US 12,146,754 B2
User trained map for valet parking feature
Ahmed Benmimoun, Aachen/NRW (DE); Chenhao Ma, Canton, MI (US); Tony Tae-Jin Pak, Garden City, MI (US); Hamid M. Golgiri, Livonia, MI (US); Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and John Michael Celli, Westland, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/582,125.
Claims priority of application No. 21163761 (EP), filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299329 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3476 (2013.01) [B62D 15/027 (2013.01); G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/3811 (2020.08); G01C 21/3837 (2020.08); G08G 1/168 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing a user trained map for driver assistance in a vehicle, the method comprising:
entering a training mode, wherein a driven speed of the vehicle in the training mode ranges within a pre-defined training speed limit defined to avoid negatively affecting map accuracy;
acquiring and at least temporarily storing vehicle sensor data related to a position of the vehicle while the vehicle is operating in the training mode;
generating and storing a trained digital map of a parking route at least partially based on the acquired vehicle sensor data;
acquiring and storing position information related to a drop-off location and to a pickup location, the drop-off location and the pickup location being part of the parking route; and
exiting the training mode.