The invention relates to a method for monitoring a surrounding area (6) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein measurement points of surfaces of objects (7) in the surrounding area (6) detected by at least two sensor devices (4, 5) of the motor vehicle (1) are received, and wherein first measurement points of a first surface area (13) detected by a first sensor device (4) are received and second measurement points of a second surface area (14) with no overlap with the first surface area (13) detected by a second sensor device (5) are received, the first and second measurement points are used to determine a relative position of the surface areas (13, 14) with respect to each other, it is determined whether the surface areas (13, 14) are to be assigned to a single object (7) based on the relative position and, if so, the surface areas (13, 14) are combined into a total surface area (12) of the object (7). The invention also concerns a sensor control unit (9), a driver assistance system (2) and a motor vehicle (1).

Technologies and techniques for providing assistance to a motor vehicle during a process of exiting a lateral parking space. A device is configured with at least one surroundings sensor system and at least one control unit with an assigned memory to acquire successive values of distances from adjacent motor vehicles during a parking process and to store them in a map of the surroundings. The device may be designed in such a way that, before the start of the process of exiting a parking space, current values of distances from the adjacent motor vehicles are acquired and compared with the distance values stored in the map of the surroundings, wherein, when they correspond, a parking-space-exiting trajectory is made available by means of the map of the surroundings.

Systems and techniques are described that provide automated parking assistance for a vehicle. In some implementations, a parking assistance apparatus includes a frequency generator configured to generate a first frequency and a second frequency, and generate at least one synthesized frequency that is synthesized from the first frequency and the second frequency. The apparatus also includes a piezoelectric converter configured to, using piezoelectric effects, transmit ultrasonic waves having the at least one synthesized frequency, and receive reflected ultrasonic waves that result from the transmitted ultrasonic waves being reflected by an object. The apparatus also includes a filter unit configured to detect a predetermined frequency from the reflected ultrasonic waves.

A method, a device and a computer-readable storage medium with instructions for processing data in a motor vehicle for forwarding to a back end. In a first step, sensor data are detected along a route of the motor vehicle. On the basis of the sensor data, features and context information on the features are then identified within segments of the route. Finally, the features and the context information on the features are combined into a message for the route.

Provided are a full-automatic parking method and system. The full-automatic parking method comprises: receiving a start instruction sent by a user, and activating an automatic parking system according to the start instruction; controlling a vehicle to automatically move forward and search, during moving, whether there is an available parking space at the left side or the right side of the vehicle, and when there is an available parking space, identifying basic information of the target parking space; planning a parking path according to the identified basic information of the target parking space, and obtaining a start point of parking and a parking path from the start point of parking to an end point of parking; controlling the vehicle to automatically move to the start point of parking; and controlling the vehicle to automatically park in the parking space according to the planned parking path. Through the full-automatic parking method and system provided by the present disclosure, a vehicle searches and identifies a free parking space while automatically moving forward, and automatically parks in the parking space; no human involvement is required in the whole process of searching a parking space and parking, thereby implementing full-automatic parking.

Provided are a full-automatic parking method and system. The full-automatic parking method comprises: receiving a start instruction sent by a user, and activating an automatic parking system according to the start instruction; controlling a vehicle to automatically move forward and search, during moving, whether there is an available parking space at the left side or the right side of the vehicle, and when there is an available parking space, identifying basic information of the target parking space; planning a parking path according to the identified basic information of the target parking space, and obtaining a start point of parking and a parking path from the start point of parking to an end point of parking; controlling the vehicle to automatically move to the start point of parking; and controlling the vehicle to automatically park in the parking space according to the planned parking path. Through the full-automatic parking method and system provided by the present disclosure, a vehicle searches and identifies a free parking space while automatically moving forward, and automatically parks in the parking space; no human involvement is required in the whole process of searching a parking space and parking, thereby implementing full-automatic parking.

Provided are a diagonal parking space detection method and device, and an automatic parking method and system. The diagonal parking space detection method includes: operation S11, determining a target diagonal parking space in multiple diagonal parking spaces arranged along a reference line, wherein the target diagonal parking space is located between a first reference parking space and a second reference parking space; operation S12, detecting a first reference point identifying an intersection point between the first reference parking space and the reference line; operation S13, calculating a slope of the target diagonal parking space; operation S14, detecting a second reference point identifying an intersection point between the second reference parking spacer and the reference line; and operation S15, calculating a width of the target diagonal parking space.

Technologies and techniques for providing assistance to a motor vehicle during a process of exiting a lateral parking space. A device is configured with at least one surroundings sensor system and at least one control unit with an assigned memory to acquire successive values of distances from adjacent motor vehicles during a parking process and to store them in a map of the surroundings. The device may be designed in such a way that, before the start of the process of exiting a parking space, current values of distances from the adjacent motor vehicles are acquired and compared with the distance values stored in the map of the surroundings, wherein, when they correspond, a parking-space-exiting trajectory is made available by means of the map of the surroundings.

Provided are a diagonal parking space detection method and device, and an automatic parking method and system. The diagonal parking space detection method includes: operation S11, determining a target diagonal parking space in multiple diagonal parking spaces arranged along a reference line, wherein the target diagonal parking space is located between a first reference parking space and a second reference parking space; operation S12, detecting a first reference point identifying an intersection point between the first reference parking space and the reference line; operation S13, calculating a slope of the target diagonal parking space; operation S14, detecting a second reference point identifying an intersection point between the second reference parking space and the reference line; and operation S15, calculating a width of the target diagonal parking space.

A parking mode determining system includes a distance measurer to measure a distance to an obstacle on the side of a host vehicle; a host-vehicle position measurer to measure a position of the host vehicle; a reflected position calculator to calculate a reflected position of the transmission wave; a grouping unit to group a plurality of the reflected positions for each obstacle; an angle calculator to obtain an approximate line for each of two or more of the reflected positions adjacent to each other, and calculate an angle of inclination of the approximate line or an angle of inclination of a normal line of the approximate line; and a parking mode determiner to determine whether a parking mode is parallel parking, perpendicular parking, or angle parking on the basis of a distribution of a plurality of the angles of inclination.