US 11,749,116 B1
Apparatus and methods for providing adaptive vehicle parking assistance based on a driver's familiarity with a vehicle
Jeremy Michael Young, Chicago, IL (US); Jerome Beaurepaire, Nantes (FR); and Leon Stenneth, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to HERE GLOBAL B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by HERE GLOBAL B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/716,723.
Int. Cl. H04N 5/44 (2011.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC G08G 1/168 (2013.01) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code instructions, the computer program code instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:
receive sensor data indicating a user's interaction associated with a vehicle parking assistance feature, wherein the vehicle parking assistance feature is a feature in which a vehicle causes a notification on a user interface in response to an object abutting or overlapping a virtual zone surrounding the vehicle, and wherein the virtual zone is created by at least one vehicle processor of the vehicle;
based on the sensor data, determine a level of the user's familiarity on using the vehicle parking assistance feature; and
based on the level, adjust a size of the virtual zone.