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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Inventor:
Detlef Baasch, Oberteuringen, DE;
Assignee:
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/14 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/141 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G08G 1/168 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for finding a parking space for a first motor vehicle includes determining a required minimum length of the parking space on which the first motor vehicle is parkable, scanning a length of the adjacent parking space through the second motor vehicle, and driving the first motor vehicle to the adjacent parking space bounded by the second motor vehicle when the length of the adjacent parking space corresponds to at least the minimum length. Related transmission devices and control systems are also provided.