Method for determining geometric data for vehicle parking processes
First Claim
1. A method for determining geometric data for parking processes for vehicles, wherein the lateral distance between the vehicle and a curb is measured at least twice successively, by a vehicle-affixed distance sensor as the vehicle is driven alongside the parking space, and the angle between the longitudinal axis of a vehicle and the curb is determined, by the acts of:
- determining an angle of sideways movement between the present longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a preset longitudinal direction, which angle results from the sideways movement of the vehicle as it is driven by;
determining a curb angle between the preset longitudinal direction and the curb resulting from the course of the contour of the curb; and
determining the angle between the present longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the curb by adding the sideways movement angle and the curb angle.
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Abstract
Method for determining geometric data for parking processes of vehicles, wherein the lateral distance between the vehicle and a curb is measured several times successively by means of a distance sensor attached to the vehicle as the vehicle is driven by the parking space. The angle of the longitudinal axis of a vehicle and the curb is ascertained by determining a sideways movement angle between the present longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a preset longitudinal direction, which angle results from the sideways movement of the vehicle as it is driven along, by determining a curb angle between the preset longitudinal direction and the curb, which angle results from the course of the curb contour, and by determining the angle between the present longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the curb by adding the angle of sideways movement and the curb angle.
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1. A method for determining geometric data for parking processes for vehicles, wherein the lateral distance between the vehicle and a curb is measured at least twice successively, by a vehicle-affixed distance sensor as the vehicle is driven alongside the parking space, and the angle between the longitudinal axis of a vehicle and the curb is determined, by the acts of:
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determining an angle of sideways movement between the present longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a preset longitudinal direction, which angle results from the sideways movement of the vehicle as it is driven by;
determining a curb angle between the preset longitudinal direction and the curb resulting from the course of the contour of the curb; and
determining the angle between the present longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the curb by adding the sideways movement angle and the curb angle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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