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Device and method for measuring a parking space

US8422737B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Michael Scherl · Bietigheim, DE
Uwe Zimmermann · Bischofsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 11, 2008
Grant date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 4, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S2015/935
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for measuring a parking space as a vehicle drives past the parking space includes a depth-measuring line scan camera movable together with the vehicle for acquiring individual images of the environment surrounding the vehicle transverse to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, an arrangement for acquiring the movement of the vehicle, and an evaluation device. The individual images of the environment surrounding the vehicle contain depth information that is resolvable in a vertical direction.

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