DE102023109091A1 - Method for managing parking spaces, motor vehicle with driver assistance device and multi-storey commercial and/or apartment building - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention introduces the concept of providing additional parking spaces (40, 42) as buffer parking spaces in a multi-story business and/or apartment building with integrated parking spaces (24) that are directly assigned to an apartment (22) or a business unit, with their assignment depending on conditions such as the length of stay in the building and/or the purpose of the stay. The guidance of a motor vehicle to a buffer parking space is partially automated on the basis of a received target trajectory that also provides for the use of an elevator.

Description

The invention relates to a method for managing parking spaces in a multi-story commercial and/or apartment building as well as to such a multi-story commercial and/or apartment building and a partially automated motor vehicle.

From the US 2009/0028674 A1 It is common practice to assign parking spaces directly to apartments or offices in a building, especially on the same floor. When entering the building, several levels can be passed through, with the vehicle being loaded and unloaded by helpers on one level. A well-known implementation of a building with parking spaces directly assigned to the individual units is the Porsche Design Tower, which is located in Miami/USA.

The management of parking spaces in general also affects the DE 10 2013 213 379 A1 It describes that when a driver approaches a parking garage, a query is sent, for example about the planned parking time. The driver can order maintenance measures such as checking the tire pressure and specify that he would like to stay in the same building, for example, so that the parking garage management assigns the vehicle a parking space near an exit.

In a multi-storey commercial and/or apartment building, a semi-autonomous transfer of a vehicle is not a given. EP 3 317 735 B1 discloses the semi-autonomous transfer of a vehicle from a starting position to a target position, where the two positions are located on different floors of a multi-storey car park, where the transfer involves the vehicle being led into and out of an elevator system. A digital map of the car park or a target trajectory for the route to be travelled can be transmitted to the vehicle. The US 10 689 874 B2 concerns a partially automated transport of a vehicle to and from a parking space in a multi-storey car park.

From ISO/DIS 23374-1 it is known to move a partially autonomous motor vehicle in a parking garage in such a way that a building-side control device and building-side environmental sensors (e.g. cameras) send a target movement specification to the motor vehicle.

It is the object of the invention to expand the management of parking spaces in a multi-story commercial and/or apartment building and to provide a corresponding method and a multi-story commercial and/or apartment building as well as to disclose a corresponding at least partially automated motor vehicle.

The object is achieved by a method having the features according to patent claim 1, a motor vehicle having the features according to patent claim 5 and a multi-storey commercial and/or apartment building having the features according to patent claim 9.

• - Empfangen einer Eingabe zu einer Aufenthaltsdauer und/oder einem Aufenthaltszweck in dem Haus;
• - wenn die Aufenthaltsdauer und/oder der Aufenthaltszweck einer ersten Bedingung genügt, Zuordnen eines einer Einheit unmittelbar zugeordneten Parkplatzes;
• - wenn die Aufenthaltsdauer und/oder der Aufenthaltszweck einer zweiten Bedingung genügt, Zuordnen eines Pufferparkplatzes.

The method according to the invention for managing parking spaces in a multi-storey commercial and/or apartment building in which a plurality of commercial and/or residential units on one floor have parking spaces directly assigned only to these units, includes that there are additional buffer parking spaces and comprises the steps:

• - Receiving an input regarding a length of stay and/or purpose of stay in the house;
• - if the duration and/or purpose of the stay satisfies a first condition, allocation of a parking space directly associated with a unit;
• - if the length of stay and/or the purpose of the stay satisfies a second condition, allocation of a buffer parking space.

The invention introduces the concept of providing buffer parking spaces and using them or not depending on the situation. Buffer parking spaces expand the options for using the business and/or apartment building, and the driver and other occupants can more easily carry out certain tasks that are otherwise not provided for by the parking management.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a buffer parking space is provided on the same floor as several parking spaces assigned to one or more units, the allocation of this buffer parking space being made when a length of stay falls below a threshold value and/or a purpose of stay is loading or unloading the vehicle or picking up or dropping off a person.

