Method and system for driving a vehicle to a free parking space in a parking facility
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorStefan Nordbruch
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Abstract
A method for driving a vehicle to a free parking space in a parking facility having a plurality of parking spaces, each parking space assigned a parking space marking that stores at least one piece of information about the occupancy of the parking space, includes the vehicle, when pulling into a parking space, marking the space as occupied via the parking space marking and, when pulling out of the parking space, marking the space as free again via the parking space marking. A corresponding parking facility, vehicle, and system by which to carry out such a method are also provided.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A method for driving a vehicle to a free parking space in a parking facility, wherein the parking facility includes a plurality of parking spaces that each is assigned a respective parking space marking, and wherein each of the parking space markings stores at least one piece of information about an occupancy of the respective parking space to which the respective marking is assigned, the method comprising:
- the vehicle, when pulling into one of the parking spaces, marking the respective parking space as occupied using the parking space marking assigned to the respective parking space;
- and
- the vehicle, when pulling out of the respective parking space, marking the respective parking space as free using the parking space marking assigned to the respective parking space.
A parking facility comprising:
- a plurality of parking spaces that each is assigned a respective parking space marking, wherein each of the parking space markings:
- stores at least one piece of information about an occupancy of the respective parking space to which the respective marking is assigned;
- is configured to be updated by a vehicle, when the vehicle pulls into the respective parking space to which the respective marking is assigned, to mark the respective parking space as occupied;
- and
- is configured to be updated by the vehicle, when the vehicle pulls out the respective parking space to which the respective marking is assigned, to mark the respective parking space as free.
A vehicle comprising:
- a read/write device;
- and
- processing circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to use the read/write device to:
- when the vehicle pulls into one of a plurality of parking spaces of a parking facility that each is assigned a respective parking space marking storing information about an occupancy of the respective parking space to which the respective marking is assigned, mark the parking space marking assigned to the respective parking space to indicate that the respective parking space is occupied;
- and
- when the vehicle pulls out of the respective parking space, mark the respective parking space to indicate that the respective parking space is free.
A system comprising:
- a parking facility that includes a plurality of parking spaces that each is assigned a respective parking space marking that stores information about an occupancy of the respective parking space to which the respective marking is assigned;
- and
- a vehicle that includes a read/write device and processing circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to use the read/write device to:
- when the vehicle pulls into one of the parking spaces, mark the parking space marking assigned to the respective parking space to indicate that the respective parking space is occupied;
- and
- when the vehicle pulls out of the respective parking space, mark the respective parking space to indicate that the respective parking space is free.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.