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Method and device for safe parking of a vehicle

US9815460B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Thomas Eigel · Berlin, DE
Peter Mirwaldt · Braunschweig, DE
Bastian Schmidt · Wolfsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 6, 2016
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 6, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2900/00
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for safely parking a vehicle, wherein after identifying an emergency situation of the motor vehicle, an emergency stopping position region is selected from a digital map, and the vehicle is parked within the emergency stopping position region by an automatic driving function. The method includes registering the surroundings, determining stationary objects and conditions in the vicinity of the vehicle within the selected emergency stopping position region, checking the conditions in the vicinity of the vehicle and the stationary objects within the emergency stopping position region regarding parking the vehicle in an optimized manner and determining an optimized emergency stopping position within the emergency stopping position region, and parking the vehicle at the optimized emergency stopping position within the emergency stopping position region using the automatic driving function.

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