Abstract: A method for operating a parking assistance system for a parking facility is disclosed. The parking facility provides in a predetermined area several parking spaces for autonomously driving vehicles and includes a handover area for handing over a vehicle from a user to the parking assistance system or vice versa. The method includes receiving a request for the use of the parking facility in a specific time interval from the user of the vehicle. The request includes at least one handover time. The method also includes determining a first expected utilization of the parking facility at the handover time as a function of a number of utilization parameters, comparing the determined first expected utilization with a particular utilization threshold value, determining an alternate handover time, and transmitting a message including the alternate handover time to the user.

Abstract: A portable parking assistance system is disclosed. The system is suitable for being set up and dismantled at different locations and is designed, when set up at a particular location, to control one or more vehicles within a predetermined region of the particular location. The system includes one or more sensors which are arranged in the predetermined ration. Each of the sensors is designed to detect vehicles located in a respective specific detection range of the predetermined region and to wirelessly transmit a corresponding sensor signal. The parking assistance system also includes a control device which is designed to receive the sensor signals from the sensors, to determine a respective position of the vehicles on the basis of the received sensor signals, and control each vehicle on the basis of the determined positions of the vehicles and a specified digital map of the predetermined region.

Abstract: An ultrasonic measuring method involves activating an ultrasonic transceiver at a multiplicity of transmission/reception positions along a lateral direction to transmit a respective transmission signal in a transverse direction and receive a respective received signal waveform. Echo signals in the respective received signal waveform are identified and a set of reflection points are formed by trilaterating a respective reflection point multiple times based on two respective received signal waveforms and a respective echo signal from each of the two received signal waveforms. Multiple pairs made of a primary reflection point and a secondary reflection point are formed, identified on the basis of a position-based criterion as reflection points of a direct and/or indirect reflection from the same object section. An object height at one of the reflection points is characterized as high or low.

Abstract: A method for measuring lateral surroundings of a vehicle provided with a lateral ultrasonic transceiver is disclosed. The method involves actuating the ultrasonic transceiver at at least two transmission and reception positions along a lateral direction for the purpose of transmitting a respective transmission signal in a transverse direction across the direction of travel and receiving a respective received signal characteristic reflected from the lateral surroundings; identifying a number of echo signals in the respective received signal characteristic; trilaterating a bearing of a first reflection point in the lateral surroundings, from which the chronologically first echo signals in the respective received signal characteristic were reflected; selecting an echo signal for a double echo determination; and determining a height of an object as being tall if a double echo is detected or short if no double echo is detected.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for autonomously parking a motor vehicle (1), in which the motor vehicle (1) is positioned in a start position (5), wherein the start position (5) is associated with a parking area (7) with a plurality of parking spaces (6), by means of a parking control device (4), one of the parking spaces (6) is selected for parking for the motor vehicle (1) and a trajectory (12) for autonomously moving the motor vehicle (1) from the start position (5) to the selected parking space (6) is determined, wherein interior data describing an interior (16) of the motor vehicle (1) is received by means of the parking control device (4), and it is examined based on the received interior data if a living entity is in the interior (16) of the motor vehicle (1), and the moving of the motor vehicle (1) along the determined trajectory (12) remains undone if the living entity is in the interior (16).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for autonomously parking a motor vehicle (1), in which the motor vehicle (1) is positioned in a start position (5), wherein the start position (5) is associated with a parking area (7) with a plurality of parking spaces (6), by means of a parking control device (4), one of the parking spaces (6) is selected for parking for the motor vehicle (1) and a trajectory (12) for autonomously moving the motor vehicle (1) from the start position (5) to the selected parking space (6) is determined, wherein interior data describing an interior (16) of the motor vehicle (1) is received by means of the parking control device (4), and it is examined based on the received interior data if a living entity is in the interior (16) of the motor vehicle (1), and the moving of the motor vehicle (1) along the determined trajectory (12) remains undone if the living entity is in the interior (16).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining at least one tyre-specific characteristic of a tyre (15) of a motor vehicle (1), in which an area of the tyre (15) of the motor vehicle (1) is captured by means of at least one vehicle-side camera (3, 6), wherein a tyre wall (16) of the tyre (15) with a tyre inscription (19) is captured as the area by means of the at least one camera (3, 6), and the tyre inscription (19) is identified by means of an evaluation device (13) and the at least one tyre-specific characteristic is determined on the basis of the tyre inscription (19). The invention also relates to a driver assistance system (2) and a motor vehicle (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out a parking process for a vehicle (1), in which the parking process is carried out at least semi-autonomously, a parking assistance device (2) of the vehicle being able to carry out an autonomous parking process or a semi-autonomous parking process and, depending on environmental conditions of the vehicle (1), the parking assistance device (2) deciding whether a parking process is carried out autonomously or semi-autonomously.

