US 12,000,708 B2
Method, computer program. device, vehicle, and network component for estimating a departure time for a user using a vehicle
Kord Lühr, Wolfenbüttel (DE); Johannes Keller, Ludwigsburg (DE); Stefan Brosig, Hankensbüttel (DE); and Stephan Menzel, Braunschweig (DE)
Assigned to Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/431,114
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/084575
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/120538, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018221688.6 (DE), filed on Dec. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0146275 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3484 (2013.01) [G01C 21/343 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for estimating a departure time of a vehicle in a control module, comprising
receiving, in the control module, vehicle-related data regarding the vehicle;
receiving, in the control module, personal data regarding a user of the vehicle;
estimating, in the control module, the departure time, based on the vehicle-related data and personal data, using a neural network;
estimating, in the control module, a vacated parking space time of the vehicle based on the estimated departure time; and
providing, in the control module, a parking spot for parking the vehicle before the parking spot becomes available based on the vacated parking space time.