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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dave A. Herman, Southfield, MI (US);
Perry R. MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Andrea Bowes Chowanic, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00812 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/3685 (2013.01); G06K 9/00785 (2013.01); B62D 15/028 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01);
Abstract
A navigation system for a parking area comprises a plurality of nodes and a server communicating with the nodes. Each node comprises a camera capturing images of the parking area and a low power radio transmitting a radio signal. The server analyzes the images to propose a parking space and provides an arrival sequence of waypoints to the parking space. Each of the waypoints comprises strength and time of flight values of the radio signals.