US 12,330,677 B2
Method to improve parking alignment
Mirian Rodriguez Romero, Troy, MI (US); and Ovidiu Buzdugan Romcea, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen (DE)
Filed by Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen (DE)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/051,329.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140476 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated parking system for parking a vehicle within a parking slot, the system comprising:
a communication device comprising:
a display configured to depict a visual representation of the vehicle within the parking slot;
a human machine interface (HMI) configured to receive user input and, according to the user input, relocate the visual representation of the vehicle on the display within the parking slot from a default position to a user selected location; and
a first data bus configured to transmit the user selected location of the visual representation of the vehicle within the parking slot; and
an automated parking device comprising:
a sensor configured to determine a first location of a first side of the parking slot, a second location of a second side of the parking slot, and a third location of a rear side of the parking slot in relation to the vehicle, respectively;
a second data bus configured to receive the user selected location of the visual representation of the vehicle;
an electronic control module configured to:
determine a path from the vehicle to the parking slot such that an end of the path is located at the user selected location of the visual representation of the vehicle;
determine a percentage and a distance that at least one door may be opened before the at least one door abuts against the first side, the second side, the rear side of the parking slot, or is in a maximum operating position, and
autonomously maneuver the vehicle along the determined path,
wherein the visual representation of the vehicle includes both a three-dimensional bowl view of the vehicle and a two-dimensional overhead view of the vehicle, and
wherein the visual representation of the vehicle comprises the at least one door of the vehicle in an open position and the percentage and the distance that the at least one door may be opened.