Parking Assistance Starting Position Calculation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current driver assistance systems for parking often lead to the motor vehicle overshooting the starting position due to movement during display of the parking position, causing discomfort and potential safety issues for the driver and other road users.

Innovation Solution

A method that determines an expected stopping position based on current and future parameters of the vehicle's operating state, allowing for accurate comparison with the starting position and outputting this information to the driver, ensuring the vehicle comes to a standstill at the correct position for a safe and convenient parking process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the parking position is displayed to the driver using conventional driver assistance systems, then the driver is informed about the detected parking space, but the motor vehicle continues to move and overshoots the starting position, causing discomfort and potential safety issues

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveParking position information accuracyVSAvoidParking maneuver comfort and safety
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system determines the starting position in advance based on the detected parking space dimensions and the vehicle's current operating state (speed, acceleration, steering angle). By calculating where the vehicle will come to a standstill rather than where it is currently located, the system provides forward-looking guidance that accounts for the vehicle's momentum and driver response time, preventing overshooting and enabling precise parking initiation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of time

If the driver is informed about the parking position while the vehicle is still moving, then the driver has time to react, but the vehicle covers additional distance and reaches an incorrect stopping position

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveDriver reaction timeVSAvoidStopping position accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary calculation of the starting position that anticipates the vehicle's future stopping point. By incorporating current operating parameters (speed, acceleration, steering angle) into the calculation, the system determines a position that will be accurate when the vehicle actually stops, not when the information is displayed. This eliminates the discrepancy between information display timing and actual stopping location.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors the vehicle's operating state parameters (speed, acceleration, steering angle) and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust the calculated starting position. This real-time feedback loop ensures that the guidance information remains accurate even as the vehicle's motion state changes, maintaining precision throughout the approach to the parking space.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3424801B1Method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle when parking, where a starting position of the motor vehicle for parking in a parking space is determined, driver assistance system and motor vehicle
Publication Date: 2020.09.09 VALEO SCHALTER & SENSOREN GMBH
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AI summary

The invention relates to a method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle (1) in parking, in which a parking space (10) is measured by means of at least one detection device (4') of the motor vehicle (1) and a starting position (12) of the motor vehicle (1) for the parking process into the parking space (10) is determined depending on the measurement of the parking space (10), wherein during the measurement of the parking space (10) an expected holding position (13) of the motor vehicle (1) is determined depending on at least one current and/or at least one future value of at least one parameter characterizing the operating state of the motor vehicle (1) and the holding position (13) is compared with the starting position (12).