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US 11,813,978 B2Granted
Parking signaling system
OwnerFrazier Cunningham, III, Cindita D. Cunninghaminventors
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Abstract
A driver nudge system is operated within a vehicle to indicate a warning to a driver of the vehicle. The system includes a steering wheel, a vehicle sensor monitoring an operating environment of the vehicle, and an electric motor connected to the steering wheel configured to nudge the steering wheel in an opposite direction to a threat diagnosed according to data from the vehicle sensor.
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A vehicle parking assist system, comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect an available parking space around a vehicle;
- an input device configured to receive directional control inputs from a driver of the vehicle related to an execution of a future parking maneuver to either a left side of the vehicle or a right side of the vehicle;
- a controller configured to:
- receive, from the sensor, information associated with the available parking space;
- receive, from the input device, information associated with the directional control inputs from the driver;
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- identify an intention of the driver to execute the future parking maneuver on either the left side of the vehicle or the right side of the vehicle based on the information associated with the available parking space and the information associated with the directional control inputs from the driver;
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- a display configured to generate a visual representation of the intention of the driver to execute the future parking maneuver in the available parking space, wherein the visual representation includes a representation of a letter P in a position adjacent to a steering wheel.
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A parking assist system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect a location of an available parallel parking space by scanning for a visible pattern on a road corresponding to the available parallel parking space;
- an input device configured to receive control inputs from a driver related to an execution of a future parallel parking maneuver;
- a controller configured to identify an intention of the driver to execute the future parallel parking maneuver based on the location of the available parallel parking space and based on the control inputs from the driver;
- a communication device configured to transmit information associated with the available parallel parking space to an external database for use by other drivers;
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- a display configured to generate a visual representation of the intention of the driver to execute the future parallel parking maneuver in the available parallel parking space, wherein the visual representation includes a representation of a letter P in a position adjacent to a steering wheel of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.