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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2022
Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany Gmbh, Ingolstadt, DE;
Jochen Grieser, Bruchköbel Roßdorf, DE;
Martin Buczko, Griesheim, DE;
Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A method for use of a detected parking space, including: a) detecting a potentially usable parking space by sensing a partial area of the parking space by a vehicle sensor system; b) determining an initial parking area contour and an initial parking area orientation for the detected parking space and determining a quality criterion therefor; c) altering the parking area orientation by rotating the initial parking area contour about a vertical axis, producing a contour with an altered rotational position; d) calculating a modified quality criterion based on the altered rotational position; e) checking whether the quality criterion for the parking space has improved; f) iteratively repeating c) to e) until reaching a termination criterion; g) specifying a final parking target area having a final parking area contour and orientation based on a highest quality criterion; h) manoeuvring so that the vehicle parks in the final parking target area.