System And Method For Using Gestures In Autonomous Parking

• US 20140121883A1
• Filed: 10/29/2013
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Shen, Zhongnan, Weng, Fuliang, Albrecht, Benno
• Granted Patent: US 9,656,690 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/28
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0285 Parking performed automatically

Abstract

A method of providing parking assistance in a vehicle includes identifying with a controller in a vehicle a plurality of available parking spaces for the vehicle, generating with a video output device operatively connected to the controller an interface with a graphical depiction of the vehicle and the plurality of available parking spaces, receiving a first input gesture with a gesture input device to select one parking space from the plurality of available parking spaces, and operating the vehicle to park the vehicle in the one parking space using the controller configured with a parking assistance service in the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method of providing parking assistance in a vehicle comprising:

identifying with a controller in a vehicle a plurality of available parking spaces for the vehicle;

generating with a video output device operatively connected to the controller an interface with a graphical depiction of the vehicle and the plurality of available parking spaces;

receiving a first input gesture with a gesture input device to select one parking space from the plurality of available parking spaces; and

operating the vehicle to park the vehicle in the one parking space using the controller configured with a parking assistance service in the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, the operating of the vehicle to park the vehicle further comprising:

operating the vehicle with the controller operatively connected to an autonomous parking system to park the vehicle in the one parking space.

3. The method of claim 2, the parking of the vehicle further comprising:

selecting with the controller at least one camera that views the one parking space; and

generating a video output from the selected camera to assist an operator in parking the vehicle in the one parking space.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

receiving speech input with an audio input device operatively connected to the controller to select one camera from a plurality of cameras in the vehicle; and

generating a video output from the one camera to assist the operator in parking the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 2, the parking of the vehicle further comprising:

receiving a second input gesture with the gesture input device to select one camera from a plurality of cameras in the vehicle; and

generating a video output from the one camera to assist an operator in parking the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

identifying with a range finding sensor in the vehicle a range between the vehicle and an object proximate to the one parking space; and

generating a graphical indicator corresponding to the identified range with the video output from the selected camera.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

receiving a third input gesture from the operator with the gesture input device during generation of the video output from the selected camera; and

adjusting at least one of a pan, tilt, and zoom of the selected camera in response to the third input gesture.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

identifying with the controller the third input gesture from the operator corresponding to a request for a pan or a tilt of the one camera to a region around the vehicle outside of a predetermined field of view for the one camera;

selecting with the controller another camera in the vehicle with a predetermined field of view that includes the region around the vehicle; and

generating the video output from the other camera.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a second input gesture with the gesture input device to specify a parallel parking mode to the controller configured with the parking assistance service; and

receiving a third input gesture with the gesture input device to specify a perpendicular parking mode to the controller configured with the parking assistance service.

10. The method of claim 9, the second input gesture and the third input gesture further comprising:

a horizontal linear input gesture specifying the parallel parking mode; and

a vertical linear input gesture specifying the perpendicular parking mode.

11. The method of claim 1, the identification of the plurality of available parking spaces further comprising:

receiving with a wireless network device in the vehicle data corresponding to a map of a parking facility that includes the plurality of available parking spaces;

identifying with a global positioning system (GPS) device in the vehicle a location of the vehicle in relation to the map of the parking facility; and

generating with the video output device a graphical depiction of the map including the plurality of available parking spaces and the vehicle in the map with reference to the identified location of the vehicle.

12. A system for providing parking assistance in a vehicle comprising:

a video output device configured to generate a graphical display for an operator in the vehicle;

a gesture input device configured to receive input gestures from the operator; and

a controller, the controller being operatively connected to the video output device, and the gesture input device, and the controller being configured with a parking assistance service to;

identify a plurality of available parking spaces for the vehicle;

generate with the video output device an interface with a graphical depiction of the vehicle and the plurality of available parking spaces;

receive a first input gestures with a gesture input device to select one parking space from the plurality of available parking spaces; and

operate the vehicle to park the vehicle in the one selected parking space using the controller configured with the parking assistance service.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the controller configured with the parking assistance service is an autonomous parking system that operates the vehicle to park the vehicle in the one parking space.

14. The system of claim 12 further comprising:

a plurality of cameras in the vehicle; and

the controller being operatively connected to the plurality of cameras and further configured to;

select at least one camera that views the one parking space; and

generate a video output from the selected camera with the video output device to assist an operator in parking the vehicle in the one parking space.

15. The system of claim 12 further comprising:

an audio input device in the vehicle;

a plurality of cameras in the vehicle; and

the controller being operatively connected to the audio input device and the plurality of cameras and further configured to;

receive speech input with audio input device to select one camera from a plurality of cameras in the vehicle; and

generate a video output from the one camera to assist the operator in parking the vehicle.

16. The system of claim 12 further comprising:

a plurality of cameras in the vehicle; and

the controller being operatively connected to the plurality of cameras and further configured to;

receive a second input gesture with the gesture input device to select one camera from the plurality of cameras; and

generate a video output from the one camera with the video output device to assist an operator in parking the vehicle.

17. The system of claim 16 further comprising:

a range finding sensor in the vehicle; and

the controller being operatively connected to the range finding sensor and further configured to;

identify a range between the vehicle and an object that is proximate to the one parking space with the range finding sensor; and

generate a graphical indicator corresponding to the identified range with the video output from the selected camera on the video output device.

18. The system of claim 16, the controller being further configured to:

receive a third input gesture from the operator with the gesture input device during generation of the video output from the selected camera; and

adjust at least one of a pan, tilt, and zoom of the selected camera in response to the third input gesture.

19. The system of claim 18, the controller being further configured to:

identify the third input gesture from the operator corresponding to a request for a pan or a tilt of the one camera to a region around the vehicle outside of a predetermined field of view for the one camera;

select another camera in the vehicle with a predetermined field of view that includes the region around the vehicle; and

generate the video output from the other camera with the video output device.

20. The system of claim 12, the controller being further configured to:

receive a second input gesture with the gesture input device to specify a parallel parking mode to the parking assistance service; and

receive a third input gesture with the gesture input device to specify a perpendicular parking mode to the parking assistance service.

21. The system of claim 20, the controller being further configured to:

specify the parallel parking mode in response to receiving a horizontal linear input gesture; and

specify the perpendicular parking mode in response to receiving a vertical linear input gesture.

22. The system of claim 12 further comprising;

a wireless network device in the vehicle;

a global positioning system (GPS) device in the vehicle; and

the controller being operatively connected to the wireless network device and the GPS device, the controller being further configured to;

receive data corresponding to a map of a parking facility that includes the plurality of available parking spaces with the wireless network device;

identify a location of the vehicle in relation to the map of the parking facility with the GPS; and

generate a graphical depiction of the map including the plurality of available parking spaces and the vehicle in the map with reference to the identified location of the vehicle with the video output device.