Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Parking-lot-navigation system and method
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Application No.: US15373845Application Date: 2016-12-09
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Publication No.: US10481609B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Maryam Moosaei , Jinesh J Jain , Harpreetsingh Banvait
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Stevens Law Group
- Agent David R. Steven
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; B60W30/06 ; G05D1/00 ; G06K9/00 ; G08G1/14 ; G08G1/16

Abstract:
A system and method for assisted or autonomous parking of a vehicle is disclosed. The method may begin when the vehicle approaches a feeder lane within a parking lot. At that point, a computer system may decide whether the vehicle should enter the feeder lane. The computer system may use at least one of machine learning, computer vision, and range measurements to determining whether a condition precedent for entering the feeder lane exists. The condition precedent may include an in-bound arrow on the feeder lane or parking lines and/or a parked vehicle adjacent the feeder lane defining a departure angle less than or equal to ninety degrees. If the condition precedent exists, the vehicle may enter the feeder lane. If the condition precedent does not exist, the vehicle may move on to another feeder lane.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180164830A1 PARKING-LOT-NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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