Method for ascertaining a parking area of a street section
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsPhilipp Mayer, Peter Christian Abeling, Thorben Schick, Carlos Cunha
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Abstract
A method for ascertaining a parking area of at least one street section includes providing information indicating a usable width of the street section, the usable width representing a drivable width of the street section between spaces for parked vehicles at the two lateral sides of a driving vehicle; the driving vehicle driving the street section and ascertaining lateral distances from objects using an ascertainment device situated in the driving vehicle; comparing the ascertained lateral distances to the usable width; and ascertaining the parking area by way of the comparison.
Claims15
A method for ascertaining a parking area of a street section, the method comprising:
- driving the street section by an ascertaining vehicle;
- ascertaining, by an ascertaining device in the ascertaining vehicle, lateral distances from objects, the lateral distances being ascertained during the driving;
- comparing, by processing circuitry, the ascertained lateral distances to a predetermined usable width of the street section, the predetermined usable width representing a drivable width of the street section between parked vehicles;
- and
- ascertaining, by the processing circuitry, the parking area based on the comparison.
A device for ascertaining a parking area of a street section, the device comprising:
- an ascertaining vehicle that includes an ascertainment device, wherein the ascertaining device includes (a) a sensor for ascertaining lateral distances from objects, the lateral distances being detected while the ascertaining vehicle is driving, and (b) circuitry using which:
- the ascertained lateral distances are compared to a predetermined usable width of the street section, the predetermined usable width representing a drivable width of the street section between parked vehicles;
- and
- the parking area is ascertained based on the comparison.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that are executable by a computer processor and that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method for ascertaining a parking area of a street section, the method comprising:
- obtaining, which an ascertaining vehicle is driving the street section, lateral distances from objects;
- comparing the ascertained lateral distances to a predetermined usable width of the street section, the predetermined usable width representing a drivable width of the street section between parked vehicles;
- and
- ascertaining the parking area based on the comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.