METHOD FOR MONITORING A PARKING FACILITY

• US 20170330399A1
• Filed: 10/22/2015
• Published: 11/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Nordbruch, Stefan, Nicodemus, Rolf, Hoffmann, Stefan
• Granted Patent: US 10,140,793 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/31 of human presence inside or outside the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/29 the pass containing active electronic elements, e.g. smartcards
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

A method for monitoring a parking facility that has an area reserved for autonomously driving vehicles, including: receiving an access request associated with a person for the reserved area, checking whether the person is authorized for access to the reserved area, granting access if the person is authorized for access, monitoring a behavior of the person in the reserved area. Also described is a corresponding device, system and computer program.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A method for monitoring a parking facility, which has an area reserved for autonomously driving vehicles, the method comprising:

receiving an access request, associated with a person, for the reserved area;

checking whether the person is authorized for accessing the reserved area;

granting the access if the person is authorized for access; and

monitoring a behavior of the person in the reserved area.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the monitoring includes a check to determine whether the person moves toward a vehicle associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area and/or whether the person moves in the reserved area along a path specified for the person and/or whether the person moves toward a vehicle not associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area and/or stops at this vehicle and/or accesses this vehicle.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein, based on the monitoring, the behavior of the person is documented and/or an alarm signal is output.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein additionally an entrance and/or an exit of the reserved area is monitored in order to be able to determine unauthorized entries and/or exits.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the check to determine whether the person is authorized to access the reserved area includes a reception of a specified signal of a transmitter carried by the person.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the transmitter is comprised by a terminal device, in particular a mobile terminal device.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein a parking position of a vehicle associated with the person that is parked in the reserved area is communicated to the person.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein, in addition to the parking position, a map, a digital map, or an interactive digital map, of the reserved area is transmitted to the person.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein, in addition to the parking position, a setpoint trajectory to be followed by the person to reach the parking position is transmitted to the person.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein for reaching the parking position a navigation infrastructure of the parking facility configured for emitting navigation signals is operated so that it emits navigation signals so as to make it possible to reach the parking position by following the navigation signals.

26. The method of claim 16, wherein at least a subarea of the reserved area is closed off against access by the person, which subarea is different from a subarea in which a vehicle associated with the person is parked.

27. The method of claim 16, wherein a coordination of a traffic of autonomously driving vehicles within the reserved area is performed as a function of persons located in the reserved area to avoid a collision of autonomously driving vehicles and the vehicles located in the reserved area and/or the persons located in the reserved area.

28. A device for monitoring a parking facility having a reserved area for autonomously driving vehicles, comprising:

a receiving arrangement to receive an access request, associated with a person, for the reserved area;

a checking arrangement to check whether the person is authorized for accessing the reserved area;

a granting arrangement to grant the access if the person is authorized for access; and

a monitoring arrangement to monitor a behavior of the person in the reserved area.

29. A parking system for vehicles, comprising:

a parking facility, which has an area reserved for autonomously driving vehicles; and

a device for monitoring the parking facility having a reserved area for the autonomously driving vehicles, including;

a receiving arrangement to receive an access request, associated with a person, for the reserved area;

a checking arrangement to check whether the person is authorized for accessing the reserved area;

a granting arrangement to grant the access if the person is authorized for access; and

a monitoring arrangement to monitor a behavior of the person in the reserved area.

30. A computer readable medium having a computer program, which is executable by a processor, comprising:

a program code arrangement having program code for monitoring a parking facility, which has an area reserved for autonomously driving vehicles, by performing the following;

receiving an access request, associated with a person, for the reserved area;

checking whether the person is authorized for accessing the reserved area;

granting the access if the person is authorized for access; and

monitoring a behavior of the person in the reserved area.