Auto park human machine interface display based control
AssigneePanasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
InventorDonald Allen Turner
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Abstract
An autonomous parking arrangement for a motor vehicle includes at least one camera associated with the vehicle and capturing images of parking spaces surrounding the vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the at least one camera and processes the captured images. A touch-sensitive display screen is communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and displays the processed images. The display screen enables a user of the motor vehicle to select a parking space in the processed images by touching the display screen. The display screen indicates to the electronic processor which of the parking spaces has been selected by the user.
Claims13
An autonomous parking arrangement for a motor vehicle, the arrangement comprising:
- at least one camera associated with the vehicle and configured to capture images of parking spaces surrounding the vehicle;
- an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the at least one camera and configured to process the captured images;
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- a touch-sensitive display screen communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and configured to:
- display the processed images;
- enable a user of the motor vehicle to select a parking space in the processed images by touching the display screen;
- indicate to the electronic processor which of the parking spaces has been selected by the user;
- display a plurality of arrows each pointing in a different, respective direction;
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- enable the user of the motor vehicle to select the parking space in the processed images by touching one of the arrows that points in a direction of the selected parking space, wherein the processed images are presented on a side of the display screen opposite from the direction in which the touched arrow points.
An autonomous parking method for a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- capturing images of parking spaces surrounding the vehicle;
- processing the captured images;
- displaying the processed images on a touch-sensitive display screen;
- enabling a user of the motor vehicle to select a parking space in the processed images by touching the display screen;
- autonomously parking the motor vehicle in the parking space that has been selected by the user;
- displaying a plurality of arrows each pointing in a different, respective direction;
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- enabling the user of the motor vehicle to select the parking space in the processed images by touching one of the arrows that points in a direction of the selected parking space, wherein the processed images are presented on a side of the display screen opposite from the direction in which the touched arrow points.
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- at least one camera configured to capture first images of parking spaces surrounding the vehicle;
- a touch-sensitive display screen configured to:
- display second images based on the first images, the second images including a plurality of areas each corresponding to an open parking space in the first images;
- display a plurality of arrows each pointing in a different, respective direction;
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- enable the user of the motor vehicle to select the parking space in the processed images by touching one of the arrows that points in a direction of the selected parking space, wherein the second images are presented on a side of the display screen opposite from the direction in which the touched arrow points;
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- an autonomous parking system configured to autonomously park the vehicle in a selected said open parking space corresponding to one of the areas on the display screen after the one area has been touched by a user of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.