Method for autonomous vehicle parking
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorsNenad LAZIC, Marcus Nils Gunnar ROTHOFF, Erik COELINGH
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Abstract
A method implemented in a parking management system for parking autonomous vehicles in a parking slot free manner, a method implemented in an autonomous vehicle and an autonomous vehicle adapted to perform the method. The method comprises the steps of requesting to park in a parking space. A parking position is determined based on the vehicle length and width and, based on the length and width of the vehicles forming the vehicle cluster at which the vehicle is intended to be parked. The method is a very flexible way of managing parking space for autonomous vehicles.
Claims15
A method implemented in a parking management system for parking autonomous vehicles in a parking slot free manner, the method comprising:
- a) receiving a signal from an autonomous vehicle carrying information of a request to park, the autonomous vehicle having a length and a width;
- b) determining a parking position within a parking space based on at least the autonomous vehicle's length and width, the parking position being associated with a vehicle cluster based on length and width of each of a number of vehicles within the vehicle cluster;
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- c) sending the parking position to the autonomous vehicle.
A method implemented in an autonomous vehicle for parking in a parking slot free manner, the autonomous vehicle having a length and a width, the method comprising:
- a) sending a signal from the autonomous vehicle carrying information of a request to park in a parking space to a parking management system;
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- b) receiving a determined parking position within the parking space, the parking position being associated with a vehicle cluster based on length and width of each of a number of vehicles within the vehicle cluster.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.