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Method for determining geometric data for vehicle parking processes

  • US 7,054,729 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2005
  • Issued: 05/30/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining geometric data for parking processes for vehicles, wherein the lateral distance between the vehicle and a curb is measured at least twice successively, by a vehicle-affixed distance sensor as the vehicle is driven alongside the parking space, and the angle between the longitudinal axis of a vehicle and the curb is determined, by the acts of:

  • determining an angle of sideways movement between the present longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a preset longitudinal direction, which angle results from the sideways movement of the vehicle as it is driven by;

    determining a curb angle between the preset longitudinal direction and the curb resulting from the course of the contour of the curb; and

    determining the angle between the present longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the curb by adding the sideways movement angle and the curb angle.

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