Abstract: The invention relates to a maneuvering system (2) for the automated maneuvering of a motor vehicle (1), including an on-board control device (3) which is designed to provide control signals (S) to a drive device and/or steering device (5) of the motor vehicle (1) and thereby to carry out a maneuvering operation of the motor vehicle (1) automatically, and including a portable communication device (4) which is operable by a user, which is designed to communicate wirelessly with the on-board control device (3) and thereby to enable and/or interrupt the maneuvering operation as a function of an input by the user at an operating device (8) of the portable communication device (4).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for displaying objects in the surroundings of a vehicle having a sensor arrangement, in order to sense objects in the surroundings of the vehicle and to determine the position thereof relative to the vehicle, wherein the sensor arrangement covers, with its detection range, only a partial area of the surroundings of the vehicle; in order to improve the assistance provided to the driver during parking processes and the processes of removing a vehicle from a parking space, the processing device is designed to determine the area of the surroundings of the vehicle for which no object information is yet available, since said area has not yet been passed over by the detection range of the sensor arrangement, and the display device is designed to display the extent of this area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for executing an at least semi-autonomous parking process of a vehicle (13) by means of a parking assistance system (15), in which ambient conditions of the vehicle (13) are sensed as it travels past a potential parking space (3), and a parking path is determined as a function of the ambient conditions and of the parking space (3), wherein the ambient conditions comprise at least one obstacle (18, 18?, 18?) which is external to the parking space and does not directly bound the parking space (3) and is detected as near to the vehicle and is taken into account in the determination of the parking path (3), wherein the parking process is executed in a plurality of maneuvers (26, 27, 29; 34, 38, 39), and at least one maneuver (26, 27, 29; 34, 38, 39) which is executed with an autonomous steering intervention is determined in terms of its profile as a function of the obstacle (18, 18?, 18?). The invention also relates to a parking assistance system (15) for a vehicle (13).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle (1) when parking in a parking space (19), in particular in a garage (18), using a driver assistance device (2) of the motor vehicle (1), wherein: in a learning mode of the driver assistance device (2), reference data related to the surrounding area (22) of the parking space (19) are recorded and stored using a sensor device (7) of the driver assistance device (2), while the motor vehicle (1) is parked in the parking space (19) while controlled by the driver, a reference target position (27), which is reached by the motor vehicle (1) in the learning mode, is recorded by the driver assistance device (2) and data with information about this reference target position (27) are stored, in a subsequent operating mode of the driver assistance device (2) different from the learning mode, sensor data are detected by the sensor device (7) and compared with the reference data, wherein depending on this comparison the surrounding area (22) of t

Abstract: The invention relates to a manoeuvring system (2) for the automated manoeuvring of a motor vehicle (1), including an on-board control device (3) which is designed to provide control signals (S) to a drive device and/or steering device (5) of the motor vehicle (1) and thereby to carry out a manoeuvring operation of the motor vehicle (1) automatically, and including a portable communication device (4) which is operable by a user, which is designed to communicate wirelessly with the on-board control device (3) and thereby to enable and/or interrupt the manoeuvring operation as a function of an input by the user at an operating device (8) of the portable communication device (4).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out a parking process for a vehicle (1), in which the parking process is carried out at least semi-autonomously, a parking assistance device (2) of the vehicle being able to carry out an autonomous parking process or a semi-autonomous parking process and, depending on environmental conditions of the vehicle (1), the parking assistance device (2) deciding whether a parking process is carried out autonomously or semi-autonomously.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for assisting a parking process of a vehicle (1) into a parking space (P) which is arranged transversely with respect to a carriageway (F) and which is bounded on at least one side by a lateral boundary (10, 11), wherein the parking space (P) is measured by means of a measuring device, a parked position (G) of the vehicle (1) inside the parking space (P) is defined by means of an evaluation device, and a parking path (B) of the vehicle (1) into the parked position (G) is determined by means of the evaluation device. In order to assist the parking process in very wide parking spaces (P), the parked position (G) is defined at a lateral distance (d) from the center longitudinal axis (L) of the parking space (P) by the evaluation device at least when a predefined minimum width (b-min) of the parking space (P) is exceeded.

