Method for determining the ability to enter a parking space and a parking assist device

US7800516B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventor

• Stefan Lüke · Langelsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2005
• Grant date: Sep 21, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D15/027
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of determining the ability to enter a parking gap starting from an initial position of a vehicle. The negotiability is determined by way of two characteristic diagrams (ymin(δ,θ,x); ymax(δ,θ,x)), with the two characteristic diagrams (ymin(δ,θ,x); ymax(δ,θ,x)) indicating for several predetermined sets of values of first vehicle quantities (δ; θ; x) a minimum value (ymin(δ,θ,x)) and a maximum value (ymax(δ,θ, x)) for a second vehicle quantity (y), and with the first vehicle quantities (δ; θ; x) and the second vehicle quantity (y) being selected from the group comprising a longitudinal (x) and a lateral (y) distance of the vehicle (1) from the parking gap (9), a yaw angle (θ) of the vehicle (1) and a steering angle (δ) at steerable wheels (2a, 2b) of the vehicle (1). A parking assist device is suitable to implement the method.