US 12,282,326 B2
Remote maneuvering system for a vehicle and associated method
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US); Neha Singhal, Northville, MI (US); Biaohe Guo, Northville, MI (US); Mark Larry, Macomb, MI (US); and Kenneth Michael Mayer, Ypsilanti, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/170,128.
Prior Publication US 2024/0280984 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/005 (2013.01) [B60W 30/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a mobile device; and
a vehicle comprising:
a processor;
a distance sensor electrically connected to the processor, the distance sensor configured to measure a distance between the vehicle and an object; and
a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receive instructions from the mobile device to perform a remote maneuver of the vehicle, the remote maneuver including moving the vehicle towards the object;
perform the remote maneuver;
cause the mobile device to provide haptic feedback associated with the remote maneuver,
wherein the mobile device is configured to display a detent bar associated with the remote maneuver; wherein (i) the detent bar includes a plurality of detents and each of the plurality of detents is associated with a distance between the vehicle and the object and (ii) each detent of the plurality of the detents is associated with a different level of haptic feedback such that as the distance between the vehicle and the object decreases, the level of haptic feedback increases.