Abstract: A method for assisting a driver of a vehicle when parking in a parking space is disclosed. The method involves measuring a possible parking space, calculating a parking trajectory on the basis of a current parking space geometry determined from the measurement of the parking space and on the basis of a vehicle position relative to the parking space, and a parking process is subsequently carried out during which the vehicle is steered along the parking trajectory into the parking space, continuing to determine, during the parking process, the current parking space geometry and is compared with a previous parking space geometry determined before the start of the parking process, where, if the two parking space geometries differ from one another, a deviation which is present is evaluated and the parking trajectory corrected and/or re-calculated.

Abstract: A method for assisting a vehicle driver in exiting from a lateral parking space in a longitudinal direction with respect to a roadway is disclosed. The method involves measuring at least the length of the parking space to obtain measurement data, determining a parking-space-exiting trajectory at least on the basis of the measurement data, starting a process of exiting the parking space, and carrying out the process of exiting the parking space with simultaneous collision prevention by monitoring a distance from a plurality of objects which bound the parking space. During the exiting process, the steering of the vehicle is controlled automatically, and the automatic control of the steering concludes when the vehicle has reached an intermediate position from which the vehicle can exit the parking space using a single maneuver. The method concludes as soon as the parking-space-exiting trajectory allows for collision-free exiting from the parking space.

Abstract: A method and a device for planning a path when parking a vehicle (02) are described, in which a path (01) which comprises a first and second path arc (03; 04) is calculated on the basis of the geometry of a parking space (05) and a vehicle position relative to this parking space (05). According to the invention, at first a minimum appropriate first path arc (08) of the path (01) is calculated in order to reach a starting position as early as possible, and subsequently a possible larger first path arc (09) of the path (01) is preferably calculated as a function of an actual stopping position (13) of the vehicle (02). Furthermore, a driving assistance device for carrying out the method is described, as well as a computer program product which causes a microprocessor with associated storage means to carry out the method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle (1) when parking in a parking space (19), in particular in a garage (18), using a driver assistance device (2) of the motor vehicle (1), wherein: in a learning mode of the driver assistance device (2), reference data related to the surrounding area (22) of the parking space (19) are recorded and stored using a sensor device (7) of the driver assistance device (2), while the motor vehicle (1) is parked in the parking space (19) while controlled by the driver, a reference target position (27), which is reached by the motor vehicle (1) in the learning mode, is recorded by the driver assistance device (2) and data with information about this reference target position (27) are stored, in a subsequent operating mode of the driver assistance device (2) different from the learning mode, sensor data are detected by the sensor device (7) and compared with the reference data, wherein depending on this comparison the surrounding area (22) of t

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for executing an at least semi-autonomous parking process of a vehicle (13) by means of a parking assistance system (15), in which ambient conditions of the vehicle (13) are sensed as it travels past a potential parking space (3), and a parking path is determined as a function of the ambient conditions and of the parking space (3), wherein the ambient conditions comprise at least one obstacle (18, 18?, 18?) which is external to the parking space and does not directly bound the parking space (3) and is detected as near to the vehicle and is taken into account in the determination of the parking path (3), wherein the parking process is executed in a plurality of manoeuvres (26, 27, 29; 34, 38, 39), and at least one manoeuvre (26, 27, 29; 34, 38, 39) which is executed with an autonomous steering intervention is determined in terms of its profile as a function of the obstacle (18, 18?, 18?). The invention also relates to a parking assistance system (15) for a vehicle (13).