Securing a vehicle

• US 10,577,818 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2016
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Nordbruch, Stefan
• Primary Examiner(s): Trivedi, Atul
• Application Number:
  US15/760,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20180251994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,288 Days
• Field of Search: 49 31
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1012 Zone surveillance means, e.g. parking lots, truck depots
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0285 Parking performed automatically
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 6/422 Automatically operated car-parks
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/70 with automatic actuation
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/40 for gates
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19647 Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/149 coupled to means for restricting the access to the parking space, e.g. authorization, access barriers, indicative lights

Abstract

A parking system includes a parking lot having a parking space for parking a motor vehicle; sensors for scanning the parking lot; and a processing unit for assisting in a parking or pickup operation of the motor vehicle independently of a driver, the processing unit being designed to determine that a motor vehicle which is detected inside the parking lot with the aid of the sensors is driving outside a parking or pickup operation controlled independently of a driver, and to trigger an action in response.

Claims

1. A method for securing a motor vehicle against an unauthorized removal from an AVP parking lot, the method comprising:

scanning the parking lot with the aid of sensors;

determining that the motor vehicle is moving in an area of the parking lot;

determining that the motor vehicle is driving outside a parking or pickup operation controlled independently of a driver by a person not in charge of the motor vehicle or of the parking lot; and

triggering an action.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the parking lot is designed to assist in a guidance of the motor vehicle independently of a driver between a drop-off location and a parking space within the framework of the parking or pickup operation independently of a driver.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the action includes detecting a confirmation of a person in charge of the motor vehicle or of the parking lot.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the action includes an erection of a physical barrier against the departure of the motor vehicle from the parking lot.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the action includes an output of a message.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein additional information is acquired in the area of the parking lot and recorded over a predefined past time period, and the message includes the additional information.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the information includes a camera image, an image sequence, a date and time, and reservation information for use of the parking space.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable data carrier on which is stored a computer program having program code for securing a motor vehicle against an unauthorized removal from an AVP parking lot, the computer program, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to perform:

scanning the parking lot with the aid of sensors;

determining that the motor vehicle is moving in an area of the parking lot;

determining that the motor vehicle is driving outside a parking or pickup operation controlled independently of a driver by a person not in charge of the motor vehicle or of the parking lot; and

triggering an action.

9. A parking system, comprising:

a parking lot having at least one parking space for parking a motor vehicle;

sensors for scanning the parking lot; and

a processing unit for assisting in a parking or pickup operation of the motor vehicle independently of a driver, the processing unit being designed to determine that a motor vehicle which is detected in the parking lot with the aid of the sensors is driving outside a parking or pickup operation controlled independently of a driver by a person not in charge of the motor vehicle or of the parking lot, and to trigger an action in response to the detection.