the second direction of travel until the detected obstacle projects into the travel path of the vehicle in a predeterminable second manner, and wherein, the projection in a first manner is greater than the projection in a second manner.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the vehicle is moved in the first direction of travel after the movement in the second direction of travel.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

before the movement in the second direction of travel, a signal is output from the transceiver device to the input or remote control device, wherein the movement in the second direction of travel takes place only by a signal from the input or remote control device to the transceiver device, and

after the movement in the second direction of travel and before movement in the first direction of travel, a signal is output from the transceiver device to the input or remote control device, wherein the movement in the first direction of travel takes place only by a signal from the input or remote control device to the transceiver device.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the target position is a parking space in a garage,

the input or remote control device is operated by a person located outside the vehicle, and

the obstacle is a vehicle-side boundary of the parking space, including entry boundaries of a garage.

9 . An apparatus for remote control of a vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle and an input or remote control device, wherein:

the vehicle includes a transceiver device, which is configured to exchange signals with the input or remote control device,

the vehicle has sensors for detecting an environment of the vehicle,

an operating mode of the vehicle is activated by a signal to the transceiver device, wherein in the operating mode, the vehicle automatically moves to a target position, wherein the target position is located in a first direction of travel of the vehicle, and

in the operating mode, the vehicle also moves in a second direction of travel opposite the first direction of travel depending on the detected environment;

wherein the vehicle is configured to:

detect obstacles located between the vehicle and the target position are detected, and

move in the second direction of travel when it is detected that the obstacle projects into the travel path of the vehicle in a predeterminable first manner;

wherein the travel path is specified by an outer contour of the vehicle using an imaginary straight-line travel in the first direction of travel.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:

the target position is a parking space in a garage,

the input or remote control device is operated by a person located outside the vehicle, and

the obstacle is a vehicle-side boundary of the parking space including entry boundaries of a garage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2024
From: ALBRECHT, BENNO; VELZ, NICOLAS; SCHEUERLE, THOMAS; FEHSE, MEIKE
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 066938/0704 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 102022213144.4 · Dec 6, 2022 · national
DE 102023212189.1 · Dec 4, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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