# US 2024/0203254 A1 · Parking control apparatus for vehicle and method thereof

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- Number: US 2024/0203254 A1
- Document ID: US20240203254A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/588,453
- Filed: 2024-02-27
- Published: 2024-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-28
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
- Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
- Inventors: Sun Woo Jeong; Yong Joon Lee; Jin Ho Park
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240203254A1

## CPC

- G08G 1/143: {inside the vehicles}
- B60W 20/12: using control strategies taking into account route information {(estimation or calculation of non-directly measurable driving parameters B60W40/00)}
- B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
- B62D 15/0285: {Parking performed automatically}
- B60W 2050/146: {Display means}
- G08G 1/168: {Driving aids for parking, e.g. acoustic or visual feedback on parking space}
- 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})
- B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

## Abstract

Disclosed are a parking control apparatus for a vehicle and a method thereof. The parking control apparatus includes a processor that searches for at least one parking space in a parking control of a vehicle, calculates an estimated route and a required parking time for each of the at least one parking space, and performs parking control into a target parking space which is one parking space selected from the at least one parking space by a user, and a display that displays the estimated route and the required parking time for each of the at least one parking space.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A parking control apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to search for an exit space upon entry into an exit mode, calculate an estimated route and a required exit time in each exit direction, and control an exit of a vehicle in an exit direction selected by a user; and
a display configured to display the estimated route and the required exit time in each exit direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The parking control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to control the exit of the vehicle based on an exit target mode when controlling the exit of the vehicle in the selected exit direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The parking control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the exit target mode includes a shortest time exit mode in which the exit of the vehicle is completed in a shortest time and an optimum separation exit mode in which the vehicle is controlled to maintain a specified distance from an obstacle.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The parking control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to calculate the estimated route and the required exit time in each exit direction every time the exit target mode is changed by a user, and
wherein the display is configured to display the estimated route and the required exit time in each exit direction in the changed exit target mode.