Parking assistance system

US10246000B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Ingolf Schneider · Adelsheim, DE
• Philipp Roeckl · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Martin Petermann · Zürich, CH
• Peter Kahler · Nierstein, DE
• Marten Wittorf · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 2, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Q2400/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A parking assistance system for a motor vehicle includes a monitoring unit for detecting an object in the vicinity of the vehicle and a light system connected to the monitoring unit and configured to emit light into the area surrounding the motor vehicle. The monitoring unit is configured to sense the bearing of an object and to control the distribution of the light emitted from the light system as a function of the sensed bearing.