Parking assistant
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorDetlef Baasch
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Abstract
A method for finding a parking space for a first motor vehicle includes determining a required minimum length of the parking space on which the first motor vehicle is parkable, scanning a length of the adjacent parking space through the second motor vehicle, and driving the first motor vehicle to the adjacent parking space bounded by the second motor vehicle when the length of the adjacent parking space corresponds to at least the minimum length. Related transmission devices and control systems are also provided.
Claims9
A method for finding a parking space for a first motor vehicle, the parking space bounded on one side by a second motor vehicle in an adjacent parking space, the method comprising:
- transmitting a parking space request from the first motor vehicle, the parking space request including a minimum length of a parking space on which the first motor vehicle is parkable;
- receiving the parking space request at the second vehicle;
- scanning, through the second motor vehicle, a length of the adjacent parking space;
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- guiding the first motor vehicle to the adjacent parking space bounded by the second motor vehicle when the length of the adjacent parking space corresponds to at least the minimum length, wherein the first motor vehicle is guided by a signaling device, the signaling device being on the first motor vehicle or on the second motor vehicle.
A wireless parking space request transmission system, comprising:
- a processing device and a wireless transmitting device on a first vehicle, the processing device operable to transmit a parking space request with the wireless transmitting device, the parking space request including an indication for a minimum length of a parking space on which the first vehicle is parkable;
- a wireless receiver operable to receive a parking space request, the parking space request including a minimum length of a parking space on which a first motor vehicle is parkable, the wireless receiver being on a second motor vehicle;
- a sensor on the second motor vehicle, the second sensor operable to scan a length of an adjacent parking space next to the second motor vehicle;
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- a signaling device operable to lead the first motor vehicle to the adjacent parking space when the length of the adjacent parking space corresponds to at least the minimum length, the signaling device being on the first motor vehicle or on the second motor vehicle.
A wireless parking space transmission system, comprising:
- a wireless receiver operable to receive a parking space request, the parking space request including a minimum length of a parking space on which a first motor vehicle is parkable, the wireless receiver being on a second motor vehicle;
- a sensor on the second motor vehicle, the second sensor operable to scan a length of an adjacent parking space next to the second motor vehicle;
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- a signaling device operable to lead the first motor vehicle to the adjacent parking space when the length of the adjacent parking space corresponds to at least the minimum length, the signaling device being on the first motor vehicle or on the second motor vehicle.
A parking control system, comprising:
- a first receiving device on a second motor vehicle operable to receive a parking space request of a first motor vehicle, the parking space request including a position of the first motor vehicle and a minimum length of a parking space on which the first motor vehicle is parkable;
- a second receiving device on the second motor vehicle operable to receive a position and a length of an adjacent parking space that is bounded by a second motor vehicle;
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- a transmitting device on the second motor vehicle operable to transmit a signal to lead the first motor vehicle to the adjacent parking space bounded by the second motor vehicle when the length of the adjacent parking space corresponds to at least the minimum length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.