Method for operating a motor vehicle, motor vehicle, and transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11932236-B2
Application number	US-201816471295-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2018
Priority date	Mar 9, 2017
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

A method for operating a motor vehicle with regard to a parking operation to be carried out in a parking space, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a vehicle system designed to detect and select the parking space to be used from a plurality of candidate parking options, wherein at least one candidate parking option is associated with a transmitting device, from which the motor vehicle receives permissibility information describing the permissibility of parking the motor vehicle on the candidate parking option and/or of driving through at least a portion of a path leading to the candidate parking option, wherein the selection of the parking space to be used occurs dependent on the permissibility information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for operating a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a vehicle system which is formed for detecting and selecting a parking space, the method comprising:
operating, by the vehicle system, the motor vehicle in a search for a parking space, the operating occurring in a completely autonomous manner;
receiving, by the motor vehicle, from a transmitting device, permissibility information associated with a candidate parking space, wherein the motor vehicle receives the permissibility information directly from the transmitting device via short range wireless signals, wherein the candidate parking space is locally and exclusively associated with the transmitting device, such that the transmitting device is assigned to the candidate parking space and cyclically broadcasts the permissibility information only for the candidate parking space within a local transmitting range positioned on the candidate parking space, and wherein the permissibility information describes a permissibility of at least one of parking the motor vehicle in the candidate parking space, or driving through at least a section of a path leading to the candidate parking space;
detecting, by the vehicle system, the candidate parking space in an environment of the motor vehicle based on at least one environmental sensor of the motor vehicle;
in response to the detecting, accessing, by the vehicle system, the permissibility information associated with the candidate parking space; and
evaluating, by the vehicle system, the permissibility information to determine a relevance of the candidate parking space for the motor vehicle;
in response to determining that the candidate parking space is relevant to the motor vehicle, further evaluating, by the vehicle system, the permissibility information, wherein the vehicle system is configured to further evaluate the permissibility information only when it is determined that the candidate parking space is relevant to the motor vehicle, the further evaluation being prevented if the vehicle system determines from the initial evaluation of the permissibility information that the candidate parking space allows parking only for a rescue vehicle and the motor vehicle is not a rescue vehicle;
selecting, by the vehicle system, the candidate parking space for parking by the motor vehicle based at least in part on the further evaluation of the permissibility information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the permissibility information comprises prohibition information that describes at least one of a parking prohibition or a transit prohibition associated with the candidate parking space, validity information, status information describing a temporal or factual limitation of the parking prohibition, or a driving prohibition.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the prohibition information describes the section or the candidate parking space as an area affected by parking prohibition, as a driveway to be kept free, or as a construction site area.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the permissibility information further describes at least one of a size of the candidate parking space, or a preferred parking position.

5. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising rejecting, by the vehicle system, the candidate parking space based at least in part on the prohibition information.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the validity information describes a time limit and a previously known or predicted value of a parking time at which the motor vehicle will park, and wherein the method further comprises discarding, by the vehicle system, the candidate parking space based on a comparison of the time limit and the parking time.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising communicating, by a communication device of the motor vehicle, with the transmitting device via Bluetooth Low Energy communications.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising broadcasting, by the vehicle system, a request for the permissibility information, and wherein the transmitting device provides the permissibility information in response to the request.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting device has at least one of an internet connection or a mobile radio connection, and wherein the permissibility information is programmed or updated via the at least one of the internet connection or the mobile radio connection.

10. A motor vehicle comprising:
a vehicle system comprising a control unit configured to operate the motor vehicle in a search for a parking space, the operating occurring in a completely autonomous manner;
wherein the motor vehicle is configured to:
receive, from a transmitting device, permissibility information associated with a candidate parking space, wherein the motor vehicle receives the permissibility information directly from the transmitting device via short range wireless signals, wherein the candidate parking space is locally and exclusively associated with the transmitting device, such that the transmitting device is assigned to the candidate parking space and cyclically broadcasts the permissibility information only for the candidate parking space within a local transmitting range that is positioned on the candidate parking space, and wherein the permissibility information describes a permissibility of at least one of parking the motor vehicle on the candidate parking space, or driving through at least a section of a path leading to the candidate parking space;
detect, by the control unit, the candidate parking space in an environment of the motor vehicle based on at least one environmental sensor of the motor vehicle;
in response to the detecting, access, by the control unit, the permissibility information associated with the candidate parking space; and
evaluate, by the control unit, the permissibility information to determine a relevance of the candidate parking space for the motor vehicle;
in response to determining that the candidate parking space is relevant to the motor vehicle, further evaluate, by the control unit, the permissibility information, wherein the control unit is configured to further evaluate the permissibility information only when it is determined that the candidate parking space is relevant to the motor vehicle, the further evaluation being prevented if the vehicle system determines from the initial evaluation of the permissibility information that the candidate parking space allows parking only for a rescue vehicle and the motor vehicle is not the rescue vehicle;
select, by the control unit, the candidate parking space for parking by the motor vehicle based at least in part on the further evaluation of the permissibility information.

11. The motor vehicle of claim 10 , wherein the transmitting device is configured to emit the permissibility information.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Wilding Werner
• Möller Malte

Classifications

• B60W30/06 Primary

  Automatic manoeuvring for parking · CPC title

• G06Q10/02 Primary

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

• B60W2554/00

  Input parameters relating to objects · CPC title

• B60W2556/45

  External transmission of data to or from the vehicle · CPC title

• B62D15/0285

  Parking performed automatically · CPC title