US 11,919,431 B2
System for and method of providing an opening for receiving a shipment in a loading space of a vehicle
Michael Schreiber, Frankfurt am Main (DE); and Ingmar Langer, Darmstadt (DE)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/709,595.
Claims priority of application No. 102019214072.6 (DE), filed on Sep. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0078478 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B60P 1/44 (2006.01); B60P 1/26 (2006.01); B62D 33/027 (2006.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01)
CPC B60P 1/4407 (2013.01) [B60P 1/26 (2013.01); B60P 1/4478 (2013.01); B62D 33/027 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing an opening for receiving a shipment in a loading space of a vehicle, the system comprising:
a receiver arranged and configured to receive dimensions of the shipment; and/or
a determination unit, comprising at least one of a camera system and a laser scanner system, arranged and configured to determine the dimensions of the shipment;
a controller communicatively connected with the receiver and/or with the determination unit, wherein the controller is arranged and configured to calculate a first length of the opening based on the received dimensions and/or based on the determined dimensions of the shipment and further based on an area of the opening configured to receive the shipment through the opening in the loading space of the vehicle; and
an actuator communicatively connected with the controller, wherein the actuator is arranged and configured to move a first element of the vehicle relative to a second element of the vehicle by the calculated first length of the opening in order to provide the opening,
wherein the area comprises a predetermined second length of the opening, and wherein the predetermined second length of the opening is perpendicular to the first length of the opening,
wherein the controller is further arranged and configured to check whether a predetermined maximal area of the opening is sufficient for the shipment to be delivered into the loading space of the vehicle through the opening based on the received dimensions and/or based on the determined dimensions of the shipment and based on the predetermined maximal area of the opening, and wherein the first element is moved by the calculated first length of the opening when the predetermined maximal area of the opening is sufficient for the shipment to be delivered into the loading space of the vehicle through the opening,
wherein the controller is further arranged and configured to determine a minimal dimension of the shipment and to set the first length of the opening equal to the determined minimal dimension of the shipment, and
wherein the controller is further arranged and configured
to determine a second to minimal dimension of the shipment linearly independent from the minimal dimension of the shipment,
to check whether the predetermined second length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined second to minimal dimension of the shipment,
to check whether a predetermined maximal first length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined minimal dimension of the shipment when the predetermined second length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined second to minimal dimension of the shipment,
to set the first length of the opening equal to the determined minimal dimension of the shipment when the predetermined second length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined minimal dimension of the shipment,
to check whether the predetermined second length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined minimal dimension of the shipment when the predetermined second length of the opening is not equal to or greater than the determined second to minimal dimension of the shipment,
to check whether the predetermined maximal first length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined second to minimal dimension of the shipment when the predetermined second length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined minimal dimension of the shipment, and
to set the first length of the opening equal to the determined second to minimal dimension when the predetermined maximal first length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined second to minimal dimension of the shipment.