In this case, the buffer parking space on the same floor is only used for a short stop and not for longer parking. This is particularly the case if the parking spaces that are directly assigned to the units are more difficult to access - in the case of parking spaces that belong to an apartment, a lock may have to be installed through will be running and the like - the use of a buffer parking space that may be more easily accessible is helpful.

According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, a buffer parking space is provided for units of multiple floors, and preferably on a floor that is different from all of these multiple floors. The allocation of this buffer parking space is made when the parking spaces for a predetermined unit are occupied and/or when an explicit reservation is made.

In this case, the buffer parking space can be used as a capacity reserve. It does not then have to be on the same floor as the parking spaces assigned to the units, but can be located in a slightly lower area in a parking garage or on an intermediate floor that is otherwise less busy, or in places higher up in the building that are used less frequently.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention, a buffer parking space is also allocated when a service is booked in addition to the actual purpose of the stay or instead of the actual purpose of the stay. For example, a vehicle driver can book the service of having the tire pressure checked. In this case, it can be helpful if the service personnel who carry out the service do not have to go to the parking space allocated to a unit, but if the buffer parking space is located near a station where the service personnel mainly stay, for example in the caretaker's office.

The motor vehicle according to the invention comprises a driver assistance device which enables at least partially autonomous driving, and it comprises a communication device which is designed to receive a specification for a destination in a building or area or for a trajectory to be traversed in a building or area, wherein the communication device is coupled to an input device which enables the input of information on an intended duration of stay or an intended purpose of stay before the specification for the destination or for the trajectory is received.

The motor vehicle according to the invention enables communication in particular with a multi-storey commercial and/or apartment building in which parking spaces are managed as described above.

According to a preferred embodiment, the driver assistance device enables at least partially autonomous driving, including a journey in an elevator. In particular, this can involve providing a low-speed parking and maneuvering journey along a section of the route (up to a maximum of 500 - 1500 m) at a maximum speed of approximately 10 - 20 km/h. The journey in the elevator contains "vertical" components, so to speak. These must then be included in the trajectory that is transmitted or derived by the vehicle based on the communicated destination.

The invention of the method for managing and the invention of the motor vehicle are combined insofar as the method can receive the input from a motor vehicle of the type described above.

In this context, it is preferably provided that, depending on the assigned parking space, an indication of its location or data for defining a trajectory starting from a driveway or access to the house is sent to the motor vehicle from which the input was received.

The multi-storey commercial and/or apartment building according to the invention comprises a plurality of units on one floor, wherein a first group of parking spaces is directly assigned only to these units (usually individually) and a second group of parking spaces serves as a buffer parking space. The second group can in particular have one or more buffer parking spaces.

The advantages of the multi-storey commercial and/or apartment building lie in the possibility of carrying out the inventive method for managing parking spaces and include the advantages of this method.

According to an advantageous embodiment for the business and/or apartment building, a data processing device of the building as parking management assigns a buffer parking space to a vehicle with a predetermined type of booking, wherein the predetermined type of booking preferably includes that the vehicle is to be parked for a period of time that is below a threshold value and/or is to be parked because of a predetermined type of service to be provided in the building and/or wherein the booking includes an explicit reservation of the buffer parking space.

For use cases or application situations that may arise during the procedure and which are not explicitly described here, It may be provided that, according to the method, an error message and/or a request for user feedback is issued and/or a default setting and/or a predetermined initial state is set.

The invention also includes the control device for the motor vehicle. The control device can have a data processing device or a processor device that is set up to carry out an embodiment of the method according to the invention. For this purpose, the processor device can have at least one microprocessor and/or at least one microcontroller and/or at least one FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) and/or at least one DSP (Digital Signal Processor). Furthermore, the processor device can have program code that is set up to carry out the embodiment of the method according to the invention when executed by the processor device. The program code can be stored in a data memory of the processor device. The processor circuit of the processor device can, for example, have at least one circuit board and/or at least one SoC (System on Chip).

The invention also includes further developments of the method according to the invention, which have features as have already been described in connection with the further developments of the motor vehicle according to the invention. For this reason, the corresponding further developments of the method according to the invention are not described again here.

