METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE DRIVERLESS DRIVING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE PARKED AT A START POSITION OF A PARKING FACILITY

• US 20190039604A1
• Filed: 07/15/2016
• Published: 02/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Auracher, Juergen, Nicodemus, Rolf, Nordbruch, Stefan, Hoffmann, Stefan
• Application Number:
  US15/757,695
• Publication Number:
  US 20190039604A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/06 Automatic manoeuvring for parking
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0285 Parking performed automatically
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0061 for transition from automatic pilot to manual pilot and vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0225 involving docking at a fixed facility, e.g. base station or loading bay parking aids B62D15/027

Abstract

A method for the driverless driving of a motor vehicle parked at a start position of a parking facility from the start position to a destination position of the parking facility. The method includes checking whether one or several of the following minimum conditions are fulfilled: an order for the driverless driving exists, the driver of the parked motor vehicle handed over the responsibility for the parked motor vehicle, and a minimum distance of one or multiple persons from the parked motor vehicle is maintained, and beginning with the driverless driving of the motor vehicle only if one or several of the minimum conditions are fulfilled. A corresponding device and a computer program are also described.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A method for driverless driving of a motor vehicle parked at a start position of a parking facility from the start position to a destination position of the parking facility, the method comprising:

checking whether at least one of the following minimum conditions are fulfilled;

an order for the driverless driving exists,

the driver of the parked motor vehicle handed over responsibility for the parked motor vehicle, and

a minimum distance of one or multiple persons from the parked motor vehicle is maintained; and

beginning the driverless driving of the motor vehicle only if the at least one minimum condition is fulfilled.

15. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein, when the at least one the minimum conditions is fulfilled, a time following an end of the check is measured, which is compared to a predetermined minimum time, the driverless driving of the motor vehicle being begun only when the measured time is equal to or great than the predetermined minimum time.

16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein, following the passing of the predetermined minimum time, at least one of the minimum conditions are rechecked as to whether they are fulfilled,

the driverless driving being begun only in the event of a fulfillment.

17. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein a check is performed to determine whether at least one system for implementing the driverless driving report an operationally ready operating state, the driverless driving process being begun only if the at least one system reports an operationally ready operating state.

18. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the at least one system comprises at least one element selected from the following group of systems:

a drive system of the motor vehicle, a brake system of the motor vehicle, a steering system of the motor vehicle, a communication system of the motor vehicle, a surround sensor system of the motor vehicle, a parking assistance system of the motor vehicle, an autonomous driving system of the motor vehicle, a communication system of the parking facility, a surround sensor system of the parking facility, a control system of the parking facility for controlling the driverless driving process, and a remote-control system of the parking facility for controlling the motor vehicle remotely.

19. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein, in the event of the fulfillment of the minimum condition that the responsibility for the motor vehicle was handed over by the driver, the handover of responsibility is documented electronically.

20. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein the beginning of the driverless driving process comprises a starting of the motor vehicle so that the motor vehicle is started only when the at least one minimum condition is fulfilled.

21. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein the driverless driving of the motor vehicle is begun only when all minimum conditions are fulfilled.

22. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein the destination position is one of a parking position of the parking facility or a pick-up position of the parking facility, at which a person is able to pick up the motor vehicle.

23. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein the checking including checking whether the minimum distance is maintained, the checking being performed by at least one of the motor vehicle and a vehicle-external parking facility management server of the parking facility.

24. The method as recited in claim 14, further comprising:

checking at least one of the following additional conditions are fulfilled;

the motor vehicle is parked correctly, and

the motor vehicle is locked;

beginning the driverless driving of the motor vehicle only when the at least one minimum condition is fulfilled and the at least one additional condition is fulfilled.

25. A device for the driverless driving of a motor vehicle parked at a start position of a parking facility from the start position to a destination position of the parking facility, the device being designed to:

check whether at least one of the following minimum conditions are fulfilled;

an order for the driverless driving exists,

the driver of the parked motor vehicle handed over responsibility for the parked motor vehicle, and

a minimum distance of one or multiple persons from the parked motor vehicle is maintained; and

begin the driverless driving of the motor vehicle only if the at least one minimum condition is fulfilled.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program comprising program code for driverless driving of a motor vehicle parked at a start position of a parking facility from the start position to a destination position of the parking facility, the computer program, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to perform:

checking whether at least one of the following minimum conditions are fulfilled;

an order for the driverless driving exists,

the driver of the parked motor vehicle handed over responsibility for the parked motor vehicle, and

a minimum distance of one or multiple persons from the parked motor vehicle is maintained; and

beginning the driverless driving of the motor vehicle only if the at least one minimum condition is fulfilled.