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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2022
Cariad SE, Wolfsburg, DE;
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Roland Kube, Wolfsburg, DE;
Timo Iken, Wolfsburg, DE;
Carolin Last, Wolfsburg, DE;
Stefan Wappler, Wolfsburg, DE;
Michael Holicki, Wolfsburg, DE;
Ralph Hänsel, Wolfsburg, DE;
Sven-Garrit Czarnian, Wolfsburg, DE;
Thomas Dammeier, Wolfsburg, DE;
CARIAD SE, Wolfsburg, DE;
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
Systems and methods of evaluating parking spaces are provided, and in particular evaluating parking spaces in parking lots or parking garages, with regard to autonomous driving. This is accomplished by determining an accessible area of the parking space, and defining grid points in the accessible area. Features of the parking space are determined for each of the grid points, where each of the features is registrable from a respective one of the grid points. A quality value is obtained from an average number of features that is registrable from each of the grid points.