Method for carrying out a parking process for a vehicle and driver assistance device

• US 9,969,385 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2012
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Jecker, Nicolas, Grimm, Oliver
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G
• Assistant Examiner(s): SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R
• Application Number:
  US14/241,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20140371972A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,085 Days
• 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 15/0285 Parking performed automatically

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for carrying out a parking process for a vehicle (1), in which the parking process is carried out at least semi-autonomously, a parking assistance device (2) of the vehicle being able to carry out an autonomous parking process or a semi-autonomous parking process and, depending on environmental conditions of the vehicle (1), the parking assistance device (2) deciding whether a parking process is carried out autonomously or semi-autonomously.

Claims

1. A method for carrying out a parking process for a vehicle, in which the parking process is carried out at least semi-autonomously, the method comprising:

carrying out an autonomous parking process or a semi-autonomous parking process, by a parking assistance device of the vehicle, wherein

depending on environmental conditions of the vehicle, deciding, by the parking assistance device, whether the parking process is carried out autonomously or semi-autonomously,

wherein in the autonomous parking process, steering, acceleration and braking are under the control of the parking assistance device,

wherein in the semi-autonomous parking process steering, but not acceleration and braking, is under the control of the parking assistance device,

wherein a detection value which characterizes a probability of correct obstacle detection in the environment of the vehicle is taken into account for the decision,

wherein the detection value is taken into account on the basis of information from only one sensor type for sensing the environment, and wherein the only one sensor type is ultrasonic.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a threshold value is stipulated for the detection value and a semi-autonomous parking process is carried out if the threshold value is exceeded.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one obstacle is taken into account as environmental conditions during parking space measurement.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein obstacles adjoining a parking space are taken into account.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the decision as to whether a parking process is carried out autonomously or semi-autonomously is made on the basis of information from only one sensor type for sensing the environment.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein only information from ultrasonic sensors of the parking assistance device is taken into account.

7. A parking assistance device for a vehicle, comprising:

a detector device for sensing an environment surrounding the vehicle; and

an evaluation unit for evaluating information from the detector device, the parking assistance device being configured to carry out an autonomous and a semi-autonomous parking process, and to decide, on the basis of detected environmental conditions of the vehicle, whether the parking process is carried out autonomously or semi-autonomously,

wherein in the autonomous parking process, steering, acceleration and braking are under the control of the parking assistance device,

wherein in the semi-autonomous parking process steering but not acceleration and braking is under the control of the parking assistance device,

wherein a detection value which characterizes a probability of correct obstacle detection in the environment of the vehicle is taken into account for the decision,

wherein the detection value is taken into account on the basis of information from only one sensor type for sensing the environment, and wherein the only one sensor type is ultrasonic.

8. A vehicle having a parking assistance device according to claim 7.