The motor vehicle according to the invention is preferably designed as a motor vehicle, in particular as a passenger car or truck, or as a passenger bus or motorcycle.

As a further solution, the invention also includes a computer-readable storage medium, comprising program code which, when executed by a processor circuit of a computer or a computer network, causes it to carry out an embodiment of the method according to the invention. The storage medium can, for example, be provided at least partially as a non-volatile data memory (e.g. as a flash memory and/or as an SSD - solid state drive) and/or at least partially as a volatile data memory (e.g. as a RAM - random access memory). The storage medium can be arranged in the processor circuit in its data memory. The storage medium can also be operated, for example, as a so-called app store server on the Internet. The computer or computer network can provide a processor circuit with at least one microprocessor. The program code can be provided as binary code or assembler and/or as source code of a programming language (e.g. C) and/or as a program script (e.g. Python).

The invention also includes combinations of the features of the described embodiments. The invention therefore also includes implementations that each have a combination of the features of several of the described embodiments, provided that the embodiments have not been described as mutually exclusive.

• 1 die Komponenten eines Kraftfahrzeugs, in dem die Erfindung umsetzbar ist bzw. das für das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren einsetzbar ist, wobei das Kraftfahrzeug mit externen Komponenten gekoppelt ist;
• 2 ein Flussschaubild zur Erläuterung der Schritte einer Ausführungsform des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens; und
• 3 eine schematische Darstellung eines mehrstöckigen Geschäfts- und/oder Wohnhauses (Apartmenthauses), in dem die Erfindung einsetzbar ist.

Embodiments of the invention are described below.

• 1 the components of a motor vehicle in which the invention can be implemented or which can be used for the method according to the invention, wherein the motor vehicle is coupled to external components;
• 2 a flow chart to explain the steps of an embodiment of the method according to the invention; and
• 3 a schematic representation of a multi-storey commercial and/or residential building (apartment building) in which the invention can be used.

The exemplary embodiments explained below are preferred embodiments of the invention. In the exemplary embodiments, the components of the embodiments described each represent individual features of the invention that are to be considered independently of one another and which also develop the invention independently of one another. Therefore, the disclosure should also include combinations of the features of the embodiments other than those shown. Furthermore, the described embodiments can also be supplemented by other features of the invention already described.

In the figures, identical reference symbols designate functionally identical elements.

The 1 The motor vehicle, designated as a whole by 1, comprises a central control device 10 which implements a driver assistance system, with several sensors supplying data to the driver assistance system. Sensors 12a and 12b are shown as examples here, which can represent a camera and/or a device for detecting the steering angle. A position detection unit 12c supplies the driver assistance system with information on the position. This can be, for example, a GPS system (where GPS stands for "Global Positioning System", "Global Positioning System"). Furthermore, a central control device for partially autonomous driving as well as sensors that detect the environment instead of the sensors 12a and 12b or in addition to them can be arranged on the building side. (In this respect, the sensors 12a and 12b can optionally also be omitted in the vehicle.) The building-side control device sends the motor vehicle target instructions for movement in the form of a trajectory.

The driver assistance system also acts on a plurality of actuators which are not shown individually in the figure for the sake of clarity. The driver assistance system can in particular control a display 14 which provides a map display. The map display can also be provided when the driver, shown schematically here and designated 2, is driving himself, so that the map display provides a navigation system. The motor vehicle can communicate via a communication interface 16 over the Internet 4 with an external server 5 ("backend") which is responsible, for example, for managing parking spaces in a business and/or apartment building. The communication can alternatively take place by means of a portable device 3 carried by the driver 2, such as a smartphone, tablet computer and the like, or the communication can take place using the communication interface 16 and this device 3 together.

An input device 12d, which can be provided, for example, as a touch function on the display, enables the vehicle driver 2 to make data entries, whereby corresponding entries should also be able to be transmitted to the server 5.

The inventive method according to 2 begins in step S10 with the motor vehicle either approaching the business and/or apartment building in question, or with a corresponding input having been made (named as a destination in the navigation system, etc.).

