System and method for contacting vehicle for tandem parking
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorAlvin T. YUAN
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Abstract
Systems and methods for tandem parking are provided. A vehicle includes a camera that obtains an image of a second vehicle parked in tandem with the first vehicle. The vehicle also includes a processor that extracts a vehicle identifier of the second vehicle from the image. The vehicle further includes a wireless modem that sends, from the vehicle, a notification request for the second vehicle including the vehicle identifier. A method of notification includes scanning, by the camera mounted in the first vehicle, a vehicle identifier from a second vehicle parked in tandem with the first vehicle. The method further includes transmitting, by the wireless modem operably connected to the camera, a notification request for the second vehicle including the vehicle identifier.
Claims20
A method of notification comprising:
- scanning, by a camera mounted on a first vehicle, a vehicle identifier of a second vehicle parked in tandem with the first vehicle;
- and
- transmitting, by a wireless modem operably connected to the camera, a notification request for the second vehicle including the vehicle identifier.
A method for tandem parking comprising:
- receiving, via a wireless modem of a first vehicle, a request to move the first vehicle;
- confirming that the first vehicle is parked in a tandem parking position with a second vehicle;
- and
- performing a driverless maneuver to allow the second vehicle to exit the tandem parking position in response to the request.
A first vehicle comprising:
- a camera that obtains an image of a second vehicle parked in tandem with the first vehicle;
- a processor that extracts a vehicle identifier for the second vehicle from the image;
- a wireless modem that sends, from the first vehicle, a notification request for the second vehicle including the vehicle identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.