Autonomous or semi-autonomous parking method and apparatus
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorNaoki Matsumura
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Abstract
Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with autonomously or semi-autonomously parking a vehicle are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a communication interface to receive sensor data associated with environmental condition of an area around or adjacent to a vehicle; and a parking condition analysis unit coupled to the communication interface to determine, while the vehicle is parked in a current parking position, whether there is a new parking position for the vehicle, that provides a new parking condition that is an improvement over a current parking condition of the current parking position of the vehicle, based at least in part on the received sensor data. Other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.
Claims25
An apparatus for autonomous or semi-autonomous driving, comprising:
- a communication interface to receive sensor data associated with environmental condition of an area around, adjacent or interior to a vehicle;
- and
- a parking condition analysis unit coupled to the communication interface to determine, while the vehicle is parked in a current parking position, whether there is a new parking position for the vehicle, that provides a new parking condition that is an improvement over a current parking condition of the current parking position of the vehicle, based at least in part on the received sensor data.
A method for autonomous or semi-autonomous driving, comprising:
- receiving, by a computer-assisted or autonomous driving system disposed in a vehicle, sensor data associated with environmental condition of an area around, adjacent or interior to the vehicle;
- and
- determining, by the computer-assisted or autonomous driving system, while the vehicle is parked in a current parking position, whether there is a new parking position for the vehicle, that provides more shade coverage for the vehicle then the current parking position, based at least in part on the received sensor data.
At least one computer readable media (CRM) comprising a plurality of instructions arranged to cause a computer-assisted or autonomous driving system disposed in a vehicle, in response to execution of the instructions, to:
- receive, sensor data from sensors disposed in the vehicle;
- and
- determine, while the vehicle is parked in a current parking position, whether there is a new parking position for the vehicle, that provides a new parking condition that is an improvement over a current parking condition of the current parking position of the vehicle, based at least in part on the received sensor data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.