In step S12, an input query is then made via the display 14 by the business and/or apartment building, using the 1 shown path from the server 5 via the Internet 4 to the communication interface 16 or the portable device 3. In step S14, the driver 2 or another person then makes an input via the input device 12d. In step S16, it is checked whether the input of a first predetermined condition or a second predetermined condition is sufficient. If the input of a second predetermined condition ("Y" for "Yes" in 2 ), vehicle 1 is allocated a buffer parking space in the commercial or apartment building in accordance with S18. If the first condition is met instead (“N” for “No to the second condition” in 2 ), a parking space associated with business premises or an apartment is assigned in step S20. The conditions can be as follows: The second condition is met if the length of stay via the input made in step S14 is only to be short or if a purpose of stay communicated via the input entails only a short stay. The first condition can otherwise be met or if the input indicates that the driver 2 wants to enter the apartment or business premises or stay there for a longer period.

In step S22, the semi-autonomous driving to the parking space then follows, be it the buffer parking space or the parking space assigned to the apartment/business premises.

3 illustrates a commercial and/or apartment building 20, with a predetermined apartment 22, which is assigned its own parking space 24. There are further floors 26 and 28 with further apartments. On the same floor as apartment 22 there can be another apartment 22b, likewise there are apartments 26-b, 28-b on the same floors as 26 and 28.

A motor vehicle is transported to the respective parking space in an elevator 30. In this case, there should be a buffer parking space 40 on the same floor as apartments 22 and 22b and another buffer parking space 42 on a completely different floor.

The driver drives the motor vehicle to the starting point A. The motor vehicle can be driven automatically to its parking space using the driver assistance system. For this purpose, a camera 32 records the license plate of the motor vehicle and transmits to the motor vehicle the trajectory to be followed up to the assigned parking space. In the example case, this is the buffer parking space 40. (The camera 32 is an example of an externalized sensor that records the environment and can replace the sensors 12a and 12b.) Alternatively, the motor vehicle can be given a navigation destination A when booking a parking space in the business and/or apartment building and the trajectory can be transmitted with the navigation destination. The motor vehicle is checked to see whether it has reached the navigation destination A and the motor vehicle can then begin semi-autonomous driving in the business and/or apartment building either automatically or after a corresponding input via an input device. For example, the motor vehicle 1 drives semi-autonomously from point A nom using (either) the sensors 12a, 12b and 12c and if necessary (alternatively or additionally) further information that is given to the motor vehicle via the communication interface 16 (such as images from cameras 34, 36) to point B, whereupon it drives into the cabin of the elevator 30 if it is present (point C). The presence can also be communicated to the motor vehicle via the communication interface. The elevator drives the motor vehicle from point C to point D, whereupon the motor vehicle leaves the elevator and heads for the buffer parking space 40 (point E).

The buffer parking space 42 can be allocated by the management of the business and/or apartment building if third conditions are met, so step S18 can be split into a step S18a for selecting the buffer parking space 40 and a step S18b for selecting the buffer parking space 42 (not shown in the figure). The planning of the journey of the motor vehicle and the allocation of parking spaces etc. can also be carried out using calendar data, for example if information is stored in the driver's calendar (via a cloud and the like assigned to the portable device 3) about when the driver wants to leave his apartment, when he is only at home for a short time, when he is going back home permanently and much more. The apartment 22 can also be the apartment or office space of a personal contact, whereby a meeting with this person can be entered in the calendar.

In the entire business and/or apartment building, communication between the motor vehicle 1 and the server 5 can also take place via means other than the Internet, for example via a local (WLAN) network. For example, communication can take place in the elevator that communicates the identity of the vehicle occupant via an RFID chip or similar, and a statement can be made about the condition of the vehicle: For example, it can be noted that the motor vehicle is wet due to snowfall, so that a vehicle wash can be scheduled. In this context, in contrast to what has been described so far, the planning of the allocation of the parking space can only take place once these notifications have been made, for example in the elevator 30. The trajectory that the motor vehicle then has to travel can then relate to the trajectory out of the elevator after reaching the destination floor. Other functions can also be activated through the communication of the motor vehicle with the business and/or apartment building; For example, household appliances that the user wants to use after reaching his or her apartment can be switched on (“coming-home feature”); the same applies when leaving the house (“leaving-home feature”).

