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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jinesh J Jain, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sneha Kadetotad, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Harpreetsingh Banvait, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vidya Nariyambut Murali, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Peter Gyumyeong Joh, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting available parking spaces in a parking environment. Radar systems are utilized to gather data about a parking lot environment. The radar data is provided to a neural network model as an input. Algorithms employing neural networks can be trained to recognize parked vehicles and conflicting data regarding debris, shopping carts, street lamps, traffic signs, pedestrians, etc. The neural network model processes the radar data to estimate parking space boundaries and to approximate the parking space boundaries as splines. The neural network model outputs spline estimations to a vehicle computer system. The vehicle computer system utilizes the spline estimates to detect available parking spaces. The spline estimates are updated as the vehicle navigates the parking environment.