Patent ID: 9140553
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B60W,B62D,G01C,G05D

Abstract:
1. A method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle when parking in a parking space in a garage, using a driver assistance device of the motor vehicle, the method comprising: recording and storing, in a learning mode of the driver assistance device, reference data about a surrounding area of the parking space using a sensor device of the driver assistance device, while the motor vehicle is parked in the parking space under driver control; recording a reference target position, which is reached by the motor vehicle in learning mode, by the driver assistance device and storing data with information about the reference target position; in a subsequent operating mode different from the learning mode, recording, by the driver assistance device, sensor data via the sensor device and comparing the sensor data with the reference data, wherein depending on a result of the comparison, identifying the surrounding area of the parking space using the recorded sensor data, and determining a current position of the motor vehicle relative to the reference target position; and depending on the current position of the motor vehicle relative to the reference target position, determining an automated parking route by the driver assistance device, along which the motor vehicle is parked automatically in the parking space from the current position without driver control, wherein the driver retains ability to initiate or interrupt the automated parking route using control commands.