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Patent No.:

US 9477225 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2013

Method for autonomous driving in a car wash and a motor vehicle

Applicant:

Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;

Inventor:

Michael Stadler, Arnsberg, DE;

Assignee:

AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;

Attorney:

Henry M. Feiereisen LLC

Primary Examiner:

Fadey Jabr

Assistant Examiner:

Kevin P Mahne

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60S 3/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60Q 1/48 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 1/28 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2013.01); B60S 3/04 (2013.01); B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B62D 1/28 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 15/0285 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G05D 1/0234 (2013.01); G05D 1/0238 (2013.01); G08G 1/14 (2013.01); G08G 1/143 (2013.01); G08G 1/168 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for autonomously driving a motor vehicle in a car wash to enhance comfort and safety includes detecting a passageway of the car wash and determine with vehicle sensors the vehicle position and the vehicle orientation of the vehicle relative to the passageway. The vehicle is subsequently automatically driven into the car wash based on the vehicle position and the vehicle orientation, and automatically stopped in a washing position. After washing is complete, a completion signal signaling completion of a working step of the car wash is received or detected by the motor vehicle. Finally, the motor vehicle is automatically driven out of the car wash in response to the completion signal.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Stadler, Michael. (2016). Method for autonomous driving in a car wash and a motor vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 9477225). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9477225

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