US 12,459,495 B2
Methods and systems for mapping a parking area for autonomous parking
Anuja Sonalker, Ellicott City, MD (US); and Bohan Wang, Columbia, MD (US)
Filed by STEER-Tech, LLC, Annapolis Junction, MD (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/223,318.
Application 18/223,318 is a continuation of application No. 17/351,685, filed on Jun. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,745,727.
Application 17/351,685 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/242,102, filed on Jan. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,797,003.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/614,847, filed on Jan. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356711 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/06 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC B60W 30/06 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3682 (2013.01); G01C 21/3685 (2013.01); G01C 21/3811 (2020.08); H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of mapping a parking area for autonomous parking, the method comprising:
receiving, using a computing device, a point of interest designator for a point of interest, a drop-off location designator for a drop-off location associated with the point of interest, a parking location designator for a parking location associated with the point of interest, and a parking path designator for a parking path between the drop-off location and the parking location;
receiving, using the computing device, survey data of the point of interest from a remote device having at least a locating sensor, wherein the survey data is generated, as part of a top-down mapping operation, by the remote device based on survey prompts derived from at least one survey designator provided by the computing device, the survey prompts indicating an approximate location at the point of interest and used by the remote device to initiate surveying using the locating sensor, wherein the survey data comprises:
a drop-off geofence for the drop-off location;
a parking geofence for the parking location; and
a parking waypath for the parking path; and
generating, using the computing device, a parking map for the point of interest, wherein the parking map comprises the drop-off location designator, the parking location designator, the parking path designator, the drop-off geofence, the parking geofence, and the parking waypath.