Autonomous parking of vehicles in perpendicular parking spots
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKyle Simmons, Li Xu, Douglas Blue, Hongtei Eric Tseng
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Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for autonomous parking of vehicles in perpendicular parking spots. An example vehicle includes a front corner, a sensor, and a parking controller. The parking controller is to detect, via the sensor, a perpendicular parking spot and determine a linear parking path located within the perpendicular parking spot along which the front corner is to travel. The parking controller also is to determine an approaching turn path to the linear parking path and autonomously turn along the approaching turn path and the linear parking path into the perpendicular parking spot.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a front corner;
- a sensor;
- and
- a parking controller to:
- detect, via the sensor, a perpendicular parking spot;
- determine a linear parking path located within the perpendicular parking spot along which the front corner is to travel;
- determine an approaching turn path to the linear parking path;
- and
- autonomously turn along the approaching turn path and the linear parking path into the perpendicular parking spot.
A method comprising:
- detecting a perpendicular parking spot via a camera of a vehicle;
- determining, via a processor, a linear parking path located within the perpendicular parking spot along which a front corner of the vehicle is to travel;
- determining, via the processor, an approaching turn path to the linear parking path;
- and
- autonomously turning along the approaching turn path and the linear parking path into the perpendicular parking spot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.