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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
May. 27, 2020
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Jens Nessler, Offenbach, DE;
Marcus Kleinehagenbrock, Offenbach, DE;
Robert Kastner, Offenbach, DE;
Christoph Kerkeling, Offenbach, DE;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to a parking assistance device, comprising an autonomous vehicle detecting unit adapted to detect whether a parked vehicle is an autonomous vehicle () capable of moving autonomously, a parking space optimization area detecting unit adapted to detect at least one parking space optimization area (), a distance measuring unit adapted to measure a distance () in front of or behind the at least one autonomous vehicle (), a parking spot determining unit adapted to determine whether or not a subset of the distances () measured by the distance measuring unit is equal to or larger than a predetermined distance required for parking a host vehicle (), and a communication unit () adapted to output a movement command to the at least one parked autonomous vehicle (). The invention further relates to an according parking assistance method.