阅读说明：本技术 用于识别车辆与生物的潜在碰撞的方法以及停车场管理系统 (Method for detecting a potential collision of a vehicle with a living being and parking lot management system ) 是由 J·M·格罗乔维奇 D·穆勒 B·哥里克 于 2020-04-28 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种用于识别车辆(20)与生物(23,24)的潜在碰撞的方法,其中,监控车辆(20)所处的停车场(1)中功能单元(7,12,16,17,18,19,27)的至少一个运行状态,其中,如果通过监控装置(13,14,15,21)识别功能单元(7,12,16,17,18,19,27)的这样的特征性运行状态,该运行状态表征生物(23,24)在停车场(1)中的直接潜在出现,那么将提示信息传递到车辆(20)处并且/或者改变车辆(20)的运行方式。本发明还涉及一种停车场管理系统(2)。(The invention relates to a method for detecting a potential collision of a vehicle (20) with a living being (23,24), wherein at least one operating state of a functional unit (7,12,16,17,18,19,27) in a parking space (1) in which the vehicle (20) is located is monitored, wherein, if a characteristic operating state of the functional unit (7,12,16,17,18,19,27) which characterizes a direct potential occurrence of the living being (23,24) in the parking space (1) is detected by a monitoring device (13,14,15,21), a warning message is transmitted to the vehicle (20) and/or the operating mode of the vehicle (20) is changed. The invention also relates to a parking lot management system (2).)

1. A method for detecting a potential collision of a vehicle (20) with a living being (23,24), characterized in that at least one operating state of a technical functional unit (7,12,16,17,18,19,27) in a parking lot (1) in which the vehicle (20) is located is monitored, wherein if such a characteristic operating state of the functional unit (7,12,16,17,18,19,27) is detected by a monitoring device (13,14,15,21) which characterizes the direct potential occurrence of a living being (23,24) in the parking lot (1), a warning message is transmitted to the vehicle (20) and/or the operating mode of the vehicle (20) is changed.

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the current position of the vehicle (20) is transmitted to a parking lot management system (2) and the reminder information is transmitted to the vehicle (20) if the functional unit (7,12,16,17,18,19,27) is in the area (22) of the current position and/or a potential occurrence of an expected creature (23,24) in the area (22) of the current position.

3. Method according to claim 2, characterized in that the point in time at which a living being (23,24) potentially arrives at the current location is estimated from a characteristic operating state of the functional unit (7,12,16,17,18,19,27), and it is determined whether the vehicle (20) is still in a collision-critical zone (22) around the current location at the estimated point in time depending on the current operating mode of the vehicle (20), wherein the prompting information is communicated and/or a change in the operating mode of the vehicle (20) is changed if the vehicle (20) is still to be in the zone at the estimated point in time.

4. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the future position of the vehicle (20) in the parking lot (1) is estimated and transmitted to a parking lot management system (2), in particular from vehicle information, and the reminder information is transmitted to the vehicle (20) if the functional unit (7,12,16,17,18,19,27) is in the area of the future position and/or a potential occurrence of a living being (23,24) is expected in the area of the future position.

5. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that as a functional unit the elevators (7) in the parking lot (1) are monitored and as a characteristic operating state of the elevators (7) movements are identified, in particular to the floor (4,5,6) where the vehicle (20) is currently located and/or is expected to be located in the future.

6. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that as a functional unit an electrically opened door (12) in the parking lot (1) is monitored and as a characteristic operating state the opening of the door (12) is recognized, in particular on the floor (4,5,6) where the vehicle (20) is currently located and/or is expected to be located in the future.

7. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that mobile alarms (16,17,18) in the parking lot (1) are monitored as functional units, in particular on the floor (4,5,6) where the vehicle (20) is currently located and/or where it is expected to be located in the future.

8. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that as a functional unit an occupancy sensor (27) of a parking area (26) in the parking lot (1) is monitored and as a characteristic operating state of the occupancy sensor (27) an occupancy signal currently generated by the occupancy sensor (27) is identified, in particular on a floor (4,5,6) where the vehicle (20) is currently located and/or is expected to be located in the future.

9. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the camera of the parking lot (1) directly detects a living being (23,24) and depending thereon transmits a prompting message to the vehicle (20), and/or that a living being (23,24) is directly detected by a detection unit (28) of a further vehicle (25) in the parking lot (1), or that a characteristic operating state of a functional unit (7,12,16,17,18,19,27) of the parking lot (1) is detected by a detection unit (28) of a further vehicle (25) in the parking lot (1) and depending thereon transmits a prompting message to the vehicle (20) and/or that the operating mode of the vehicle (20) is changed.

10. Parking lot management system (2) with at least one functional unit (7,12,16,17,18,19,27) and a vehicle (20), wherein the parking lot management system (2) is configured for performing the method according to any of the preceding claims.

Technical Field

One aspect of the invention relates to a method for identifying a potential collision of a vehicle with a living being. Another aspect of the invention relates to a parking lot management system (Parkhausmanagementsystem).

Background

Modern driver assistance systems (which are installed on the vehicle itself) are able to detect objects directly in the surroundings of the motor vehicle and, for this reason, also to recognize living beings. This can be achieved, for example, with a camera of the motor vehicle.

In order to avoid a collision with the vehicle door, moreover, an exchange of information between a plurality of vehicles is usually effected. Such a device is known, for example, from DE 102014219388 a 1. As explained there, it can also be provided that the observation device detects a vehicle with a door to be protected or an approaching vehicle and then enters a corresponding message into the vehicle ad hoc network (Fahrzeug-ad hoc Netzwerk), which then warns the vehicle with the door to be protected and/or the approaching vehicle. In this connection, it is also possible for pedestrians to be included by the observation device.

Furthermore, it is known from DE 102011082325 a1 that such a vehicle (which opens the door and whose door should be protected from a collision) autonomously signals if the door is opened.

Independent of these scenarios set forth, individual situations may arise for vehicles that may potentially collide with living beings, where living beings at a particular location may not be expected for that matter.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of the invention to provide a method and a parking lot management system in which collisions with living beings in a parking lot can be avoided in an improved manner.

This object is achieved by a method and a parking lot management system according to the independent claims.

One aspect of the invention relates to a method for identifying a potential collision of a vehicle with a living being. At least one operating state of a functional unit in a parking lot in which the vehicle is located is monitored. If such a characteristic operating state of the functional unit, which characterizes the immediate potential and thus possible presence of a living being in the parking space, is detected by the monitoring device, a warning message is transmitted to the vehicle and/or the operating mode of the vehicle is changed. The operating safety in the parking lot is improved by such an operating mode. In particular, it is thus possible to identify, in a parking lot in which various situations can occur with regard to the living being present, the characteristic operating state of at least one technical function unit of the parking lot which is likely to occur at a foreseeable time or immediately afterwards at least one living being which will occur in the parking lot, according to rather specific criteria (i.e. the identified characteristic operating state of at least one technical function unit of the parking lot). By such a characteristic operating state of at least one functional unit of the parking lot itself, which thus permanently belongs to the parking lot, there may be a certain probability and thus conjecture that an organism is in the parking lot or at a specific location in the parking lot or will be present. The potential presence of a living being is indicated indirectly (even if the living being is not yet present and/or identifiable) by the characteristic operating state. In such a scenario, it is therefore also achieved that if the living being is not yet at a specific location in the parking lot and may also not yet have been identified, in particular not yet identified by the vehicle, it can nevertheless be concluded that the living being is at least likely to be present at the specific location. This can now be reacted to by the invention. In particular, the prompt can be transmitted to the vehicle and/or the mode of operation of the vehicle can be changed. The change may also be performed automatically by the vehicle itself. The living being may for example be a human being, such as a child or an elderly person or an adult. However, the organism may also be an animal. This embodiment thus makes it possible to achieve an improved protection against possible collisions with living beings precisely in the parking area.

