{"id":1906,"date":"2018-06-29T02:15:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T06:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Simcenter-Blog\/Valet-parking-the-first-commercially-available-automated-driving\/ba-p\/504453"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:56:19","slug":"valet-parking-the-first-commercially-available-automated-driving-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/valet-parking-the-first-commercially-available-automated-driving-function\/","title":{"rendered":"Valet parking: the first commercially available automated driving function"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, the local government changed the circulation plan of my home town. From now on, you drive into the city for only 1 reason: park your car.<\/P><\/p>\n

Earlier, the majority of cars were driving bumper-to-bumper in search for a parking place in the streets, which is less expensive than the big parking lots. Haven\u2019t you done it yourself? Circling the block a couple of times, hoping that luck is on your side? Ultimately, you\u2019re nonetheless driving into the parking garage. But also here, you cruise the aisles, try several levels, to find a Mini hiding in what you believed to be a free parking place. Aargh.<\/P><\/p>\n

We could all spend our time better.<\/P><\/p>\n

In the very near future, we\u2019ll use autonomous valet parking. Valet parking is a functional extension of parking assistance and estimated to be one of the first commercially available, fully automated driving functions. You leave your car at the drop-off point and from there the car takes care of itself. When you want to set-off again, you order your vehicle in your mobile app and it will return to the drop-off point by itself at the requested timing.<\/P><\/p>\n

At Siemens PLM Software, we\u2019re on it. With the Simcenter portfolio, we expand our performance expertise into developing advanced driver assistant systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies. Merging the capabilities of TASS International is the icing on the cake, and leverages our simulation-based testing and validation knowhow to balance safety with comfort and fuel efficiency. <\/P><\/p>\n

How? Simcenter Engineering<\/A> experts go beyond vehicle-centric assistant applications and developed a virtual verification framework combining Simcenter Amesim<\/A> and Simcenter Prescan<\/A>. The principle is straightforward: When activated by the user, the function together with a parking area management (PAM) system will take over full control of the vehicle and the vehicle is driven through the parking area until it comes to a designated parking position. In this application, different planning and control levels are required.<\/P><\/p>\n

\"Prescan-AmesimValet parking scenario demonstrating co-simulation of Simcenter Amesim and Simcenter Prescan.<\/span><\/span><\/P>
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We have recently issued a white paper<\/A> describing this virtual verification and validation framework for advanced driver assistance systems. It explains how to frontload control design verification during the early phases of ADAS development. Here, I only touched the autonomous parking function. In the white paper you\u2019ll find two more use cases: adaptive cruise control and green wave technology.<\/P><\/p>\n

The co-simulation testing framework offers a multitude of benefits:<\/P>
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