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Vehicle system and method for setting variable virtual boundary

US10967851B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Markus Krekel · Wermelskirchen, DE
Ahmed Benmimoun · Aachen, DE
Andrew Ochmanski · Sterling Heights, US
Thomas Gerlitz · Hohenwaldhausen, DE
Nadja Wysietzki · Cologne, DE
Cinderella Matuk · Cologne, DE
Li Xu · Northville, US
Kyle Simmons · New Boston, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30264
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle system includes a camera, a sensor, and processors for detecting an unoccupied parking spot while the vehicle traverses a detection path. The processors define a variable virtual boundary based on at least one object detected on a side of the detection path excluding the unoccupied parking spot and generates at least one parking maneuver based on the unoccupied parking spot and the variable virtual boundary.

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