Patent ID: 9165464
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B62D,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for assisting in a parking maneuver for a motor vehicle into a parking space, the method comprising: driving the vehicle by a parking space; while the vehicle is driving by the parking space, detecting the parking space and a boundary object located in an area of the parking space by a sensor array; assigning, using a processor, a boundary object type to the detected boundary object; and generating, using the processor, parking information about a feasibility of a parking maneuver into the parking space as a function of the assigned boundary object type and a position of the boundary object in the area of the parking space; wherein the area of the parking space is subdivided into a plurality of segments and, for each segment, a boundary object type is assigned to a corresponding boundary object detected in the segments, and wherein the area of the parking space is subdivided into an arrangement of 3×3 segments.