Automatic parking following an aborted manual parking procedure
AssigneeValeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
InventorThirumalai Kumarasamy Ayyappan
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Abstract
The aim of the invention is to be able to easily complete a parking operation following an aborted manual parking procedure. To this end, the invention proposes a method in which a parking assistant of the vehicle (1) is activated in the parking space (2) and data relating to the area surrounding the vehicle (1) is recorded. A starting region (7) outside the parking space (2) for automatically parking the vehicle (1) in the parking space is determined from the said data. The vehicle (1) is then automatically guided or driven out of the parking space (2) into the starting region (7). From there, the vehicle (1) is automatically parked or guided in/into the parking space (2).
Claims12
A method for parking a vehicle in a parking space with a driver and a parking assistant, comprising:
- initially executing, by the driver, a completely manual attempt to park in the parking space;
- activating the parking assistant of the vehicle in the parking space when the completely manual attempt is unsuccessful;
- recording, by the parking assistant, data relating to a surrounding area of the vehicle;
- determining, by the parking assistant, a starting region outside the parking space for automatic parking of the vehicle in the parking space by the parking assistant on the basis of the data relating to the surrounding area,
- automatically driving, by the parking assistant, the vehicle out of the parking space into the starting region, and
- automatically parking or displaying a trajectory for driving, by the parking assistant, the vehicle into the parking space from the starting region.
A vehicle with a driver, comprising:
- a parking assistant which facilitates an initial execution of a completely manual attempt by the driver to park in a parking space and activates the parking assistant;
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- a sensor device for recording data relating to a surrounding area of the vehicle,
- wherein the parking assistant is configured to, when the completely manual attempt is unsuccessful:
- determine a starting region outside the parking space for automatically parking the vehicle in the parking space on the basis of the data relating to the surrounding area,
- automatically driving the vehicle out of the parking space into the starting region, and
- automatically parking the vehicle from the starting region into the parking space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.