In an advantageous embodiment, provision is made for the current position of the vehicle to be transmitted to a parking lot management system of the parking lot. If the functional unit of the parking lot is in the area of the current position of the vehicle and/or a potential presence of an expected creature in the area of the current position, a prompt message is transmitted to the vehicle. The expectation may be immediately subsequent or may be provided within a particular time interval. If it is recognized that a living being can be directly present at such a location (at which or just before the vehicle), a corresponding transmission of the reminder information and/or a change in the operating mode of the vehicle can be carried out. Potential collisions can thus be prospectively prevented. In this advantageous embodiment, it is therefore intelligently checked whether a possible creature is somewhere in the parking lot, where no non-critical situation with the vehicle can occur at all and thus a potential collision is not possible. By means of this advantageous embodiment, it is checked where such a living being can be located, or where it is possible with a high probability in a certain time window depending on the current point in time, and whether this then corresponds to the current position of the vehicle, so that in fact a potential collision can occur. In particular, only such scenarios are taken into account by such a design, which may also lead to potential collisions. Thereby avoiding unnecessary overloading of unnecessary reminder information. Unnecessary changes in the manner of operation of the vehicle can thus also be prevented.

It is preferably provided that the point in time at which the living being arrives at the current position is estimated as a function of a characteristic operating state of the functional unit, in particular by a parking lot management system, and that it is determined whether the vehicle is still in a collision-critical area around the current position at the estimated point in time as a function of the current operating mode of the vehicle. This is a further very advantageous embodiment, since, in this respect, future potential collisions are also determined or evaluated prospectively, and corresponding prompting messages and/or changes in the operating mode are then carried out. In this regard, crossed scenarios may also occur. In this connection, for example, a prompt may be given immediately that a potential collision with the living being may occur in the possible time interval X due to the current conditions. In particular, if the potential collision is monitored continuously and the possible location of the occurrence of a living being and the actual occurrence thereof are evaluated as a function of the characteristic operating state of the at least one functional unit, then the actual change in the operating mode of the vehicle can also be carried out subsequently in time.

By doing so, on the one hand, the determination of a potential collision is again performed more accurately and more as desired. Thus, the actual potential collision can be taken into account in an improved manner and it can be determined more precisely whether and if necessary when a warning message is output and/or whether and if necessary when a change in the operating mode of the vehicle is made. This is particularly advantageous if a potential collision cannot be directly expected but can occur with a delay in a certain time window relative to the current point in time.

In an advantageous embodiment, it is provided that an image is displayed in a display unit of the vehicle, in which image the parking space is displayed at least in regions. In particular, it can be provided that the current position of the vehicle and/or the location where a potential collision with a living being can occur is displayed on the image. In an advantageous embodiment, provision may be made for the distance between the vehicle and the potential collision point to be displayed in the image. The distance may also be displayed dynamically. In this connection, in particular, the driving path of the vehicle in the parking lot can also be displayed in such an image. In particular, this may be a driving trajectory which leads to a potential parking area. In this connection, it is then possible in particular to identify at which point along the travel path a potential collision can occur. In particular, a better intuitive understanding (where a potential collision location may be) may be conveyed to the vehicle user by such an embodiment.

In particular in parking lots in which there are usually invisible and/or unclear areas due to the parked vehicles and/or walls and/or entrances and exits and/or stairwells and/or elevators and/or the most varied meandering predetermined lane and/or the helically wound lane configuration for reaching other floors of the parking lot, the location of the unexpected collision with a living being can be understood in an improved manner and can be understood and avoided more simply.

