# US 12,770,503 B2 · Method for identifying an AVP motor vehicle for an AVP process > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,770,503 B2 - Document ID: US12770503B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/812,730 - Filed: 2024-08-22 - Published: 2025-02-27 - Granted: 2026-10-20 - Earliest claimed: 2023-08-22 - Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH - Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH - Inventors: Patrick Haag; Sascha Muhlbrandt; Sebastian Hahn; Leonie Theobald; Heidrun Schumacher; Mohamed Soliman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12770503B2 ## CPC - G08G 1/0116: {from roadside infrastructure, e.g. beacons} - G08G 1/052: with provision for determining speed or overspeed {(speed measuring in general G01P)} - G08G 1/056: with provision for distinguishing direction of travel - G08G 1/20: {Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles} - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## Abstract A method for identifying an AVP motor vehicle for an AVP process, wherein a driving behavior of the AVP motor vehicle that is manually guided within a region of a parking area is determined on the motor vehicle side, wherein the driving behavior determined on the motor vehicle side is compared with a driving behavior, determined on the infrastructure side, of a motor vehicle located in the same region of the parking area or a plurality of motor vehicles located in the same region of the parking area in order to identify the AVP motor vehicle. Furthermore a method for identifying an AVP motor vehicle for an AVP process, to a device, to a motor vehicle, to a computer program, to a machine-readable storage medium and to a system for identifying an AVP motor vehicle for an AVP process. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for identifying an Automated Valet Parking (AVP) motor vehicle for an AVP process, comprising the steps of: infrastructure-side reception of driving behavior data which describe a first driving behavior of an AVP motor vehicle that is manually guided within a region of a parking area monitored by an infrastructure environment sensor system; infrastructure-side reception of monitoring data based on the monitoring of the region by the infrastructure environment sensor system; infrastructure-side processing of the monitoring data in order to detect on the infrastructure side, based on the monitoring data, a motor vehicle located within the region monitored by the infrastructure environment sensor system; in the case of infrastructure-side detection of a motor vehicle located within the region based on the monitoring data, infrastructure-side determination, based on the monitoring data, of a second driving behavior of the motor vehicle detected on the infrastructure side; infrastructure-side comparison of the first driving behavior with the second driving behavior; and infrastructure-side identification, based on the comparison, of the AVP motor vehicle as the motor vehicle detected on the infrastructure side, based on the comparison on the infrastructure side, a difference between the first driving behavior and the respective driving behavior of the motor vehicle detected on the infrastructure side is determined on the infrastructure side, wherein, based on the determined difference, the AVP motor vehicle is identified on the infrastructure side as the motor vehicle detected on the infrastructure side. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, in the case of infrastructure-side detection of a plurality of motor vehicles located within the region based on the monitoring data, a respective driving behavior of the plurality of motor vehicles detected on the infrastructure side is determined on the infrastructure side based on the monitoring data, wherein the respective driving behaviors are in each case compared on the infrastructure side with the first driving behavior, wherein, based on the respective comparisons, the AVP motor vehicle is identified on the infrastructure side as one of the plurality of motor vehicles detected on the infrastructure side. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a time profile of the determined difference is determined on the infrastructure side, wherein, based on the determined time profile of the determined difference, the AVP motor vehicle is identified on the infrastructure side as a motor vehicle detected on the infrastructure side. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the AVP motor vehicle is identified on the infrastructure side as a motor vehicle detected on the infrastructure side if the time profile of the determined difference remains within a predetermined tolerance interval for a predetermined time. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the AVP motor vehicle is identified on the infrastructure side as a motor vehicle detected on the infrastructure side if the determined difference is less than or less than or equal to a predetermined difference threshold value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the driving behavior is described by at least one of the following driving behavior parameters: location, speed, acceleration, jolt, pose, orientation, curvature of a motor vehicle trajectory, time profile of the location, time profile of the speed, time profile of the acceleration, time profile of the jolt, time profile of the pose, time profile of the orientation, time profile of a motor vehicle trajectory. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the difference determined on the infrastructure side is a respective difference between the corresponding driving behavior parameters describing the respective driving behavior. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein, in the case of identification on the infrastructure side of the AVP motor vehicle as a motor vehicle detected on the infrastructure side, a confidence for the identification is determined on the infrastructure side, wherein, based on the determined confidence, a different identification method is carried out on the infrastructure side in order to re-identify the AVP motor vehicle as the motor vehicle detected on the infrastructure side. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the driving behavior data are received on the infrastructure side from the AVP motor vehicle via a radio connection with the AVP motor vehicle and/or wherein the driving behavior data are received on the infrastructure side from a backend. ### Claim 10 A method for identifying an AVP motor vehicle for an AVP process, comprising the steps of: motor-vehicle-side determination of driving behavior data which describe a first driving behavior of the AVP motor vehicle that is manually guided within a region of a parking area monitored by an infrastructure environment sensor system; motor-vehicle-side reception of monitoring data based on the monitoring of the region by the infrastructure environment sensor system; motor-vehicle-side processing of the monitoring data in order to detect on the motor vehicle side, based on the monitoring data, a motor vehicle located within the region monitored by the infrastructure environment sensor system; in the case of motor-vehicle-side detection of a motor vehicle located within the region based on the monitoring data, motor-vehicle-side determination, based on the monitoring data, of a second driving behavior of the motor vehicle detected on the motor vehicle side; motor-vehicle-side comparison of the first driving behavior with the second driving behavior; and motor-vehicle-side identification, based on the comparison, of the AVP motor vehicle as the motor vehicle detected on the motor vehicle side, based on the comparison on the motor-vehicle-side, a difference between the first driving behavior and the respective driving behavior of the motor vehicle detected on the motor-vehicle-side is determined on the motor-vehicle-side, wherein, based on the determined difference, the AVP motor vehicle is identified on the motor-vehicle-side as the motor vehicle detected on the motor-vehicle-side. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A device which performs the method of claim 1. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A motor vehicle comprising the device of claim 11. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, the computer program comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out the method of claim 1. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1, 11) A system for identifying an AVP motor vehicle for an AVP process, said system comprising a device as claimed in claim 11, which is configured to carry out all steps of the method as claimed in claim 1, and an infrastructure environment sensor system which is configured to monitor a region of a parking area and to output monitoring data based on the monitoring to the device.