Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ahmed Benmimoun

Hamid M Golgiri

Thomas Edward Pilutti

Tony Tae-Jin Pak

Chenhao Ma

Muhammad Adeel Awan

John Michael Celli

Sufian Ashraf Mazhari

Mohamed Benmimoun

Mohsen Lakehal-Ayat

A user trained map for providing driver assistance in a vehicle is obtained by entering a training mode, acquiring and at least temporarily storing vehicle sensor data related to the vehicle's position during training mode while the vehicle is operating in 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.

User trained map for valet parking feature

A system for controlling autonomously-controllable vehicle functions of an autonomous vehicle cooperating with partner subjects includes a database device with information on communication signals from partner subjects, action objectives, and scenarios, and has an autonomous vehicle with autonomously controllable vehicle functions communicatively connected to the database device. The autonomous vehicle includes a control device with a programmable unit and a surround sensor device. The control device receives sensor signals acquired by the surround sensor device of a surrounding area of the vehicle and communication signals originating from at least one partner subject. The control device determines a situation context based on the database information, and converts the captured communication signals into control signals for the autonomously controllable vehicle functions based on the situation context.

Controlling vehicle functions

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Ahmed Benmimoun