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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Xiujie Gao, Troy, MI (US);
Jinsong Wang, Troy, MI (US);
Wende Zhang, Troy, MI (US);
Paul E. Krajewski, Troy, MI (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Timothy J. Canner, Macomb, MI (US);
Donald K. Grimm, Utica, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes at least one image capture device and a user display configured to display images receive from the at least one image capture device. The vehicle also includes a controller programmed to generate a user prompt to set a home vehicle position in response the vehicle entering a first parked state. The controller is also programmed to store at least one reference image indicative of an area in a vicinity of the vehicle corresponding to the home vehicle position. The controller is further programmed to collect a current image corresponding to a current vehicle position in response to a subsequent approach toward the vicinity, and compare the current image to the reference image. The controller is further programmed to generate a user display depicting the vicinity, the current vehicle position, and the home vehicle position.