Smart parking systems and control logic for vehicle assisted occupant egress

A non-transient, computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a vehicle controller of a host vehicle, the host vehicle including a passenger cabin containing first and second vehicle seats accessed through respective first and second vehicle doors, the instructions, when executed, causing the vehicle controller to perform operations comprising:

• determining, using vehicle data received from a vehicle dynamics sensor and/or a vehicle control module, the host vehicle is parked;
• detecting, using sensor array data received from a vehicle sensor array of the host vehicle responsive to determining the host vehicle is parked, a first open spot adjacent a first lateral side of the host vehicle and/or a second open spot adjacent a second lateral side of the host vehicle;
• detecting a first occupant in the first vehicle seat exiting the host vehicle through the first vehicle door into the first open spot and/or a second occupant in the second vehicle seat exiting the host vehicle through the second vehicle door into the second open spot;
• activating, via the vehicle controller responsive to detecting the first occupant in the first vehicle seat and/or the second occupant in the second vehicle seat, a first subset of sensors of the vehicle sensor array assigned to the first vehicle seat and/or a second subset of sensors of the vehicle sensor array assigned to the second vehicle seat;
• detecting, via the vehicle controller using first sensor data received from the first subset of sensors and/or second sensor data received from the second subset of sensors, a first target vehicle approaching the first open spot and/or a second target vehicle approaching the second open spot;
• and
• commanding, via the vehicle controller responsive to detecting the first target vehicle approaching the first open spot and/or the second target vehicle approaching the second open spot, a resident vehicle subsystem of the host vehicle to execute a remediating action configured to prevent the first occupant from exiting the passenger cabin into the first open spot and/or prevent the second occupant from exiting the passenger cabin into the second open spot.

A motor vehicle, comprising:

• a vehicle body including a passenger cabin;
• a plurality of road wheels attached to the vehicle body;
• a prime mover attached to the vehicle body and configured to drive one or more of the road wheels to thereby propel the motor vehicle;
• first and second vehicle seats located inside the passenger cabin;
• first and second vehicle doors movably mounted to the vehicle body to selectively open and thereby provide access to the first and second vehicle seats;
• and
• a vehicle controller attached to the vehicle body and programmed to:
• determine, using real-time vehicle data received from a vehicle dynamics sensor and/or a vehicle control module, the motor vehicle is parked;
• detect, using real-time sensor array data received from a vehicle sensor array of the motor vehicle responsive to determining the motor vehicle is parked, a first open spot adjacent a first lateral side of the motor vehicle;
• detect, for the detected first open spot, a first occupant in the first vehicle seat exiting the motor vehicle through the first vehicle door into the first open spot;
• activate, responsive to detecting the first occupant in the first vehicle seat exiting the motor vehicle into the first open spot, a first subset of sensors of the vehicle sensor array assigned to the first vehicle seat;
• detect, using real-time first sensor data received from the first subset of sensors, a first target vehicle approaching the first open spot;
• and
• command, responsive to detecting the first target vehicle approaching the first open spot, a resident vehicle subsystem of the motor vehicle to execute a remediating action configured to prevent the first occupant from exiting the passenger cabin into the first open spot.