Parking aid for parking on an oncoming lane
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorFrederic Stefan
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Abstract
A method is described for parking a vehicle in a parking space. In the method, a parking aid device having a function that parks in a parking space on an oncoming lane is activated. An available parking space on the oncoming lane is located via sensors. A starting position of the vehicle on the oncoming lane for automatic parking in the parking space is established such that upon moving the vehicle on the oncoming lane into the established starting position, and the parking aid device automatically parks the vehicle in the parking space.
Claims20
A method for parking a vehicle comprising:
- activating a parking aid device being configured to park in a parking space on an oncoming lane;
- locating an available parking space on the oncoming lane;
- automatically establishing a starting position of the vehicle on the oncoming lane for automatic parking in the parking space;
- moving the vehicle on the oncoming lane into the starting position;
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- automatically parking the vehicle in the parking space.
A parking aid device for a vehicle comprising:
- a control unit configured to, in response to an available parking space on an oncoming lane located via a device, establish a starting position of the vehicle on the oncoming lane to automatically park in the available parking space, and park the vehicle in the available parking space.
A vehicle comprising:
- a parking aid having a control unit being configured to, in response to an available parking space on an oncoming lane located via a camera, establish a starting position of the vehicle, via a navigation system, on the oncoming lane, and park the vehicle in the available parking space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.