US 12,240,486 B2
Automatic onboarding for service ramp
Johan Setterberg, Gothenburg (SE); Jonathan Johansson, Gothenburg (SE); and Erik Lindberg Nilsson, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ningbo (CN)
Filed by Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,402.
Application 17/511,402 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/085344, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19172532 (EP), filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048534 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising a system for autonomously onboarding of the vehicle on a ramp comprising one or more ramp paths, wherein the vehicle comprises at least a first and a second front wheel and at least a first and a second rear wheel and the system comprises:
a first sensor positioned in front of the first front wheel,
a second sensor positioned in front of the second front wheel,
the first and second sensors are configured to obtain a three dimensional view of at least an area in front of the first and the second front wheel, wherein the area at least comprises an area under the vehicle in front of the first and the second front wheels,
a control unit configured to receive the three dimensional view from the first and second sensors, identify the one or more ramp paths of the ramp in the three dimensional view, calculate a three dimensional path for onboarding the vehicle on the one or more ramp paths of the ramp and to control the vehicle to autonomously onboard the vehicle on to the one or more ramp paths of the ramp along the three dimensional path.