Jaguar Land Rover Limited

Stuart Whitehouse

Ilias Aitidis

Ruben Gomez Padin

Thai Hai Pham

Matt Mercer

Sean Emson

Ivan Epling

There is provided a parking aid control system () and method () for a vehicle (). The control system () is configured to receive proximity data () indicative of a location of one or more objects () in an environment of the vehicle. The control system () is configured to output, to a parking aid interface () of the vehicle, parking aid data () indicative of the location of at least some of the one or more objects (). A cancellation signal () is received indicative of a user input for inhibiting the parking aid interface (). A gear change signal () is received, the gear change signal () being indicative of a change in a gear selection of the vehicle. The control system () is configured to suppress the inhibition of the parking aid interface in dependence on the gear change signal ().

Parking aid control system and method

Aspects of the present invention relate to a control system () for a vehicle (), the control system comprising one or more controller, the one or more controller comprising an electrical input () arranged to receive image data () from one or more imaging devices (), the image data indicative of an environment external to the vehicle (), a processor () arranged to generate one or more graphical indicators, each graphical indicator representing an extent of a projection () from the vehicle into the environment external to the vehicle, wherein the extent of the projection is not visible in the image data, and an electrical output () arranged to output augmented image data comprising the image data and data indicative of the one or more graphical indicators for display on a display device.

Apparatus and methods for parking assistance

Aspects of the present invention relate to a control system () for controlling generation of a proximity alert for a vehicle (). The control system comprises one or more controllers (). The control system () is configured to determine an operating state of the vehicle () within a spatial environment in dependence on vehicle data from one or more vehicle systems (). The operating state indicates whether the vehicle () is currently in an on-road state or an off-road state. The control system () controls generation of the proximity alert in dependence on the determined operating state. Aspects of the present invention also relate to a vehicle () comprising a control system (); a method of controlling generation of a proximity alert; computer software and a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium.

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Coventry, United Kingdom

Stuart Whitehouse