US 12,071,151 B2
Apparatus and method for use with a vehicle
Anand Govindankutty, Warwickshire (GB); Helio Cardoso, Warwickshire (GB); Fivos Panagiotopoulos, Warwickshire (GB); and Nilesh Singh, Warwickshire (GB)
Assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Appl. No. 17/595,134
Filed by JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Warwickshire (GB)
PCT Filed May 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/062655
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/225341, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1906564 (GB), filed on May 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0212687 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/12 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 50/12 (2013.01) [B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G06V 20/582 (2022.01); G06V 20/586 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2510/22 (2013.01); B60W 2552/05 (2020.02); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driver assistance system for a vehicle, the driver assistance system comprising one or more controllers, the driver assistance system configured to:
receive location information indicative of a location of the vehicle;
determine, based at least in part on image data received from one or more imaging devices associated with the vehicle, one or more visible characteristics in an environment of the vehicle;
determine, based at least in part on the location information and the one or more visible characteristics, an availability of a remotely accessible feature of the vehicle; and
output a signal indicative of the availability of the remotely accessible feature, wherein the one or more visible characteristics comprise one or more of:
roadway demarcation markings in the environment of the vehicle;
roadway signage; and
parking demarcation markings.