Parking Trajectory Control Using Virtual Objects for Next Space

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional parking assist systems fail to efficiently assist in parking the next available space of a parked vehicle, leading to low spatial efficiency in parking assistance.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method that determine a virtual object based on the length of a parking space and the vehicle's location, generating a parking trajectory to control the vehicle's parking in the next available space by scanning the area between two objects, using sensors and a processor to select the optimal parking path.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional parking assist systems only support parking in spaces before objects, then the system is simple to implement, but the spatial efficiency of parking assistance is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespatial efficiency of parking assistanceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically determines the parking target space based on the vehicle's current location and the scanned parking space configuration. When the vehicle is located before the second object, the system generates a virtual object in the second parking space and determines the first parking space as the target. When the vehicle is located next to or after the second object, the system directly determines the second parking space as the target. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to support both previous and next parking spaces, improving spatial efficiency without requiring fundamentally different system architectures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Manufacturing precision

If the system determines parking target space based on vehicle location and parking space length, then parking accuracy is improved, but the computational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparking target space determination accuracyVSAvoidprocessor computational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by generating a virtual object in the second parking space when the vehicle is located before the second object. This virtual object serves as a reference point that simplifies subsequent parking target space determination. The processor uses this pre-established virtual object to accurately determine the first parking space as the target, reducing the computational burden during the actual parking execution phase while maintaining high determination accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Manufacturing precision

If the system scans parking space between two objects and generates virtual objects, then parking control precision is improved, but the time required for parking control increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparking control precisionVSAvoidparking control time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the parking space into distinct first and second parking spaces based on the positions of two objects. By dividing the scanned area into manageable segments and using virtual objects as reference points in specific segments, the system achieves precise parking control without needing to process the entire scanned area uniformly. This segmentation approach reduces the overall computation time while maintaining high precision in determining the parking target space.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enhances parking control efficiency by enabling secure and efficient parking in the next available space, improving user convenience and spatial utilization in parking lots.

Implementation Method 1

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling the parking of a vehicle, and more particularly to a technology capable of supporting parking assistance for the next parking space of a vehicle parked in a parking lot

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectUltrasonic detection: Ultrasound

Implementation Method 2

a system that assists the parking of a vehicle has been developed, the system solves the difficulty of parking due to the narrow parking space or the inexperienced driving of a driver. Such the parking assist system recognizes a parking space based on information about the distance from the surrounding object by using an ultrasonic sensors, a radar, and a LiDAR

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRadar detection: Radar

Implementation Method 3

a system that assists the parking of a vehicle has been developed, the system solves the difficulty of parking due to the narrow parking space or the inexperienced driving of a driver. Such the parking assist system recognizes a parking space based on information about the distance from the surrounding object by using an ultrasonic sensors, a radar, and a LiDAR

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLiDAR: LIDAR

Data Source

PatentUS10953870B2Apparatus for controlling parking of vehicle, system having the same, and method thereof
Publication Date: 2021.03.23 HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling the parking of a vehicle, a system having the same, and a method thereof. the apparatus for controlling parking of a vehicle includes a processor determining whether to generate a virtual object, depending on a length of a parking space and a current location of a vehicle, determining a parking target space in the parking space based on the virtual object upon generating the virtual object, generating a parking trajectory such that the vehicle is parked to the parking target space, to perform parking control based on the parking trajectory, when the parking space between a first object and a second object is scanned, and storage storing information generated by the processor.