US 11,958,474 B2
Parking assistance with smooth handover, parking completion, or parking correction
Abhishek Pathak, Union City, CA (US)
Assigned to Atieva, Inc., Newark, CA (US)
Filed by Atieva, Inc., Newark, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/443,067.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023349 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/06 (2013.01) [B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06V 20/586 (2022.01); G08G 1/143 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
continuously monitoring, by an assisted-driving (AD) system using a sensor, surroundings of a vehicle being controlled by a driver;
detecting, by the AD system using the sensor, a parking spot that is available;
planning, by the AD system and in response to detecting the parking spot, a trajectory for the vehicle to park in the parking spot;
generating a prompt to the driver, by the AD system and in response to detecting the parking spot, to have the AD system handle parking of the vehicle in the parking spot using the planned trajectory, the prompt performed before the vehicle reaches the parking spot;
wherein the driver begins entering the vehicle into the parking spot without accepting the prompt by the AD system, the method further comprising:
continuing to generate the prompt to the driver during at least part of a vehicle maneuver where the driver is parking the vehicle in the parking spot.