Parking assistance system
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsIngolf SCHNEIDER, Philipp ROECKL, Martin PETERMANN, Peter KAHLER, Marten WITTORF
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Abstract
A parking assistance system for a motor vehicle includes a monitoring unit for detecting an object in the vicinity of the vehicle and a light system connected to the monitoring unit and configured to emit light into the area surrounding the motor vehicle. The monitoring unit is configured to sense the bearing of an object and to control the distribution of the light emitted from the light system as a function of the sensed bearing.
Claims17
1-15. (canceled)
A parking assistance system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a monitoring unit configured to detect an object in a zone surrounding the motor vehicle and to sense a bearing of the detected object;
- and
- a lighting system operably coupled to the monitoring unit and configured to emit light in an area surrounding the motor vehicle;
- wherein the monitoring unit controls a distribution of the emitted light as a function of the sensed bearing.
A method of assisting the parking of a motor vehicle comprising:
- detecting an object in a zone surrounding the motor vehicle;
- sensing a bearing of the detected object;
- emitting light in an area surrounding the motor vehicle;
- and
- controlling a distribution of the emitted light as a function of the sensed bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.