Parking Assistance System Priority Maneuver Requests
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Solution Overview
Problem
In urban areas, the scarcity of parking spaces causes stress, additional time loss, and health issues for drivers, particularly those with mobility or health problems, as they often have to search extensively for available spots.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that prioritize certain drivers by transmitting a maneuver request to occupied vehicles, allowing them to move to alternative parking spaces, considering factors like vehicle dimensions, energy costs, and driver conditions, with optional autonomous or remote-controlled movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If drivers search for available parking spaces manually, then they can park their vehicles, but it causes stress, additional energy expenditure, and time loss
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated parking space allocation where the parking assistance system automatically identifies suitable parking spaces, evaluates vehicle dimensions, and executes parking maneuvers without requiring manual driver intervention for the actual parking operation
Solution Approach 2:
A central parking assistance system acts as an intermediary between drivers and available parking spaces, coordinating the parking process by receiving parking requests, evaluating criteria, selecting appropriate spaces, and controlling the parking execution
2Ease of operation
If drivers manually search for parking spaces, then they can find available spots, but it requires additional energy and causes stress
Solution Approach 1:
The parking assistance system performs the energy-consuming search and evaluation tasks automatically, using sensors and processing units to assess parking space suitability without requiring the driver to manually survey and evaluate potential parking locations
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual driver assessment with automated electronic evaluation, using sensors, cameras, and processing units to detect and evaluate parking spaces, thereby eliminating the energy expenditure associated with manual searching
3Productivity
If the system automatically allocates parking spaces, then parking efficiency improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The parking assistance system integrates multiple functions within a single system, including sensor data collection, parking space detection, vehicle dimension evaluation, criterion-based selection, and coordination with other vehicles, thereby achieving high productivity without proportionally increasing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system combines various parking-related functions into a unified automated allocation system, merging sensor processing, decision-making, and vehicle coordination into a single integrated approach that improves efficiency while managing complexity through consolidation
4Adaptability or versatility
If priority is given to certain drivers, then drivers with mobility or health problems benefit, but the system must classify and identify drivers
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses changeable classification criteria that can adapt to different driver needs and situations, allowing the priority assignment to be adjusted based on varying conditions such as driver health status, mobility limitations, and specific parking requirements rather than using fixed rigid categories
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system for parking assistance for a vehicle, wherein the parking of said vehicle on a parking space at least partly occupied by a second vehicle is enabled by transmitting a maneuver request to the second vehicle. The method includes the steps of: allocating a priority to the driver of the first vehicle, wherein said priority implements a classification of said driver with respect to the extent to which the driver is entitled to the prioritized use of the parking space; and transmitting the maneuver request to the second vehicle based on said priority.