Parking assisting method, device and system for motor vehicle and motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11715375-B2
Application number	US-202017638583-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2020
Priority date	Aug 26, 2019
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

A parking assisting method, device and system for a motor vehicle are provided. The parking assisting method includes the following steps: obtaining a relative position of an available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle; outputting a display instruction to the digital projector according to the relative position of the available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle; and projecting a projection image to the available parking spot by the digital projector according to the display instruction. The projection image is provided for indicating the available parking spot area will be occupied. The display instruction includes an image position for the projection image, so as to change the position of the projection image in the projection range, so that the position of the projection image in the available parking spot is substantially kept unchanged.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A parking assisting method for a motor vehicle equipped with a digital projector, wherein the digital projector has a projection range in which a projection image is displayable in the projection range, the parking assisting method comprising:
obtaining a relative position of an available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle;
outputting a display instruction to the digital projector according to the relative position of the available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle; and
projecting the projection image to the available parking spot by the digital projector according to the display instruction,
wherein the projection image is provided for indicating the available parking spot area is intended to be occupied,
wherein the display instruction comprises an image position for the projection image, and
wherein the image position is provided to make the digital projector change the position of the projection image in the projection range during a parking process, so that the position of the projection image in the available parking spot is kept unchanged during the parking process.

2. The parking assisting method according to claim 1 , wherein
the display instruction further comprises a shape and a size of the projection image to make the digital projector adjust the projection image, so that the shape and the size of the projection image in the available parking spot is kept unchanged during the parking process.

3. The parking assisting method according to claim 1 , wherein
the digital projector is configured to play a static image and/or a dynamic video.

4. The parking assisting method according to claim 1 , wherein
the projection image is a geometric graph and/or a character.

5. The parking assisting method according to claim 1 , wherein
the relative position comprises coordinates of a parking spot area of the available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle.

6. The parking assisting method according to claim 1 , wherein
the relative position comprises coordinates of a parking spot area of the available parking spot relative to the digital projector.

7. A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, wherein the computer program is executed by a processor to implement the method according to claim 1 .

8. An electronic device comprising a non-transitory memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the computer program is executed by the processor to implement the method according to claim 1 .

9. A parking assisting system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
a detector with at least one sensor;
a digital projector; and
a parking assisting device for the motor vehicle, which is configured to obtain a relative position of an available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle from the detector and to output a display instruction to the digital projector according to the relative position of the available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle,
wherein the digital projector has a projection range, and a projection image is displayable in said projection range,
wherein the digital projector is configured to project the projection image to the available parking spot according to the display instruction,
wherein the projection image is provided for indicating the available parking spot area is intended to be occupied,
wherein the display instruction comprises an image position for the projection image, and
the image position is provided to make the digital projector change the position of the projection image in the projection range during a parking process, so that the position of the projection image in the available parking spot is kept unchanged during the parking process.

10. The parking assisting system according to claim 9 , wherein
the display instruction further comprises a shape and a size of the projection image to make the digital projector adjust the projection image, so that the shape and the size of the projection image in the available parking spot is kept unchanged during the parking process.

11. The parking assisting system according to claim 9 , wherein
the digital projector is configured to play a static image and/or a dynamic video.

12. The parking assisting system according to claim 9 , wherein
the projection image is a geometric graph and/or a character.

13. The parking assisting system according to claim 9 , wherein
the relative position comprises coordinates of a parking spot area of the available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle.

14. The parking assisting system according to claim 9 , wherein
the relative position comprises coordinates of a parking spot area of the available parking spot relative to the digital projector.

15. A motor vehicle comprising a parking assisting system for the motor vehicle according to claim 9 .

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Chen Wangfeng
• Yang Haiyang

Classifications

• G08G1/142 Primary

  external to the vehicles · CPC title

• B60Q1/488 Primary

  for indicating intention to park · CPC title

• B60Q2400/50

  Projected symbol or information, e.g. onto the road or car body · CPC title

• B60Q1/486

  for indicating that vehicle is in a parked state · CPC title

• G08G1/143

  inside the vehicles · CPC title