It is preferably provided that the future position of the vehicle in the parking lot is estimated and transmitted to the parking lot management system of the vehicle, in particular on the basis of current and/or future-expected vehicle information. If the functional unit is in the area of the future position and/or a potential occurrence of a living being in the area of the future position or location of the vehicle is expected, a prompt message is transmitted to the vehicle. In this connection, it can also be provided that a point in time at which the living being potentially arrives at the future position of the vehicle is estimated as a function of a characteristic operating state of the functional unit, and that it is determined whether the vehicle is at the future position at the estimated point in time as a function of a current operating mode of the vehicle and a future anticipated operating mode of the vehicle.

In an advantageous embodiment, it is provided that, as a functional unit, in particular a monitoring device is used to monitor the elevators in the parking space. The characteristic operating state of the elevator is, in particular, the movement and stopping to the floor where the vehicle is currently located and/or is expected to be located in the future. If such a specific characteristic operating state of the elevator is identified, a potential collision of a living being with the vehicle can occur. These information of the elevators, when they move and where they move to and on which floor they move to, can be managed via a parking lot management system. Based on this information it can then also be determined when the elevator reaches the entry location (zustriegsstelle) and/or the exit location in the respective floor and thus at which point in time the creature may come out of the elevator on a particular floor. If this point in time and the location associated with this are the case (then at which point in time and at which location the vehicle is located there), a potential collision situation can be identified by the parking lot management system. In particular, at least one reminder message can then be transmitted to the vehicle in such a scenario and/or the operating mode of the vehicle can be changed.

It is precisely the present invention that it is advantageous if the situation relates to an elevator whose entry and/or exit is in the area of the current position of the vehicle and/or of a position of the vehicle that can be expected in the future. If the living being is coming out directly when the elevator door is opened and in particular without paying attention to the situation in the parking area, a collision can occur just when the vehicle approaches, which collision is avoided by this advantageous embodiment.

In an advantageous embodiment, it is provided that, as a functional unit, electrically opened doors in the parking lot are monitored. As a characteristic operating state of the electrically opened door, an opening is determined and accordingly identified, in particular at the floor at which the vehicle is currently located and/or which it is expected to be located in the future. This is particularly true of electrically-opened doors, which automatically open when a living being is in the vicinity. In particular, the door is opened here without the person having to grasp the door itself and open the door, for example, with a door handle. Electrically opened doors are in particular those in which the approach of a living being to the door is recognized, for example, by means of a mobile alarm (bewegungsmarder), and the door is opened as early as this and before the living being reaches the door. Furthermore, such electrically opened doors can also be realized by an opening switch (oefnungsschalter) which is arranged outside the door (for example, fixed to the wall at a distance from the door) and which can be actuated by a user or a living being. In this connection, the automatic opening of the door is then also effected before the creature is directly and immediately at the door. Such opening of the door enables a general presumption that the presence of a living being will occur, in particular, be imminent, even if the living being has not been identified and detected. When even such opening of the door is identified, if the vehicle is then at the current position in the area of the opened door, a potential collision with the vehicle may be inferred via the parking lot management system in turn.

In a further advantageous embodiment, it can be provided that, as a functional unit, in particular on the floor where the vehicle is currently located and/or is expected to be located in the future, a mobile alarm in the parking lot is monitored. If a mobile alarm is triggered or a living being moves in its detection zone, the living being is detected accordingly. In particular, further processing is based on such detection with a mobile alarm. In particular, the lighting of a parking lot on a certain floor or in a certain area can be switched on depending on this. It can therefore be concluded, based on the detection by the mobile alarm and/or the processing performed thereby (in which the operating state of the further functional unit of the parking lot is changed), that a creature is present in the area of the mobile alarm, or at the location in the parking lot where the activated functional element is located, immediately or in the future, in a certain determinable time interval. From this, then the potential presence of a living being in that area of the site or parking lot can be inferred. If the vehicle is then still in this region of the mobile alarm at this point in time and/or in this region (in which the manner of operation of the other functional units of the parking lot is changed by the information of the mobile alarm), a potential collision situation of the vehicle with a potential living being can be inferred. In this respect, the message to the vehicle and/or the change in the operating mode of the vehicle can then be carried out as desired.