The difference between buffer parking space 40 and buffer parking space 42 can be how long the driver wants to stay. If the duration is shorter (in minutes per hour), buffer parking space 40 can be selected, while if the reservation is for a few hours a day, buffer parking space 42 can be selected. Otherwise, parking space 24 of the apartment is usually selected.

The above also applies to the use of a parking space by a wheelchair, bicycle and the like; here, wireless communication can also be provided by devices on the wheelchair/bicycle and the like.

Overall, the examples show how an automated low-speed driving function (SAE Level 4) with infrastructure-side control of horizontal and (optionally) vertical travel can be provided.

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Cited patent literature

• US 20090028674 A1 [0002]
• DE 102013213379 A1 [0003]
• EP 3317735 B1 [0004]
• US 10689874 B2 [0004]

Claims (10)

Method for managing parking spaces (24, 40, 42) in a multi-story commercial and/or apartment building (20), in which a plurality of commercial and/or residential units (22, 22b, 26, 26b, 28, 28b) on one floor have parking spaces (24) directly assigned only to these units, with additional buffer parking spaces (40, 42), comprising: - receiving an input regarding a length of stay and/or a purpose of stay in the building; - if the length of stay and/or the purpose of stay satisfies a first condition, assigning a parking space (24) directly assigned to a unit; - if the length of stay and/or the purpose of stay satisfies a second condition, assigning a buffer parking space (40, 42). procedure according to claim 1 , in which a buffer parking space (42) is provided on the same floor as one or more parking spaces (24) assigned to one or more units, wherein the allocation of the buffer parking space (40) occurs when a length of stay falls below a threshold value and/or a purpose of stay is or includes loading or unloading the vehicle or picking up or dropping off a person. procedure according to claim 1 or 2 , in which a buffer parking space (42) is provided for units (22, 22b, 26, 26b, 28, 28b) of several floors and is preferably arranged on a floor which is different from these several floors, and wherein the allocation of this buffer parking space (42) takes place when the parking space for a predetermined unit is occupied and/or when an explicit reservation of this buffer parking space (42) takes place. Method according to one of the Claims 1 until 3 , in which a buffer parking space (40, 42) is also assigned if a service is booked in addition to the actual purpose of the stay or instead of the actual purpose of the stay. Motor vehicle (1) with a driver assistance device (10) which enables at least partially autonomous driving, and with a communication device (16) which is designed to receive a specification for a destination in a building or area and/or for a trajectory to be traversed in a building or area, wherein the communication device is coupled to an input device (12d) which enables the input of information on an intended duration of stay or an intended purpose of stay before the specification for the destination or for the trajectory is received. Motor vehicle (1) after claim 5 , in which the driver assistance device enables at least partially autonomous driving including a ride in an elevator (30). Method for managing parking spaces (24, 40, 42) according to one of the Claims 1 until 4 , whereby the input from a motor vehicle with the characteristics according to claim 5 or 6 is received. procedure according to claim 7 , in which, depending on the assigned parking space, an indication of its location or data for defining a trajectory starting from an entrance or access road (A) to the house (20) is sent to the motor vehicle (1) from which the input was received, wherein the calculation of the trajectory and thus the provision of the data preferably takes place in a building-side control device using measured values from building-side environmental sensors, in particular from camera and/or laser sensors (32, 34). Multi-storey commercial and/or apartment building (20) with a plurality of units (22, 22-b, 26, 26-b, 28, 28-b), wherein a first group of parking spaces (24) is directly assigned only to these units and a second group of parking spaces serves as a buffer parking space (40, 42). Commercial and/or apartment building after claim 9 , in which a data processing device (5) of the house as parking space management assigns a buffer parking space (40, 42) to a vehicle (1) with a predetermined type of booking, wherein the predetermined type of booking preferably includes that the vehicle is to be parked for a period of time which is below a threshold value and/or is to be parked due to a predetermined type of service to be provided in the house and/or includes an explicit reservation of the buffer parking space.

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