US 2024/0199003 A1 · PARKING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF

Abstract

A method of controlling parking of a vehicle provided with a parking control device including a processor includes: under the control of the processor, obtaining first contour information from a first parked vehicle which is parked in a parking space using sensor information obtained via a sensor module provided in the vehicle; identifying a plurality of parking types for the first parked vehicle based on the first contour information and a current traveling direction of the vehicle; estimating a size of the first parked vehicle in response to a parking type selected among the plurality of parking types; and exploring a target parking space in the parking space based on the size of the first parked vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A method of controlling parking of a vehicle provided with a parking control device including a processor, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the processor, first contour information of a first parked vehicle which is parked in a parking space using sensor information obtained via a sensor module provided in the vehicle;
identifying, by the processor, a plurality of parking types for the first parked vehicle based on the first contour information and a current traveling direction of the vehicle;
estimating, by the processor, a size of the first parked vehicle in response to a parking type selected among the plurality of parking types;
and
exploring, by the processor, a target parking space in the parking space based on the size of the first parked vehicle.

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A parking control apparatus, provided in a vehicle and configured to control parking of the vehicle, the parking control apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to control the parking control apparatus,
wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain first contour information of a first parked vehicle which is parked in a parking space, using sensor information obtained via a sensor module provided in the vehicle:
identify a plurality of parking types for the first parked vehicle based on the first contour information and a current traveling direction of the vehicle;
estimate a size of the first parked vehicle in response to a parking type selected among the plurality of parking types for the first parked vehicle;
and
explore a target parking space in the parking space based on the size of the first parked vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Parking control device and method thereof

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