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Vehicle automated parking system and method

US9969386B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 10, 2017
Grant dateMay 15, 2018
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06N5/01
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a system for an automated parking determines, using the geometry of the vehicle and the map of the parking space, a collision free geometric path connecting an initial state of the vehicle with a target state of parked vehicle through a set of waypoints and determines, using a kinematic model of the vehicle, a set of kinematic subgraphs forming a kinematic graph having multiple nodes connected with kinematic edges. Each waypoint defines a position and orientation of the vehicle, each kinematic subgraph connects a pair of neighboring waypoints of the geometric path, each node defines a state of the vehicle, and each kinematic edge connecting two nodes defines a collision free kinematic path connecting the two nodes according to kinematics of the vehicle. A kinematic path is selected form the kinematic graph and a reference trajectory tracking the kinematic path as a function of time is determined using a dynamic model of the vehicle. The motion of the vehicle is according to the reference trajectory.

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