US 11,747,148 B2
Parking assistance apparatus for aiding a driver of a motor vehicle with a parking process
Benedikt Wartusch, Hofheim am Taunus (DE); Ahmed Hamdy Gad, Frankfurt am Main (DE); and Ahmed Barakat, Griesheim (DE)
Assigned to Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
Filed by Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/785,898.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 203 187.0 (DE), filed on Mar. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0284589 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. G01C 21/32 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/32 (2013.01) [B62D 15/029 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A parking assistance apparatus for aiding a driver of a motor vehicle with a parking process, comprising:
a sensor, of the motor vehicle, configured to record environment data of the motor vehicle during a parking process in an environment;
a memory device, of the motor vehicle, configured to temporarily store a parking trajectory performed by the driver during the parking process and the recorded environment data; and
a processor, of the motor vehicle, configured to:
check the driver-performed parking trajectory for a more efficient parking trajectory,
analyze the driver-performed parking trajectory with respect to the recorded environment and detect a driving error in the driver-performed parking trajectory with respect to the recorded environment,
determine a trained parking trajectory with respect to the recorded environment by adjusting the driver-performed parking trajectory based on the driving error,
recognize an area that should be avoided,
produce a modified trained parking trajectory based on instructions from the driver, via a user interface, rejecting at least a portion of the trained parking trajectory that includes the area that should be avoided, and
autonomously control the motor vehicle based on the modified trained parking trajectory.