Patent ID: 7800516

Claim:
A method of determining a vehicle's ability to enter a parking gap starting from an initial position, the method comprising: determining a negotiability by way of two characteristic diagrams (y min (δ,θ,x); y max (δ,θ,x)), with the two characteristic diagrams (y min (δ,θ,x); y max (δ,θ,x)) indicating for several predetermined sets of values of first vehicle quantities (δ;θ; x) a minimum value (y min (δ,θ,x)) and a maximum value (y max (δ,θ,x)) for a second vehicle quantity (y), wherein the first vehicle quantities (δ;θ; x) and the second vehicle quantity (y) are members of the group consisting of longitudinal (x) distance of the vehicle ( 1 ) from the parking gap, a lateral (y) distance of the vehicle ( 1 ) from the parking gap ( 9 ), yaw angle (θ) of the vehicle ( 1 ), and steering angle (δ) at steerable wheels ( 2 a , 2 b ) of the vehicle ( 1 ); and generating an output information representing the determination.