Determining an unoccupied street parking space

US10026316B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Manuel Maier · Eßlingen, DE
• Philipp Mayer · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/147
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A street parking space for a first motor vehicle is located within a predefined area. A method for determining an unoccupied street parking space includes steps of scanning environmental data of a second motor vehicle in the predefined area; determining an item of information regarding an unoccupied parking space in the area of the second motor vehicle on the basis of the environmental data; and reporting the item of information to a central instance. The central instance determines a demand for reports in the area on the basis of received information from a plurality of second motor vehicles, and suppresses further reports from a second motor vehicle as a function of the demand.