Patent ID: 9183748
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B60R,B62D,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for determining an available parking space, the apparatus comprising: a Region of Interest (ROI) setter configured to set an ROI for a parking space based on an entrance region of a searched parking space when searching for the corresponding parking space for parking a vehicle; a sensed value processor configured to extract sensed values measured in the set ROI from sensed values measured by an ultrasonic wave sensor and project the extracted sensed values upon an end of the corresponding parking space; a weight applier configured to identify a shape of the parking space and an output direction of the ultrasonic wave sensor and apply a weight to the projected sensed values according to the shape of the parking space and the output direction of the ultrasonic wave sensor; and a space occupancy determiner configured to determine whether the corresponding parking space is occupied based on the applied weight to the projected sensed values.