Controlling a parking lot sensor

US10121375B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Nils Larcher · Lörrach, DE
• Martin Werner · Langenau, DE
• Wolf-Bastian Poettner · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 6, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/0137
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for controlling a parking lot sensor, which includes a sensor for scanning a predetermined measuring area, includes steps of determining an expected fluctuation of vehicles in the measuring area, of determining a scanning frequency on the basis of the expected fluctuation and of controlling, as a function of the scanning frequency, the sensor respectively for carrying out a scan.