Parking Support Apparatus Route Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing parking support apparatuses may require excessive steering changes and time to complete parking due to calculated guiding routes that are not always within the recognition range of external sensors or suited to the vehicle's circumstances and needs.
Innovation Solution
A parking support apparatus that includes a reverse direction route calculation unit, candidate connection position setting unit, first and second parking route calculation units, recognition range judgment unit, and a traveling route setting unit to determine the most suitable parking route by adjusting the vehicle's position and steering to ensure the route is within the sensor's range and aligned with the target parking position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a guiding route is calculated for parking, then the vehicle can reach a target position, but the steering wheel may be turned at a position far from the target parking completion position or outside the recognition range of external recognition sensors
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary judgment to determine whether the candidate connection position is within the recognition range before finalizing the parking route. This advance check prevents subsequent steering adjustments that would require the vehicle to move to positions outside sensor range, thereby reducing parking completion time while ensuring the route remains within measurable boundaries.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of calculating a route and then checking if it's within recognition range, the system inverts the approach by first determining valid connection positions within the recognition range and then constructing the route based on those constrained positions. This ensures the entire route remains within sensor coverage without requiring post-calculation adjustments.
2Ease of operation
If a guiding route is calculated for parking, then the vehicle can reach a target position, but many forward/reverse steering changes are required depending on the positions of surrounding obstacles
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculation of multiple candidate connection positions and evaluates them before selecting the final parking route. This advance planning identifies the optimal connection point that minimizes steering changes and forward/reverse operations, making the parking process easier and faster without requiring complex real-time adjustments.
3Reliability
If the target parking completion position is outside the recognition range of external recognition sensors, then parking can be completed near the target, but the route calculation becomes unreliable
Solution Approach 1:
The system shifts from directly targeting a single completion position to using an intermediate connection position as the primary target. This dimensional shift allows the route to be calculated reliably within sensor range while still achieving flexible parking completion positions, as the vehicle can proceed from the verified connection point to the final target using reverse movement.
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AI summary
A parking support apparatus sets a plurality of candidate connection positions along a reverse direction route, calculates a first connection route, calculates a first parking route by using the first connection route and the reverse direction route, judges whether the candidate connection position exists within a recognition range or not; and if the candidate connection position does not exist within the recognition range, calculates a shortest steering wheel turning position, calculates a second connection route capable of reaching any one of the candidate connection positions calculates a second parking route by using the second connection route and the reverse direction route, when the second parking route can be calculated, the second parking route is selected as the parking route; otherwise, the first parking route is selected as the parking route.