Patent ID: 11967234
Assignee: AUDI AG
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of filling up a parking structure with vehicles, wherein the parking structure includes at least one parking level, a control device, and a barrier to the at least one parking level, and wherein a first plurality of the vehicles can be parked on the at least one parking level, the method comprising:
closing, by the control device, the barrier to the at least one parking level;
obtaining, by the control device, a specified maximum value for a combined weight of the first plurality of the vehicles to be parked on the at least one parking level;
when entrance to the parking structure is requested for a new vehicle located outside of the parking structure, determining, by the control device, a combined weight of the new vehicle and other vehicles for which entrance has already been granted to the at least one parking level;
responsive to determining that the combined weight is less than or equal to the specified maximum value, granting, by the control device, entrance to the at least one parking level for the new vehicle by opening the barrier to the at least one parking level; and
responsive to determining that the combined weight is greater than the specified maximum value, refusing, by the control device, entrance to the at least one parking level for the new vehicle by not opening the barrier to the at least one parking level.