Method for monitoring a parking facility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10140793-B2
Application number	US-201515529405-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2015
Priority date	Nov 26, 2014
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A method for monitoring a parking facility that has an area reserved for autonomously driving vehicles, including: receiving an access request associated with a person for the reserved area, checking whether the person is authorized for access to the reserved area, granting access if the person is authorized for access, monitoring a behavior of the person in the reserved area. Also described is a corresponding device, system and computer program.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for monitoring a parking facility, which has an area exclusively reserved for autonomously driving vehicles, the method comprising:
receiving, via a communication interface, an access request to access a vehicle, associated with a person, for the reserved area;
checking, via the processor, whether the person is authorized for accessing the reserved area;
granting, via the processor, the access if the person is authorized for access, wherein the access is not granted if the person is not authorized; and
monitoring, via the processor, a behavior of the person in the reserved area;
wherein the monitoring includes a check to determine whether the person moves toward the vehicle associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area and/or whether the person moves in the reserved area along a path specified for the person and/or whether the person moves toward a vehicle not associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area and/or stops at this vehicle and/or accesses this vehicle,
wherein an entrance and/or an exit of the reserved area is monitored to determine unauthorized entries and/or exits, and
wherein a parking position of a vehicle associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area is communicated to the person.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on the monitoring, the behavior of the person is documented and/or an alarm signal is output.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the check to determine whether the person is authorized to access the reserved area includes a reception of a specified signal of a transmitter carried by the person.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the transmitter includes a terminal device, in particular a mobile terminal device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in addition to the parking position, a map, a digital map, or an interactive digital map, of the reserved area is transmitted to the person.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in addition to the parking position, a setpoint trajectory to be followed by the person to reach the parking position is transmitted to the person.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein for reaching the parking position a navigation infrastructure of the parking facility configured for emitting navigation signals is operated so that it emits navigation signals so as to make it possible to reach the parking position by following the navigation signals.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a subarea of the reserved area is closed off against access by the person, which subarea is different from a subarea in which a vehicle associated with the person is parked.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a coordination of a traffic of autonomously driving vehicles within the reserved area is performed as a function of persons located in the reserved area to avoid a collision of autonomously driving vehicles and the vehicles located in the reserved area and/or the persons located in the reserved area.

10. A device for monitoring a parking facility having an exclusively reserved area for autonomously driving vehicles, comprising:
a control unit having a processor and configured to perform the following:
receiving, via a communication interface, an access request to access a vehicle, associated with a person, for the reserved area;
checking, via the processor, whether the person is authorized for accessing the reserved area;
granting, via the processor, the access if the person is authorized for access, wherein the access is not granted if the person is not authorized; and
monitoring, via the processor, a behavior of the person in the reserved area;

wherein the monitoring includes a check to determine whether the person moves toward the vehicle associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area and/or whether the person moves in the reserved area along a path specified for the person and/or whether the person moves toward a vehicle not associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area and/or stops at this vehicle and/or accesses this vehicle,
wherein an entrance and/or an exit of the reserved area is monitored to determine unauthorized entries and/or exits, and
wherein a parking position of a vehicle associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area is communicated to the person.

11. A parking system for vehicles, comprising:
a parking facility, which has an area reserved for autonomously driving vehicles; and
a device, having a processor, for monitoring the parking facility having an exclusively reserved area for the autonomously driving vehicles, configured to perform the following:
receiving, via a communication interface, an access request to access a vehicle, associated with a person, for the reserved area;
checking, via the processor, whether the person is authorized for accessing the reserved area;
granting, via the processor, the access if the person is authorized for access, wherein the access is not granted if the person is not authorized; and
monitoring, via the processor, a behavior of the person in the reserved;

wherein the monitoring includes a check to determine whether the person moves toward the vehicle associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area and/or whether the person moves in the reserved area along a path specified for the person and/or whether the person moves toward a vehicle not associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area and/or stops at this vehicle and/or accesses this vehicle,
wherein an entrance and/or an exit of the reserved area is monitored to determine unauthorized entries and/or exits, and
wherein a parking position of a vehicle associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area is communicated to the person.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program, which is executable by a processor, comprising:
a program code arrangement having program code for monitoring a parking facility, which has an area exclusively reserved for autonomously driving vehicles, by performing the following:
receiving, via a communication interface, an access request to access a vehicle, associated with a person, for the reserved area;
checking, via the processor, whether the person is authorized for accessing the reserved area;
granting, via the processor, the access if the person is authorized for access, wherein the access is not granted if the person is not authorized; and
monitoring, via the processor, a behavior of the person in the reserved;

wherein the monitoring includes a check to determine whether the person moves toward the vehicle associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area and/or whether the person moves in the reserved area along a path specified for the person and/or whether the person moves toward a vehicle not associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area and/or stops at this vehicle and/or accesses this vehicle,
wherein an entrance and/or an exit of the reserved area is monitored to determine unauthorized entries and/or exits, and
wherein a parking position of a vehicle associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area is communicated to the person.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Nordbruch Stefan
• Nicodemus Rolf
• Hoffmann Stefan

Classifications

• G07C9/29 Primary

  the pass containing active electronic elements, e.g. smartcards · CPC title

• G08G1/005

  including pedestrian guidance indicator · CPC title

• G08G1/205

  Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental · CPC title

• G06Q10/10 Primary

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06Q10/02

  Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events · CPC title