Parking assistance with smooth handover, parking completion, or parking correction
AssigneeAtieva, Inc.
InventorAbhishek Pathak
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method comprises: continuously monitoring, by an assisted-driving (AD) system using a sensor, surroundings of a vehicle being controlled by a driver; detecting, by the AD system using the sensor, a parking spot that is available; planning, by the AD system and in response to detecting the parking spot, a trajectory for the vehicle to park in the parking spot; and generating a prompt to the driver, by the AD system and in response to detecting the parking spot, to have the AD system handle parking of the vehicle in the parking spot, the prompt performed before the vehicle reaches the parking spot.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- continuously monitoring, by an assisted-driving (AD) system using a sensor, surroundings of a vehicle being controlled by a driver;
- detecting, by the AD system using the sensor, a parking spot that is available;
- planning, by the AD system and in response to detecting the parking spot, a trajectory for the vehicle to park in the parking spot;
- generating a prompt to the driver, by the AD system and in response to detecting the parking spot, to have the AD system handle parking of the vehicle in the parking spot using the planned trajectory, the prompt performed before the vehicle reaches the parking spot;
- wherein the driver begins entering the vehicle into the parking spot without accepting the prompt by the AD system, the method further comprising:
- continuing to generate the prompt to the driver during at least part of a vehicle maneuver where the driver is parking the vehicle in the parking spot.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining, by an assisted-driving (AD) system using a sensor, that a vehicle fully manually controlled by a driver begins entering a parking spot;
- generating a prompt to the driver, by the AD system and in response to determining that the vehicle begins entering the parking spot, to have the AD system handle parking of the vehicle in the parking spot, wherein generating the prompt indicates that the AD system is available to complete the parking of the vehicle in the parking spot at any time;
- receiving, by the AD system, an input generated by the driver in response to the prompt;
- and
- controlling the vehicle, by the AD system and in response to the input, to finish parking the vehicle in the parking spot.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining, by an assisted-driving (AD) system using a sensor, that a vehicle fully manually controlled by a driver begins entering a parking spot;
- generating a first prompt to the driver, by the AD system and in response to determining that the vehicle begins entering the parking spot, to have the AD system handle parking of the vehicle in the parking spot, wherein generating the prompt indicates that the AD system is available to complete the parking of the vehicle in the parking spot at any time, wherein the driver does not accept the first prompt before parking the vehicle;
- determining, by the AD system using the sensor and after generating the first prompt, that the vehicle is stationary in a first orientation of the vehicle with regard to the parking spot, wherein the vehicle was brought into the first orientation within the parking spot under control of the driver;
- performing motion planning, by the AD system, to move the vehicle into a second orientation of the vehicle with regard to the parking spot;
- generating a second prompt to a user, by the AD system and in response to determining that the vehicle is stationary, to have the AD system correct the first orientation of the vehicle;
- receiving, by the AD system, an input generated by the user in response to the second prompt;
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- in response to the input, controlling the vehicle, by the AD system and according to the motion planning, to assume the second orientation of the vehicle with regard to the parking spot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.