DE102017007257A1 - Method for operating a parking system for a motor vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a parking system (10) for a motor vehicle, in which a vehicle occupant is proactively notified by an output unit (12) of the parking system (10) whether at least one predetermined condition for a parking operation is fulfilled.

Description

The invention relates to a method for operating a parking system for a motor vehicle.

Modern parking systems for motor vehicles allow autonomous parking, in which the motor vehicle, for example, is steered autonomously into a parking space. In this case, distance sensors are usually used, for example, to prevent a collision during parking. To operate such parking systems, for example, selection fields are operated on a touch-sensitive screen by the driver of the motor vehicle. However, such an operation can distract the driver from the traffic.

From the EP 1 195 673 B1 a method for arranging selection fields on display device of a motor vehicle multimedia system is known in which one of a plurality of selection fields is selected, an animation phase is started, during the animation phase the size and / or position of at least one selection field is continuously changed to a presentation space for the presentation of further selection fields for a submenu of the selected selection field and to create the selection fields of the submenu in an animation on the display device.

Object of the present invention is to provide a method of the type mentioned, by which a parking operation can be facilitated.

This object is achieved by a method having the features of patent claim 1. Advantageous embodiments with expedient and non-trivial developments of the invention are specified in the remaining claims.

In the method according to the invention for operating a parking system for a motor vehicle, a vehicle occupant is proactively notified by an output unit of the parking system whether at least one predetermined condition for a parking operation is fulfilled. This is advantageous because the proactive notification eliminates a search initiated by the vehicle occupant as to whether the at least one predetermined condition for the parking process has been met. Instead, the notification ("Notification") is made independently by the parking system via the output unit, without any request by the vehicle occupant is required. This makes the parking easier and the vehicle occupant hardly distracted from the traffic.

In other words, the parking system can automatically detect if there are options for the vehicle occupant to start an automatic parking operation and proactively inform the vehicle occupant about it. In contrast to parking systems known from the prior art, a first action of the parking operation therefore starts from the parking system instead of the vehicle occupant.

The notification can for example be done visually via so-called "notifications" (notifications) by means of the output unit. The output unit may for example be designed as a so-called "head unit" and include, for example, a touch-sensitive display for visual display.

The predetermined condition may, for example, characterize an availability of a parking space required for the parking operation. If the predetermined condition is met, the parking space is available for the parking operation.

In an advantageous development of the invention, the vehicle occupant is notified whether the at least one predetermined condition for the parking process on an induction charging device is fulfilled as soon as the induction charging device is signal-transmitting coupled to the motor vehicle. This is advantageous because this can be done in a particularly simple manner informing the vehicle occupant, as soon as the signal-transmitting coupling between the induction charging device and the car is made.

This coupling may preferably be a W-LAN connection. Once the coupling has taken place, the vehicle occupant can be informed, for example, as to whether the induction charging device is currently available for a charging process or is occupied by another motor vehicle, within the framework of the predetermined condition.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the vehicle occupant is notified as a function of at least one predetermined approach path to a predetermined parking area, if the at least one predetermined condition for the parking operation is met at the parking area when the car is located on a path segment of the at least one approach path , This represents advantageously a special facilitation of the parking process.

In this case, an approach path or several different access routes, for example in the form of a plurality of different routes, via which a journey, for example to a residence of the vehicle occupant, is possible, So be stored in-vehicle in the car or in the parking system.

At the residence of the vehicle occupant, a home-near parking can be done.

The predetermined parking area may correspond to a parking zone in which the parking operation can take place. The parking zone (parking area) can be specified by specifying a radius around the place of residence. A parking space required for the parking process can correspond to a (small) partial area of the parking area.

The path segment may, for example, correspond to a starting point of the at least one approach path.

Further advantages, features and details of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment and from the drawing (s). The features and feature combinations mentioned above in the description as well as the features and feature combinations mentioned below in the figure description and / or shown alone in the figure can be used not only in the respectively specified combination but also in other combinations or alone, without the scope of To leave invention.

The single FIGURE shows various steps which can be carried out as part of a method for operating a parking system for a motor vehicle.

Fig. Shows various steps a ), b), c), which in the context of a method for operating a parking system 10 for a motor vehicle not shown here can be performed.

This is a vehicle occupant of the motor vehicle in step a ) a navigation map 14 at one, designed as a display output unit 12 of the parking system 10 displayed, wherein the vehicle occupant proactively through the output unit 12 of the parking system 10 is notified whether at least a predetermined condition for a parking operation is met.

In the following step b ), the vehicle occupant is notified whether the at least one predetermined condition for the parking operation on an induction charging device 24 is satisfied once the induction charger 24 signal transmitting is coupled with the car.

Once the parking system 10 with the induction charger 24 connected, may be a readiness of the parking system 10 for the (automatic) parking operation via the output unit 12 be signaled, provided that all predetermined conditions for the parking operation are met. For example, one of these conditions is satisfied when the induction charging device 24 is available for the parking process, so is not busy. Then you can use the parking system 10 for example, an automatic approach of the motor vehicle to the induction charging device 24 to be started. The parking system 10 can autonomously drive the car to the induction charging device 24 Taxes.

Additionally or alternatively to step b ) can in step c ) of the vehicle occupant as a function of at least one predetermined approach path 16 . 18 to a given parking area 20 be notified if the at least one predetermined condition for the parking operation at the parking area 20 are met when the car is on a path segment 22 of the access route is located. Here, the position of the motor vehicle and thus the parking system 10 recorded for example via GPS and or camera data and thereby the location of the motor vehicle can be determined. Once the location is done, the vehicle occupant can be informed if the conditions for the parking operation are met.

The parking process at the parking area 20 can also at the induction charger 24 provided they are at the parking area 20 is present and not currently occupied by another motor vehicle.

In summary, different criteria can be specified when a notification ("notification") on the output unit 12 is pictured. This can be done in step b ) the access to the induction charging device and thereby an automatic approach of an inductive pallet can be facilitated. Additionally or alternatively, in step c ), for example, a so-called "home parking", so a residence near parking the vehicle occupants are carried out automatically.

In principle, the described "notifications" can also be used for other events of the parking system 10 used to proactively alert the vehicle occupant to a particular event.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

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parking system

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output unit

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navigation map

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Directions

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Directions

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parking area

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path segment

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Induction charging device

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step

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step

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step

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

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Cited patent literature

• EP 1195673 B1 [0003]

Claims (3)

A method of operating a parking system (10) for a motor vehicle, wherein a vehicle occupant is proactively notified by an output unit (12) of the parking system (10) whether at least one predetermined condition for a parking operation is met. Method according to Claim 1 , characterized in that the vehicle occupant is notified whether the at least one predetermined condition for the parking operation on an induction charging device (24) is fulfilled as soon as the induction charging device (24) is signal-transmitting coupled to the motor vehicle. Method according to Claim 1 or 2 characterized in that the vehicle occupant is informed in response to at least one predetermined approach path (16, 18) to a predetermined parking area (20) whether the at least one predetermined condition for the parking operation at the parking area (20) is met when the motor vehicle is located on a path segment (22) of the at least one access path (16, 18).

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