Volkswagen Ag

Bastian Göricke

Philipp Hüger

Sven Klomp

Markus Radimirsch

Christian Jördens

Jesko Klandt

Jana Seeland

Christian Hopp

Jakub Mateusz Grochowicz

Dorian Müller

Daniel Meyer

A method for operating a motor vehicle in a parking procedure is provided, wherein the motor vehicle comprises at least one parking assistance function. The method comprises signaling an availability of support by the parking assistance function by at least temporary actuator-based application of at least one perceivable steering torque, wherein the steering torque is applied as an additional steering torque that acts in the direction of a parking space.

Method for operating a motor vehicle

The disclosure relates to a method for assisting a driver with a manual parking procedure of a motor vehicle, wherein a processor is used to determine a target parking space and a position of the motor vehicle, to determine at least one driving setting of the motor vehicle, to determine a reachability of the target parking space proceeding from the position using the at least one determined driving setting, and to facilitate actuation of a steering of the motor vehicle by the driver by applying at least one steering torque to the steering if it is determined that the target parking space cannot be reached proceeding from the position with the at least one determined driving setting.

Method for assisting a driver with a manual parking procedure of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle

The invention relates to a method for recognizing a potential collision of a vehicle with a living creature, wherein at least one operating state is monitored of a functional unit in a parking garage in which the vehicle is located, wherein when such a characteristic operating state of the functional unit is recognized by a monitoring device that characterizes a direct, potential appearance of a living creature in the parking garage, a notice is transmitted to the vehicle, and/or an operating mode of the vehicle is changed. The invention also relates to a parking garage management system.

Method for detecting a potential collision by a vehicle with a living thing, and car park management system

Technologies and techniques for detecting a parking space becoming available via an assistance system of a vehicle searching for a parking space. Radar signals are emitted by at least one radar sensor searching for the parking space and whether a parking space becoming available is recognized on the basis of received radar signals, which are evaluated by an evaluation unit of the vehicle. Micro-movements of a vehicle parked in a parking space, may characterize the vacating of the parking space, and may be detected by evaluating the radar signals reflected by this parked vehicle. A presumptive parking space becoming available may be identified by the assistance systems on the basis of such a detection of a micro-movement. An assistance system and a motor vehicle using the assistance system are also disclosed.

Method for detecting a parking space becoming available by way of an assistance system comprising a radar sensor, and assistance system and motor vehicle

The invention relates to a motor vehicle and to a method for operating a motor vehicle for carrying out a parking procedure, wherein the motor vehicle comprises at least a first parking assistance function and a second parking assistance function, which may be selected as desired, and wherein the method comprises: detecting a gripping status of a steering handle of the motor vehicle by a driver; and automatically selecting the first or the second parking assistance function depending on the gripping status.

Automatic selection of one of multiple parking assistance functions in a motor vehicle

Technologies and techniques for providing assistance to a motor vehicle during a process of exiting a lateral parking space. A device is configured with at least one surroundings sensor system and at least one control unit with an assigned memory to acquire successive values of distances from adjacent motor vehicles during a parking process and to store them in a map of the surroundings. The device may be designed in such a way that, before the start of the process of exiting a parking space, current values of distances from the adjacent motor vehicles are acquired and compared with the distance values stored in the map of the surroundings, wherein, when they correspond, a parking-space-exiting trajectory is made available by means of the map of the surroundings.

Method and device for providing assistance to a motor vehicle during a process of exiting a lateral parking space

A method for the operation of a parking assistance system of a transportation vehicle in which a parking space in a surroundings of the transportation vehicle is recognized with reference to sensor data of at least one surroundings sensor of the transportation vehicle and a predetermined parking space category is assigned to the parking space, and a parking maneuver into the parking space with the assigned parking space category is offered to a user of the transportation vehicle, wherein parking space surroundings data that describe a location of the parking space and/or a surroundings of the parking space are determined, a driving direction along which the transportation vehicle will be maneuvered into the parking space is determined with reference to the parking space surroundings data, and the parking maneuver along the determined driving direction is offered to the user.

Method for operating a parking assistance system of a transportation vehicle with specification of a direction of travel for a parking maneuver and parking assistance system

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Wolfsburg, Germany

Bastian Göricke