Parking steering assist system and method for correcting parking guideline

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9834208-B2
Application number	US-201514925940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2015
Priority date	Jul 20, 2015
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

A parking steering assistance system is provided that calculates and provides a parking guide line applied with a tire dynamic radius value. The system includes an obstacle recognition unit configured to recognize an obstacle adjacent to a vehicle after parking is completed. A distance calculating unit is configured to calculate distance information between the obstacle and the vehicle, and a parking controller is configured to control a tire dynamic radius correction which is applied when calculating a parking guide line by using the distance information between the obstacle and the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A parking steering assistance system for calculating and providing a parking guide line applied with a tire dynamic radius value, the system comprising:
an obstacle recognition computing system comprising:
a light or sound-based sensor configured to sense an obstacle;

a parking controller configured to:
determine parking of a vehicle is completed;
recognize the obstacle is positioned adjacent to the vehicle after parking is determined to be completed;
determine distance information including a distance between the obstacle and the vehicle after parking is determined to be completed;
determine a tire dynamic radius value based on the distance information;
accumulate the distance information determined for every parking of the vehicle;
calculate an average value of the accumulated distance information;
calculate a difference between the average value and an improved distance value; and
determine a corrected tire dynamic radius value that corrects the tire dynamic radius value based on the difference between the average value and the improved distance value.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a memory configured to store accumulatively the distance information between the obstacle and the vehicle, and store at least one of a normal tire dynamic radius value, a distance value between the obstacle and the vehicle, a preset reference value, and a tire dynamic radius value correction table which stores the corrected tire dynamic radius value according to a difference between an average of the improved distance value between the obstacle and the vehicle and the improved distance value.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the parking controller is further configured to store the tire dynamic radius value when the difference between the average value and the improved distance value exceeds the preset reference value.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the parking controller determines the corrected tire dynamic radius value by using the tire dynamic radius value correction table.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the parking controller controls not to calculate the distance information by the parking controller, when the obstacle is not recognized by the obstacle recognition computing system or the distance information exceeds a preset value.

6. A method of correcting a parking guide line in a parking steering assistance system of a vehicle including a parking controller, the method comprising:
calculating, by the parking controller, the parking guide line by using a tire dynamic radius value;
sensing, by a light or sound-based sensor, an obstacle;
determining, by the parking controller, parking of the vehicle is completed;
recognizing, by the parking controller, the obstacle is positioned adjacent to the vehicle after parking is determined to be completed;
determining, by the parking controller, distance information including a distance between the obstacle and the vehicle after parking is determined to be completed;
controlling, by the parking controller, a tire dynamic radius correction by using the distance information between the obstacle and the vehicle,
wherein controlling, by the parking controller, the tire dynamic radius correction comprises:
accumulating the distance information measuring a distance between the obstacle and the vehicle determined for every parking of the vehicle;
calculating an average value of the accumulated distance information;
calculating a difference between the average value and a preset improved distance value measuring a distance between the obstacle and the vehicle;
correcting the tire dynamic radius based on the difference between the average value and the preset improved distance value.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein calculating the distance information between the obstacle and the vehicle comprises not storing the distance information between the obstacle and the vehicle, when the obstacle does not exist, or when the distance information between the obstacle and the vehicle exceeds a preset value.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein calculating the distance information between an obstacle adjacent to a vehicle and the vehicle comprises storing accumulatively the distance information between the obstacle and the vehicle whenever the distance information between the obstacle and the vehicle is calculated.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein controlling the tire dynamic radius correction comprises:
storing the tire dynamic radius value of the vehicle when the difference is greater than the preset reference value.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein changing and storing the tire dynamic radius value of the vehicle comprises changing the tire dynamic radius value of the vehicle by using a tire dynamic radius value correction table including a pre-stored corrected tire dynamic radius value for each of the difference.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Keun Gyu

Classifications

• B60W2554/00

  Input parameters relating to objects · CPC title

• B60W30/06 Primary

  Automatic manoeuvring for parking · CPC title

• B60Q9/002

  for parking purposes, e.g. for warning the driver that his vehicle has contacted or is about to contact an obstacle (warning arrangements in garages E04H6/42) · CPC title

• B60W2530/20

  Tyre data · CPC title

• B62D15/027 Primary

  Parking aids, e.g. instruction means · CPC title