In an advantageous embodiment, it is provided that, as a functional unit, occupancy sensors of the parking areas in the parking space are monitored. As a characteristic operating state of the occupancy sensor, an occupancy signal currently generated by the occupancy sensor is detected, in particular on a floor where the vehicle is currently located and/or where it is expected to be located in the future. In this connection, the current or currently ongoing occupancy of the parking area by the vehicle is detected. Since it is possible to expect a living being coming out of the vehicle parked in the parking space immediately after such a scenario or within a short time interval after the occupancy, a collision situation can also occur in this respect. If a vehicle is in the area of the parking area (into which another vehicle is parked directly), a potential collision situation may arise due to the presence of living beings from other vehicles that may be expected to be checked out of and approaching the parked vehicle. This is also detected, evaluated and determined, and if necessary a prompt to the vehicle and/or a change in the operating mode of the vehicle is carried out.

In an advantageous embodiment, it can be provided that the optical detection device, in particular the camera, of the parking space detects the living being directly and transmits the prompting message to the vehicle in accordance therewith, and/or that the detection units of the other vehicles in the parking space detect the living being directly and detect the characteristic operating state of the functional units of the parking space by the detection units of the other vehicles in the parking space and transmit the prompting message to the vehicle which may collide with the living being in accordance therewith.

It may be provided that the at least one monitoring device with which the at least one functional unit is monitored is arranged outside the vehicle which may be subject to a potential collision with a living being. The monitoring device is disposed in a parking lot. The monitoring device may also be arranged at the vehicle. In particular, this may be a vehicle that may potentially collide with a living being in a parking lot.

Another aspect of the invention relates to a parking lot management system with at least one functional unit and a vehicle. The parking lot management system is designed to carry out a method according to the above-mentioned aspect or an advantageous embodiment thereof. In particular, the method is performed with a parking lot management system. The parking lot management system may have at least one control unit. The parking lot management system may have at least one storage unit. Preferably, the parking lot management system may further have an evaluation unit. The parking lot management system preferably has a computer program. The computer program has instructions which, when stored on a computer, in particular a control unit, can carry out the method according to the above-mentioned aspect or an advantageous embodiment thereof.

With the mentioned aspects of the invention, a collision evaluation method for a parking lot is also provided.

As a change in the operating mode of the vehicle, a specific steering maneuver and/or a speed change may be provided. In particular, this can be implemented as information to the vehicle driver who manually steers the vehicle. In an autonomous vehicle, these changes in the operating mode may be performed by the vehicle itself.

The invention also comprises a combination of features of the embodiments described.

Drawings

The following describes embodiments of the present invention. The only figure in this respect shows a schematic view of a parking space.

The embodiment described below is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The illustrated components of the embodiments in this exemplary embodiment each represent individual features of the invention which are to be considered independently of one another, which also correspondingly improve the invention independently of one another and which can therefore also be considered individually or in different combinations than those shown as constituent parts of the invention. The described embodiments can furthermore be supplemented by further features of the invention already described.

Detailed Description

The parking lot 1 is shown in a schematic view in a single figure. The parking lot 1 has a parking lot management system 2. The use of an electronic parking lot management system may at least reduce potential collision situations between vehicles in the parking lot and creatures in the parking lot.

The parking garage 1 has an entry 3, via which vehicles can enter the parking garage 1 and/or can exit. The parking lot 1 has, for example, a first floor 4, which is a bottom floor. The parking lot 1 also has, for example, a second floor 5 and a third floor 6. The vehicle can be parked in all floors 4 to 6. For this purpose, a predetermined parking space is correspondingly formed.

Furthermore, the parking lot 1 has at least one elevator 7. In the different floors 4 to 6, entry and/or exit openings 8,9 and 10 are formed in the elevator 7. The parking lot 1 also has, for example, a staircase 11. The staircase also has doors on different levels, from which doors the staircase 11 can be moved into the parking areas of the respective levels 4 to 6 or out of these doors. For example, the door 12 is shown in the figure in layer 6. The door is in particular a door that opens electrically.

