# US 2018/0322786 A1 · Method and apparatus for operating a parking facility containing a plurality of controllable infrastructure elements

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- Number: US 2018/0322786 A1
- Document ID: US20180322786A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/773,487
- Filed: 2016-09-16
- Published: 2018-11-08
- Earliest claimed: 2015-11-20
- Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Inventors: Stefan Nordbruch
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180322786A1

## CPC

- G08G 1/164: {Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles}
- G08G 1/146: {where the parking area is a limited parking space, e.g. parking garage, restricted space}
- G08G 1/149: {coupled to means for restricting the access to the parking space, e.g. authorization, access barriers, indicative lights}
- 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 operating a parking facility containing a plurality of controllable infrastructure elements, one or more of the infrastructure elements being controlled in such a way that traffic is able to be prevented from coming close to a vehicle moving without a driver within the parking facility. In addition, a corresponding apparatus, a corresponding parking facility, as well as a computer program, are also described.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-8. (canceled)

### Claim 9

A method for operating a parking facility containing a plurality of controllable infrastructure elements, the method comprising:
controlling at least one of the infrastructure elements in such a way that traffic is prevented from coming close to a vehicle moving without a driver within the parking facility.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the at least one of the infrastructure elements includes an elevator door of an elevator installation, and the controlling include not opening the elevator door of the elevator installation until the vehicle moving without a driver has driven past the elevator door.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the at least one infrastructure element includes a light signaling system, and the controlling includes controlling the light signaling system in such a way that a signal generator of the light signaling system emits a stop signal to signal to the traffic that it is to stop.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the at least one infrastructure element includes a barrier, and the controlling includes closing the barrier.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the at least one infrastructure element includes a door, and the controlling including closing the door.

### Claim 14

An apparatus for operating a parking facility containing a plurality of controllable infrastructure elements, the apparatus including a control device which controls at least one of the infrastructure elements in such a way that traffic is able to be prevented from coming close to a vehicle moving without a driver within the parking facility.

### Claim 15

A parking facility for vehicles, including a plurality of controllable infrastructure elements, and an apparatus for operating the parking facility, the apparatus including a control device which controls at least one of the infrastructure elements in such a way that traffic is able to be prevented from coming close to a vehicle moving without a driver within the parking facility.

### Claim 16

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program, including program code for operating a parking facility containing a plurality of controllable infrastructure elements, the computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:
controlling at least one of the infrastructure elements in such a way that traffic is prevented from coming close to a vehicle moving without a driver within the parking facility.