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US 10,850,727 B2Granted
System, method, and apparatus for parking assistance
AssigneeToyota Research Institute, Inc.
InventorsJulian M. Mason, Nikolaos Michalakis
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Abstract
A method, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for parking assistance are provided. The method includes identifying a parking space based on information acquired from a plurality of sensors, connecting to a sensor associated with the identified parking space, acquiring measurement data from the sensor indicative of a vehicle position relative to the sensor, determining a parking trajectory based on the measurement data, and controlling at least a subsystem of a vehicle based on the parking trajectory.
Claims15
A method for parking assistance, the method comprising:
- identifying, using processing circuitry, at least one parking space based on information acquired from a plurality of sensors associated with the at least one parking space;
- wherein identifying the at least one parking space further includes:
- outputting a ping signal;
- receiving acknowledgment signals from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- identifying the one or more sensors by comparing signal strength of the received acknowledgment signals to a predetermined threshold;
- connecting to the plurality of sensors associated with the identified at least one parking space;
- acquiring measurement data from the plurality of sensors indicative of a vehicle position;
- determining, using the processing circuitry, whether two or more parking spaces are available;
- when two or more available parking spaces are determined to be available, providing a user of a vehicle corresponding to the vehicle position with an image of the two or more available parking spaces wherein each of the two or more available parking spaces has superimposed boundaries;
- receiving a selection from the user indicative of a selected parking space;
- determining, using the processing circuitry, a parking trajectory based on the selected parking space and the measurement data;
- and
- controlling at least one subsystem of the vehicle based on the parking trajectory.
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A parking assistance apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to
- identify at least one parking space based on information acquired from a plurality of sensors associated with the at least one parking space,
- wherein identifying the at least one parking space further includes:
- outputting a ping signal;
- receiving acknowledgment signals from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- identifying the one or more sensors by comparing signal strength of the received acknowledgment signals to a predetermined threshold;
- connect to the plurality of sensors associated with the identified at least one parking space,
- acquire measurement data from the plurality of sensors indicative of a vehicle position,
- determine whether two or more parking spaces are available,
- provide a user of a vehicle corresponding to the vehicle position with an image of the two or more available parking spaces when two or more available parking spaces are determined to be available, wherein each of the two or more available parking spaces has superimposed boundaries;
- receive a selection from the user indicative of a selected parking space;
- determine a parking trajectory based on the selected parking space and the measurement data, and
- control at least one subsystem of the vehicle based on the parking trajectory.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer-readable instructions therein which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for parking assistance, the method comprising:
- identifying at least one parking space based on information acquired from a plurality of sensors associated with the at least one parking space;
- wherein identifying the at least one parking space further includes:
- outputting a ping signal;
- receiving acknowledgment signals from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- identifying the one or more sensors by comparing signal strength of the received acknowledgment signals to a predetermined threshold,
- connecting to the plurality of sensors associated with the identified at least one parking space;
- acquiring measurement data from the plurality of sensors indicative of a vehicle position;
- determining whether two or more parking spaces are available;
- when two or more available parking spaces are determined to be available, providing a user of a vehicle corresponding to the vehicle position with an image of the two or more available parking spaces wherein each of the two or more available parking spaces has superimposed boundaries;
- receiving a selection from the user indicative of a selected parking space;
- determining a parking trajectory based on the selected parking space and the measurement data;
- and
- controlling at least one subsystem of the vehicle based on the parking trajectory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.