IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,511,733
Granted Patent B2
US 11,511,733 · App. 16/689,120 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Vehicle parking system

Inventors: Luke Niewiadomski (Dearborn, MI); Lihui Chen (Rochester, MI); Li Xu (Northville, MI)
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Patent No.
US 11,511,733
App. No.
16/689,120
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system, comprising a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to identify a height of a curb that is at least one of within or bordering a parking area having a specified length and width. The instructions include instructions to identify a location of the curb. The instructions include instructions to determine a parking position within the parking area based on the height of the curb and the location of the curb. The instructions include instructions to park a vehicle at the parking position within the parking area.

Claims (32)

1. A system, comprising a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:

identify a height of a curb that is at least one of within or bordering a parking area having a specified length and width;

identify a location of the curb;

determine a parking position within the parking area based on the height of the curb and the location of the curb; and

park a vehicle at the parking position within the parking area, wherein the instructions include instructions to limit output torque of a propulsion system of the vehicle to an amount that is less than an amount necessary for driving the vehicle over the curb upon determining the vehicle is within a threshold distance of the curb.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions include instructions to identify the location of the curb including a distance between an edge of the parking area and the curb.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions include instructions to determine whether to park the vehicle in the parking area in a forward direction or a reverse direction based on the height of the curb.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the instructions include instructions to determine whether to park the vehicle in the parking area in the forward direction or the reverse direction based on a front ground clearance and a rear ground clearance of the vehicle.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions include instructions to determine the parking position based on a ground clearance of the vehicle.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the ground clearance is a front ground clearance or a rear ground clearance.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the instructions include instructions to select the front ground clearance or the rear ground clearance for determining the parking position based on whether the vehicle is traveling in a forward direction or a reverse direction.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions include instructions to determine the parking position based on an overhang length of a front of the vehicle or a rear of the vehicle.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions include instructions to determine whether the vehicle is sufficiently within the parking area by comparing a present location of the vehicle with the parking position.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions include instructions to identify one or more edges of the parking area based on data from a camera or a LIDAR.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions include instructions to identify the one or more edges of the parking area based on a paint line or an object detected by the camera or LIDAR.

12. A system, comprising a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:

identify a height of a curb that is at least one of within or bordering a parking area having a specified length and width;

identify a location of the curb;

determine a parking position within the parking area based on the height of the curb and the location of the curb; and

park a vehicle at the parking position within the parking area in a forward direction or a reverse direction based on the height of the curb.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions include instructions to identify the location of the curb including a distance between an edge of the parking area and the curb.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions include instructions to determine whether the vehicle is sufficiently within the parking area by comparing a present location of the vehicle with the parking position.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions include instructions to determine the parking position based on a ground clearance of the vehicle.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions include instructions to determine whether the vehicle is sufficiently within the parking area by comparing a present location of the vehicle with the parking position.

17. A system, comprising a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:

identify a height of a curb that is at least one of within or bordering a parking area having a specified length and width;

identify a location of the curb;

determine a parking position within the parking area based on the height of the curb, the location of the curb, and an overhang length of a front of the vehicle or a rear of the vehicle; and

park a vehicle at the parking position within the parking area in a forward direction or a reverse direction based on the height of the curb.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions include instructions to identify the location of the curb including a distance between an edge of the parking area and the curb.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions include instructions to determine whether the vehicle is sufficiently within the parking area by comparing a present location of the vehicle with the parking position.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions include instructions to determine the parking position based on a ground clearance of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2019
From: NIEWIADOMSKI, LUKE; CHEN, LIHUI; XU, LI
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210146915A1 · May 20, 2021
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