Portable Parking Sensor Network for Rapid Automated Vehicle Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional parking assistance systems require time-consuming installation and are not suitable for temporary or infrastructure-lacking locations, limiting their flexibility and applicability.

Innovation Solution

A portable parking assistance system with wireless sensors and a control device that can be set up and dismantled at various locations, using a digital map to control vehicles without extensive wiring, allowing flexible deployment and adaptation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If conventional parking assistance systems are installed, then vehicle control and route planning are enabled, but installation time and complexity increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomated parking controlVSAvoidinstallation time

Core Design Contradiction:

Extent of automationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces physical wiring and mechanical installation infrastructure with wireless communication technology. Sensors transmit data wirelessly to the control device, eliminating the need for extensive cable laying and physical infrastructure installation, thus enabling automated parking control while significantly reducing installation time

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The control device serves multiple functions: it receives sensor signals, determines vehicle positions, plans routes, and controls vehicles. This multi-functional design consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate systems, reducing overall installation complexity and time while maintaining comprehensive automated parking capabilities

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Extent of automation

If conventional parking assistance systems are installed, then vehicle control capability is provided, but adaptability to different locations is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevehicle control capabilityVSAvoidlocation flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Extent of automationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from a static, fixed installation to a dynamic, portable configuration. The control device and sensors can be relocated to different venues as needed. The wireless architecture allows the system to be quickly deployed and reconfigured at various locations, maintaining vehicle control capability while significantly improving location adaptability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The parking assistance system is divided into independent, modular components (sensors and control device) that can be separately transported and reconfigured. This segmentation enables the system to be adapted to different venue layouts and requirements while maintaining full automated vehicle control functionality

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If sensors are wired to the control device, then signal transmission reliability is improved, but installation complexity and time increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesignal transmission reliabilityVSAvoidwiring complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Physical wiring connections are replaced with wireless communication signals. The sensors transmit data wirelessly to the control device using radio frequency communication, eliminating the need for complex cable routing and physical connections while maintaining signal transmission reliability through error correction and protocol management

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

4Stability of the object's composition

If existing infrastructure is required for integration, then system stability is improved, but applicability to temporary events and new locations is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem stabilityVSAvoidlocation applicability

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates its own operational infrastructure through portable sensors and wireless communication rather than relying on pre-existing venue infrastructure. The sensors self-organize to detect vehicles and transmit signals, and the control device independently processes information and controls vehicles, enabling deployment at temporary events and new locations while maintaining system stability through self-contained architecture

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12444298B2Portable parking assistance system, method and computer program product

Publication Date: 2025.10.14 VALEO SCHALTER & SENSOREN GMBH

AI summary

A portable parking assistance system is disclosed. The system is suitable for being set up and dismantled at different locations and is designed, when set up at a particular location, to control one or more vehicles within a predetermined region of the particular location. The system includes one or more sensors which are arranged in the predetermined ration. Each of the sensors is designed to detect vehicles located in a respective specific detection range of the predetermined region and to wirelessly transmit a corresponding sensor signal. The parking assistance system also includes a control device which is designed to receive the sensor signals from the sensors, to determine a respective position of the vehicles on the basis of the received sensor signals, and control each vehicle on the basis of the determined positions of the vehicles and a specified digital map of the predetermined region.