Patent ID: 9656691
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60R,B62D,G05D,G06K,G08G

Claim:
1. A method for performing an at least semi-autonomous parking process of a motor vehicle in a garage, comprising: detecting the garage and determining a current position of the motor vehicle relative to the garage using a parking assistance system of the motor vehicle; following detection of the garage, carrying out the at least semi-autonomous parking process depending on the current position of the motor vehicle relative to the garage; recording an image of the garage by a camera of the parking assistance system, wherein the detection of the garage comprises the image being subjected to pattern recognition with respect to a garage entrance by an image processor of the parking assistance system, wherein the garage is identified by means of the pattern recognition, and wherein the determination of the current position of the motor vehicle relative to the garage comprises determining a current orientation of the motor vehicle relative to the garage using the image of the garage entrance, in particular using an orientation of at least one of the edges in the image and/or using the angle of at least one of the corners, wherein the corners are the intersections between vertical edges and the horizontal edge.