A parking assistance device has guidance means for guiding a vehicle to an initial position for parking which position enables parking of the vehicle to a space that is a space next to a tangible object around the vehicle and is located on the far side of the vehicle with respect to the direction of advancement of the vehicle; obstacle detection means for detecting an obstacle around the vehicle based on a reflected wave of a wave emitted from the vehicle in a predetermined direction; and timing setting means for setting a guidance start timing based on the result of the detection made by the obstacle detection means on the obstacle in the parking space within a predetermined distance from the tangible object.

Parking assistance device

A method and arrangement are described for handover warning in a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities and a vehicle controller configured to control unmanned autonomous travel. A processor may be configured to monitor if there is a need to transition from unmanned autonomous travel to manual control of the vehicle. A detecting arrangement may be configured to monitor a vehicle driver and evaluate the vehicle driver's readiness to assume the act of driving the vehicle. A warning arrangement may be configured to provide warning information when driver-handover is requested by the processor, which warning arrangement may be further configured to adapt warning information timing in respect to the evaluated vehicle driver's readiness to assume the act of driving the vehicle. A warning output system may be configured to output the time adapted warning information to a vehicle passenger compartment.

Method and arrangement for handover warning in a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities

The present invention is aimed at setting an efficient target track of a vehicle and thus improving convenience of the parking assist. According to the present invention, a parking assisting apparatus for assisting parking a vehicle is provided. The parking assisting apparatus comprises detecting means for detecting a positional relationship between an obstacle near the vehicle and a parking section line painted on the ground. The parking assisting apparatus is configured to vary a target track of the vehicle toward a target parking position based on the detected positional relationship between the obstacle and the parking section line.

Parking assist apparatus and method

A parking assisting device includes an ambient area detecting unit that detects an obstacle or a parking frame in an ambient area surrounding a vehicle, and a guiding unit guides the vehicle to a parking initial position from which parking of the vehicle to a parking space, adjacent to the detected obstacle, or the detected parking frame is permissible. In the parking assisting device, a guidance mode in which the guiding unit guides the vehicle to the parking initial position is set up based on a distance between the vehicle and the detected obstacle or the detected parking frame in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle.

Parking assistance device and parking assistance method

A review on battery management system from the modeling efforts to its multiapplication and integration

The invention relates to a driver assistance system (15) for a vehicle (2), in particular a motor vehicle (3) having a display device designed as a head - up display (HUD) (16) for displaying information (17) on a windshield (5) of the vehicle Vehicle (2) and with an input device (14) having at least one manually operated control element for inputting data, or which is manually operable to input data, wherein it is provided that the operating element on the steering wheel (6) and / or in an area of a dashboard (7) lying in the immediate vicinity of the steering wheel (6), or in that the input device (14) has at least one non-contact sensor (10) having a vehicle interior area (13) for registering the hand of the data input - and / or finger trajectories of the driver (4) recorded. The invention further relates to a method directed to the operation of such a driver assistance system.

Driver assistance system for automobile, has input device including manually operated control element that is arranged at steering wheel and/or in area of instrument panel, where area lies in direct vicinity of wheel

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Recheneinheit, ein Computerprogrammprodukt und ein Verfahren zum Navigieren eines Fahrzeuges auf einem Parkplatz, wobei das Fahrzeug mithilfe von Sensoren Informationen uber eine Umgebung des Fahrzeuges erfasst, wobei das Fahrzeug Informationen uber den Parkplatz von einer externen Datenquelle erhalt, wobei die Informationen der externen Datenquelle mithilfe von Sensoren weiterer Fahrzeuge erfasst und an die externe Datenquelle ubermittelt wurden, und wobei das Fahrzeug die Informationen der eigenen Sensoren und die Informationen der externen Datenquelle bei der Navigation auf dem Parkplatz berucksichtigt.

Verfahren zum Navigieren eines Fahrzeuges auf einem Parkplatz

A parking assistance system for outputting parking instructions to the driver of a vehicle has a sensor device which is designed for performing a parking space measurement on the basis of parking space limits and generating parking space information on the basis of the parking space measurement; a program-controlled device which calculates the driving trajectory to be traveled on the basis of the parking space information generated and calculates a time to collision and/or a distance to collision, within which the vehicle will presumably collide with one of the parking space limits, from the parking space information generated and the calculated driving trajectory; and a warning signal transducer which generates a warning signal if the calculated period of time is less than a first limit value and/or the calculated distance to collision is less than a second limit value.

Parking assistance system and parking assistance method

The invention relates to a processor unit and to a method for safely parking a vehicle, wherein it is checked whether an emergency situation is present, wherein, after an emergency situation is detected, a driver assistance system drives the vehicle to a roadside, characterized in that items of information from an external database are queried and taken into consideration by the driver assistance system.

Method for safely parking a vehicle in an emergency situation

Cooperative advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) have the potential to increase traffic efficiency and safety beyond the level of sensor-based systems. Further development toward centralized cooperative systems is motivated by the improving performance of cellular technologies. However, the suitability of cellular communication, up to now, remains an unresolved topic in current research due to high system requirements (on, e.g., latency). In a centralized system design, the control algorithm is located at a central unit and the system input, as well as the measured output, is transmitted over the cellular network. This paper addresses the technical feasibility and practicability of centralized longitudinal control of vehicles and vehicle platoons with communication over long-term evolution (LTE). The focus is laid on the investigation of the system in disturbed situations, as well as on the evaluation and optimization of the required LTE resources. Therefore, a novel design of a centralized adaptive cruise control is developed, which satisfies required stability properties and optimizes the resource usage. The evaluation is based on simulation studies since it requires a large number of devices, as well as deep data logging within LTE. In summary, system safety can be achieved with moderate requirements on the cellular technology in the case of high localization accuracy. Considering the objectives of LTE, the communication requirements should be satisfied in areas with gapless coverage and with dedicated resources in the case of saturated channel conditions.

Gunther Schaaf

Papers

Driver assistance system for automobile, has input device including manually operated control element that is arranged at steering wheel and/or in area of instrument panel, where area lies in direct vicinity of wheel

Verfahren zum Navigieren eines Fahrzeuges auf einem Parkplatz

Parking assistance system and parking assistance method

Method for safely parking a vehicle in an emergency situation

Safety-Critical Driver Assistance Over LTE: Toward Centralized ACC