VEHICLE-SIDE METHOD AND VEHICLE-SIDE DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND DISPLAYING PARKING SPACES FOR A VEHICLE

• US 20160207526A1
• Filed: 10/30/2013
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: FRANZ, Stefan, GLOGER, Joachim, HARTL, Mathias, KRUEGER, Lars, REICHMANN, Matthias
• Application Number:
  US14/649,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20160207526A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/806 for aiding parking
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/06 Automatic manoeuvring for parking
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/028 Guided parking by providing commands to the driver, e.g. acoustically or optically
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0285 Parking performed automatically
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/586 of parking space
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/168 Driving aids for parking, e.g. acoustic or visual feedback on parking space
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

An on-vehicle method for detecting and displaying parking spaces for a vehicle is disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes detecting ambient data and measuring at least one parking space from the ambient data, detecting image sections of a surrounding of the vehicle at different points in time, assembling an overall image from the image sections detected at different points in time, generating a superimposed image by superimposing a representation corresponding to the at least one parking space onto the overall image, and displaying the superimposed image in the vehicle. An on-vehicle device for detecting and displaying parking spaces for a vehicle is also disclosed.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. An on-vehicle method for detecting and displaying parking spaces for a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

detecting ambient data and measuring at least one parking space from the ambient data;

detecting image sections of a surrounding of the vehicle at different points in time;

composing an overall image from the image sections detected at different points in time;

generating a superimposed image by superimposing a representation corresponding to the at least one parking space onto the overall image; and

displaying the superimposed image in the vehicle.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the detecting ambient data and the measuring at least one parking space is performed independently from the detecting image sections of a surrounding of the vehicle.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the detecting ambient data and the measuring at least one parking space is performed based on ultrasound or based on radar.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the superimposing is performed such that a display of the superimposed image is metrically correct.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the superimposing is performed such that deviations from a drive of the vehicle straight ahead are compensated for when driving past a parking space.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the image sections detected at different points in time are arranged in the superimposed image such that a respective position of the image sections is proportional to a route covered by the vehicle.

17. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

selecting a parking space present in the superimposed image by a user; and

performing an automatic parking procedure into the selected parking space or assisting a user to manually park into the selected parking space.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the automatic parking procedure is semi-automatic or fully automatic.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the selecting is performed by selecting an automatically generated target position or by manual positioning a target position in the superimposed image.

20. An on-vehicle device for detecting and displaying parking spaces for a vehicle which performs the method according to claim 11.