Systems and methods for determining and improving a parking position

#For larger vehicles, such as sport utility vehicles and trucks, parking in a designated parking space may be difficult. In particular, reversing from a parking space can be difficult because of the space required. In addition, larger vehicles tend to take up more of a parking space leaving little space between the vehicle and other vehicles on either side of the vehicle. It is with respect to these and other considerations that the disclosure made herein is presented.

#The detailed description is set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings. The use of the same reference numerals may indicate similar or identical items. Various embodiments may utilize elements and/or components other than those illustrated in the drawings, and some elements and/or components may not be present in various embodiments. Elements and/or components in the figures are not necessarily drawn to scale. Throughout this disclosure, depending on the context, singular and plural terminology may be used interchangeably.

#FIG. 1 depicts a vehicle in a parking lot environment in accordance with the present disclosure.

#FIG. 2 depicts the vehicle including vehicle systems in accordance with the present disclosure.

#The systems and methods disclosed herein are configured to determine and adjust a parking position. In particular, the vehicle may determine a first parking space where the vehicle can move to a second parking space and exit the second parking space in a forward direction.

#Referring to FIG. 1, a vehicle 100 may initially determine if there is an open parking space in a parking environment 102 that allows the vehicle 100 pull forward into the parking space and to exit the parking space in a forward direction (e.g., two aligned open parking spaces where the vehicle 100 can pull through).

#To make this determination, the vehicle 100 may communicate with a RSU 104 or other vehicles 112, 114, 116, 118 using a vehicle-to-everything (V2V, V2X) communication standard. Particularly, the vehicle 100 may receive parking environment data 106 pertaining to the parking environment 102 including the locations of parking spaces, the occupation status of parking spaces, the predicted status of parking spaces (e.g., if occupied, time that paid parking will expire or based on length of occupancy or driver history), the type of vehicle (e.g., manually driven or autonomous vehicle) occupying a parking space, combinations thereof, and the like. The data 106 may also include objects (e.g., trailers, generators, storage containers, etc.) that are permanent or not predicted to move or the vehicle 100 may use object recognition features to identify such objects.