METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER-DEFINED CUSTOMIZATION OF A VEHICLE

• US 20160362103A1
• Filed: 05/19/2016
• Published: 12/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: BSCHENFELD, Torsten, BROSIG, Stefan, MAX, Stephan, URBAN, Alexander, KATZWINKEL, Reiner
• Granted Patent: US 10,053,090 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/06 Direction of travel
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2900/00 Indexing codes relating to the purpose of, or problem solved of road vehicle drive control systems not otherwise provided for in groups B60W30/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/06 Automatic manoeuvring for parking
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/027 Parking aids, e.g. instruction means
• 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: G01C 22/00 Measuring distance traversed on the ground by vehicles, persons, animals or other moving solid bodies, e.g. using odometers, using pedometers
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0088 characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours using knowledge based models G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0212 with means for defining a desired trajectory involving a plurality of land vehicles G05D1/0287
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/146 where the parking area is a limited parking space, e.g. parking garage, restricted space
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

A method for the user-defined provision of a vehicle in which a parking position in a parking region is identified and driven to automatically by the vehicle or with guidance by a user and, at the request of the user, the vehicle drives automatically to a transfer location in the parking region for further use. A trajectory which is travelled along as far as the parking position within the parking region is sorted and the transfer location can be defined at any desired point on this trajectory. Also disclosed is a system for carrying out the method and a motor vehicle having the disclosed system.

Claims

1. A method for user-defined provision of a vehicle, the method comprising:

identifying a parking position in a parking region; and

automatically driving the vehicle, by the vehicle or with guidance by a user, at the request of the user, to a transfer location in the parking region for further use;

storing a trajectory, which is travelled along to the parking position within the parking region; and

defining the transfer location at any desired point on the trajectory.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising measuring and storing the trajectory by measuring and storing a horizontal and vertical direction of travel, a velocity and a time using a data storage device and processing device of the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a user exit point position on the trajectory.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the vehicle communicating, via a communication device, with a mobile communication device of the user including transmitting at least the trajectory at least once to the user'"'"'s mobile communication device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request, from a user'"'"'s mobile communication device, for further use to the vehicle; and

in response to receipt of the request, activating the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, from a user'"'"'s mobile communication device, a transfer location for the vehicle, or steering the vehicle manually forwards or rearwards on the trajectory.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising illustrating the trajectory on a user'"'"'s mobile communication device with surroundings information superimposed thereon.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting at least the trajectory to a further user, wherein the further user defines the transfer location.

9. A system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

means for communicating with vehicle-external apparatuses;

actuators for automatically activating actuator elements of the vehicle;

a sensor system for acquiring surroundings information and vehicle information; and

an open-loop and closed-loop control system for storing and processing communication information, vehicle information and surroundings information and for generating actuation signals for the actuators, wherein the system is configured to carry out a method comprising;

identifying a parking position in a parking region; and

automatically driving the vehicle, by the vehicle or with guidance by a user, at the request of the user, to a transfer location in the parking region for further use;

storing a trajectory, which is travelled along to the parking position within the parking region; and

defining the transfer location at any desired point on the trajectory.

10. A motor vehicle which has a system according to claim 9.