CLEARANCE OF AN AUTONOMOUS PARKING SYSTEM

• US 20180107220A1
• Filed: 04/13/2016
• Published: 04/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Nordbruch, Stefan
• Granted Patent: US 10,509,405 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2300/06 Automatic manoeuvring for parking
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0285 Parking performed automatically
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/021 specially adapted to land vehicles

Abstract

A parking system includes a parking lot having a plurality of parking spaces for parking motor vehicles. In the parking system, a motor vehicle is able to be controlled in an autonomous manner on a route between a parking area and one of the parking spaces. A verification method for the parking system includes steps of the autonomous travel of the route by a test vehicle, determining whether the travel of the route is taking place correctly, and clearing the parking system for use by vehicles that correspond to the vehicle type of the test vehicle.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A verification method for a parking system that includes a parking lot having a plurality of parking spaces for parking motor vehicles, in which a motor vehicle in the parking system is able to be autonomously controlled on a route between a parking area and one of the parking spaces, the method comprising:

autonomously travelling the route by a test vehicle;

determining that the travel of the route is carried out correctly; and

clearing the parking system for use by vehicles that correspond to the vehicle type of the test vehicle.

13. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein multiple routes, between the parking area and a parking space in each case, are driven by the test vehicle.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein a representative sample of routes from among a set of possible routes between all parking spaces and the parking area is driven by the test vehicle.

21. A non-transitory computer readable data carrier on which is stored a computer program product having program code for a parking system that includes a parking lot having a plurality of parking spaces for parking motor vehicles, in which a motor vehicle in the parking system is able to be autonomously controlled on a route between a parking area and one of the parking spaces, the computer program, when executed by a processing device, causing the processing device to perform:

autonomously travelling the route by a test vehicle;

determining that the travel of the route is carried out correctly; and

clearing the parking system for use by vehicles that correspond to the vehicle type of the test vehicle.

22. A test vehicle for a parking system that includes a parking lot having a plurality of parking spaces for parking motor vehicles, in which a motor vehicle in the parking system is able to be autonomously controlled on a route between a parking area and one of the parking spaces, the test vehicle configured to:

autonomously travel the route;

determining that the travel of the route is carried out correctly; and

clear the parking system for use by vehicles that correspond to the vehicle type of the test vehicle;

wherein the test vehicle being designed to travel the route using different versions of control programs.