PARKING FACILITY MANAGEMENT SERVER FOR A PARKING FACILITY

• US 20170323565A1
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Published: 11/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Nordbruch, Stefan, Irion, Albrecht, Mathony, Hans-Joerg, Mielenz, Holger, Nicodemus, Rolf, Hoffmann, Stefan
• Granted Patent: US 11,594,132 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/06 Automatic manoeuvring for parking
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0285 Parking performed automatically
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3407 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3685 the POI's being parking facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0225 involving docking at a fixed facility, e.g. base station or loading bay parking aids B62D15/027
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096725 where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/148 Management of a network of parking areas
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

A parking facility management server for a parking facility, including a communication interface, which is designed to receive a request via a communication network from a user of the communication network to carry out at least one vehicle-specific service for a vehicle in the parking facility, and a processor, which is designed to process the request, in order to check whether or not the at least one service may be carried out in the parking facility for the vehicle in accordance with the request, the processor being further designed to ascertain a response as a function of the check. The communication interface further being designed to transmit the response via the communication network back to the user, the processor further being designed to plan and to coordinate the carrying out of the service in the event of a positive response that at least one service may be carried out.

Claims

1-14. -14. (canceled)

15. A parking facility management server for a parking facility, comprising:

a communication interface designed to receive a request via a communication network from a user of the communication network to carry out at least one vehicle-specific service for a vehicle in the parking facility; and

a processor designed to process the request, in order to check whether or not the at least one service may be carried out in the parking facility for the vehicle in accordance with the request, the processor being further designed to ascertain a response as a function of the check, the communication interface further being designed to transmit the response back to the user via the communication network, and the processor further being designed to plan and to coordinate the carrying out of the service in the event of a positive response that at least one service may be carried out.

16. The parking facility management server as recited in claim 15, wherein the planning and coordinating include an ascertainment of a setpoint trajectory to be followed by the vehicle in the parking facility as a function of the requested service.

17. The parking facility management server as recited in claim 16, wherein the planning and coordinating includes a check of whether or not a service installation for carrying out the at least one service is available, the processor being designed to ascertain the setpoint trajectory as a function of the check whether or not the service installation is available.

18. The parking facility management server as recited in claim 15, wherein the processor is designed to ascertain an instantaneous status of the carrying out of the service, and the communication interface is designed to transmit the instantaneous status via the communication network to the user.

19. The parking facility management server as recited in claim 15, wherein in the event of a problem discovered as the service is being carried out, the communication interface is designed to transmit a message via the communication network to the user, that a problem was discovered as the service was being carried out.

20. The parking facility management server as recited in claim 19, wherein the message includes a request whether the problem is to be remedied.

21. The parking facility management server as recited in claim 15, further comprising:

a monitoring system for at least one of monitoring and recording the carrying out of at least one of the service and a driving of the vehicle in the parking facility.

22. A method for operating a parking facility management server, comprising:

receiving, by the parking facility management server, a request via a communication network from a user of the communication network to carry out at least one vehicle-specific service for a vehicle in the parking facility;

processing the request, by the parking facility management server, in order to check whether or not the at least one service may be carried out in the parking facility for the vehicle in accordance with the request;

ascertaining, by the parking facility management server, a response as a function of the check; and

transmitting, by the parking facility management server, the response via the communication network back to the user;

wherein the parking facility management server plans and coordinates a carrying out of the service in the event of a positive response that at least one service may be carried out.

23. The method as recited in claim 22, wherein the planning and coordinating includes an ascertainment of a setpoint trajectory to be followed by the vehicle in the parking facility as a function of the requested service.

24. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein the planning and coordinating includes a check whether or not a service installation for carrying out the at least one service is available, the parking facility management server ascertaining the setpoint trajectory as a function of the check whether or not the service installation is available.

25. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein the setpoint trajectory includes a start position, a target position, a parking position situated between the start position and the target position and a respective service position situated between the start position and the target position, at which the at least one service is carried out, so that the vehicle is able to drive from the start position to the target position via the parking position and the service position when following the setpoint trajectory.

26. The method as recited in claim 25, wherein the setpoint trajectory leads multiple times between the parking position and the service position, so that the vehicle is able to drive multiple times between the parking position and the service position when following the setpoint trajectory.

27. A parking system for vehicles, comprising:

a parking facility; and

a parking facility management server for the parking facility, the parking facility management server including a communication interface designed to receive a request via a communication network from a user of the communication network to carry out at least one vehicle-specific service for a vehicle in the parking facility; and

a processor designed to process the request, in order to check whether or not the at least one service may be carried out in the parking facility for the vehicle in accordance with the request, the processor being further designed to ascertain a response as a function of the check, the communication interface further being designed to transmit the response back to the user via the communication network, and the processor further being designed to plan and to coordinate the carrying out of the service in the event of a positive response that at least one service may be carried out.

28. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program including program code for operating a parking facility management server, the program code, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:

receiving, by the parking facility management server, a request via a communication network from a user of the communication network to carry out at least one vehicle-specific service for a vehicle in the parking facility;

processing the request, by the parking facility management server, in order to check whether or not the at least one service may be carried out in the parking facility for the vehicle in accordance with the request;

ascertaining, by the parking facility management server, a response as a function of the check; and

transmitting, by the parking facility management server, the response via the communication network back to the user;

wherein the parking facility management server plans and coordinates a carrying out of the service in the event of a positive response that at least one service may be carried out.