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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Daniel A. Makled, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael McQuillen, Warren, MI (US);
Ali Ahmad Ayoub, Windsor, CA;
Jeremy Ferack, Livonia, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for active park assist detection of semi-trailer overhang. An example vehicle includes a first range detection sensor, a second range detection sensor different from the first range detection sensor, and a parking assist unit. The parking assist unit detects, with the first and second range detection sensors, a second vehicle with an overhang adjacent to a parking space. Additionally, the parking assist unit broadcasts, with a DSRC module, a message including properties of the parking space accounting for the overhang.