US 12,093,032 B2
Initiation of vehicle remote park-assist with key fob
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US); John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US); and Ali Hassani, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/499,574.
Application 17/499,574 is a continuation of application No. 16/372,330, filed on Apr. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,169,517.
Prior Publication US 2022/0043444 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60J 3/04 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0016 (2013.01) [B60J 3/04 (2013.01); B62D 15/029 (2013.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a cabin;
a human-machine interface (HMI) unit located in the cabin;
a receiver-transceiver module configured to receive:
a return signal including a distance indicator from a mobile device; and
a remote park-assist (RePA) signal from the mobile device;
an autonomy unit configured to perform the RePA based on the RePA signal; and
a controller configured to:
receive, via the HMI unit, a selection to activate RePA;
receive, via the HMI unit, a selection that a key fob is to be used for initiating RePA instead of a mobile device;
emit a first alert when the RePA is initiated;
determine, based on the distance indicator, whether the key fob is in the cabin; and
responsive to determining that the key fob is not in the cabin, enable the autonomy unit to perform the RePA, wherein the key fob is used for both localization of the key fob with respect to the vehicle and sending signals to the vehicle to perform the RePA.