Furthermore, the parking lot 1 has at least one monitoring device 13. On each layer there may be arranged monitoring means 13,14, 15. A plurality of monitoring devices may also be provided accordingly. The elevator 7 and the door 12 are technical functional units of the parking lot 1. The further technical function unit can be, for example, at least one mobile alarm 16. A plurality of mobile alarms 16,17,18 may be provided. These mobile alarms are also functional units of the parking lot 1. A further technical functional unit may be, for example, a lighting device 19, wherein only a number of the light sources are provided with a reference numeral. In particular, the lighting device can be operated automatically. This may be the case, for example: i.e. if a living being enters the parking area in the layers 4 to 6, the lighting means 19 are automatically activated. This may for example be the case: depending on such entry of the living being identified by moving the alarms 16 to 18. It is provided to monitor at least one operating state of at least one of the functional units mentioned in the parking lot 1 in which the vehicle 20 is located. If a characteristic operating state of the functional unit, which characterizes the direct potential occurrence of a living being in the parking lot 1, in particular in an area in which the vehicle can move and in which the vehicle can be parked, is recognized by at least one monitoring device 13 to 15 and/or by a monitoring device 21 of the vehicle 2, a warning message is transmitted to the vehicle 20 and/or the operating mode of the vehicle 20 is changed. This can be evaluated and controlled by the control unit 29 of the vehicle 20. The vehicle 20, which is still moving or is moving thereafter, in the parking lot 1 is thus prevented from colliding with such creatures. This mode of operation therefore enables the following evaluation to be carried out depending on the operating state of the functional unit: whether a living being will be present in a particular area of the parking lot 1. The method thus enables the determination of whether the presence of a living being has to be taken into account in the event that no possible living being has been directly detected or identified. These characteristic operating states are specific in that they can be triggered by a living being and/or only by a living being. These characteristic operating states of the functional units therefore represent criteria which make it possible to infer approximately the probable or reliable presence of at least one living being or the future in the near future.

It may be provided that the current position 22 of the vehicle 20 is transmitted to the parking lot management system 2 and that a reminder message is transmitted to the vehicle 20 if the functional unit is in the area of the current position 22 and/or a potential presence of a living being in the area of the current position 22 is expected. As such, then this may be the case in the figure: the person 23 is boarding out of the elevator 7 in the floor 4. For example, a characteristic operating state is detected in that the elevator 7 is or has been driven downwards from the floor 6 or the floor 5, and an exit from the elevator 7 at the entry and/or exit location 8 is imminent. Since the vehicle 20 is in the area of the elevator 7, in particular of the entry and/or exit 8 in the floor 4, a collision between the vehicle 20 moving in the direction of the arrow P and a living being 23 (which here is a human being) may occur when this living being 23 comes out.

It can be provided that the point in time at which the living being 23 potentially arrives at the current position is estimated from a characteristic operating state of the functional unit (here the elevator 7) and that it is determined whether the vehicle 20 is still in the collision-critical area around the current position 22 at the estimated point in time depending on the current operating mode of the vehicle 20. If the vehicle 20 is still in the zone at the estimated point in time, a prompt to the vehicle 20 and/or a change in the operating mode of the vehicle 20 is made. Correspondingly also with regard to the future expected position of the vehicle 20 in the parking lot 1. This may be estimated based on current and/or future anticipated vehicle information.

