Method for finding a parked vehicle in a parking structure, and parking structure
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorThomas NEUMAYER
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for finding a parked vehicle in a parking structure, wherein a parked position of the vehicle is stored in a parking structure, a mobile terminal is coupled to the parking structure in order to provide a radio transmission path, navigation to the parked vehicle is requested from the parking structure using the mobile terminal, and the parking structure produces light trajectories in order to navigate a user to the parked position of the vehicle.
Claims9
-8. (canceled)
A method for finding a parked vehicle in a parking structure, the method comprising:
- storing a parked position of the vehicle in a parking structure,
- coupling a mobile terminal to the parking structure in order to provide a radio transmission path,
- requesting, by the mobile terminal, navigation to the parked vehicle from the parking structure,
- producing, by the parking structure, light trajectories in order to navigate a user to the parked position of the vehicle, wherein a multiplicity of light sources of the parking structure are correspondingly controlled for producing the light trajectories, wherein the light sources present for illuminating the parking structure are developed such that they can be used for producing the light trajectories,
- wherein the parking structure follows the path of the user along the light trajectories and the production of the light trajectories with regard to their local expansion is adjusted to the current position of the user such that the corresponding light trajectories are only produced in a definable area around the user.
A parking structure for finding a parked vehicle in the parking structure, comprising:
- a memory apparatus for storing a parked position of the vehicle, and
- a communication interface configured to communicate with a mobile terminal via a radio transmission path,
- wherein the parking structure is configured, following a request for navigation to the parked vehicle via the communication interface, to produce light trajectories in such a manner that a user is navigated to the parked position of the vehicle, wherein the parking structure has a multiplicity of light sources for producing the light trajectories, wherein the light sources present for illuminating the parking structure are developed such that they can be used for producing the light trajectories,
- wherein the parking structure is configured to follow the path of the user along the light trajectories and to adjust the production of the light trajectories with regard to their local expansion to the current position of the user such that the corresponding light trajectories are only produced in a definable area around the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.