Also additionally or alternatively, if the vehicle 20 is to be in a level 6, for example, the opening of the door 20 may be detected as a characteristic operating state. It may be inferred that creatures 24 are walking through door 12 into such an area of the parking lot in floor 6 (where vehicles are moving and/or parked). In this case, a corresponding scenario as described above with respect to the creature 23 in the elevator 7 can then also occur. It is also possible that if a living being 24 were to walk into the layer 6 and for this reason the door 12 would be opened automatically, directly in advance, this is detected by moving the alarm 16. It can also be provided that the lighting device 19 is automatically activated as a function of the entry of the living being 24 into the region of the parking lot 1, and that this characteristic operating state of the functional unit 19 (i.e. the change from the deactivated state to the activated state) is detected and the imminent occurrence of the living being 24 is inferred therefrom. If the vehicle 20 is on the level 6 in the region of the staircase 11 and thus in the region of the door 12, a potential collision with a possibly incoming creature 24 can also be inferred. Corresponding prompts to the vehicle 20 and/or changes to the operating mode of the vehicle 20 may also be made.

In another example, it can be provided that a further vehicle 25 is present in the parking lot 1. It can be provided that the vehicle 25 just stops into the parking area 26. This can be detected by a movement sensor 27 of the parking area 26. An occupied signal is generated here, which shows a direct change from the idle state to the occupied state. This information may be transmitted to the parking lot management system 2. Since an imminent logout of a living being from another vehicle 25 can be expected in such a case, if the vehicle 20 is on the floor 6 and approaches the vehicle 25, in particular on a lane, a prompt message to the vehicle 20 and/or a change in the operating mode of the vehicle 20 can be made. Potential collisions of the living being in the vehicle 25 with the vehicle 20 may also be avoided. This is particularly true if a creature of another vehicle 25 is alighting from the other vehicle and is then likely to walk onto a lane in the level 6 adjacent to the parking area 26.

In particular, parking lots which are always dominated by the current situation, which is often due to the polygonal structure and which is unclear in this regard, improved avoidance of collisions between vehicles and living beings can be achieved by the proposed method and the proposed parking lot management system. This can be achieved not only in vehicles which are controlled manually by the driver, but also in vehicles which are driven at least partially, in particular fully automatically. A potential collision may be identified early, if the potential creatures associated with the potential collision have not been identified by the vehicle itself and have not been directly detected.

It is likewise possible for the vehicle 20 to detect the surroundings in the vehicle using the monitoring device 21 and, for this purpose, also such characteristic operating states of the functional units. In addition or as an alternative thereto, it is also possible for further vehicles, for example a vehicle 25 in the parking lot 1, to detect the surroundings using a monitoring device 28 in the vehicle interior and, for this purpose, also the characteristic operating state of the functional unit. Such information may be communicated from the vehicle 25 to the vehicle 20 and/or to the parking lot management system 2.

The change in the running manner of the vehicle may be the execution of the steering maneuver or the preparation for the execution of the steering maneuver. In addition to this or instead of this, a speed change, in particular a braking, can also be carried out or a preparation of such a speed change process can be carried out. It can be provided that if the vehicle 20 is operated manually by the driver, however, when the driver does not react as necessary, then automatic intervention of the electronic vehicle guidance system of the vehicle 20 can also take place. It can be provided that the parking lot 1 and thus also the parking lot management system 2 only transmit raw data in functional units, such as the elevator 7 and/or the electronically openable door 12 and/or the mobile alarms 16 to 18 and/or the lighting device 19, to the vehicle 20. Further processing of these raw data is then carried out by the control unit 29 of the vehicle 20 itself. It may also be provided that this processing of the raw data is performed by the parking lot management system 2. In such an embodiment, the data that has been processed is then transmitted to the vehicle 20.

A parking lot management system can also be understood as a system in which a vehicle can be parked in a parking space provided for this purpose. In this respect, therefore, the parking space does not necessarily have to be a closed building. In this connection, it can also be a limited parking area in only one floor, which has additional specific, representative functional units, which can occupy a characteristic operating state, which enables the presence of living beings in the area of the functional unit to be inferred. Preferably, however, the parking lot is a building with at least one floor, which is limited by walls, so that for this purpose, for example, there are elevators 7 and/or stairwells 11 and/or electrically opened doors 12 and/or lighting 19 and/or mobile alarms 16 to 18 and/or emergency exits, etc.

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