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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Bales, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Hafner, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60T 8/1708 (2013.01); B60T 2201/022 (2013.01); B60T 2201/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for assisting in parking a vehicle, comprises the steps of: initiating a parking sequence having a reference velocity; altering a velocity of the vehicle to about the reference velocity by generating a brake torque during a first mode of operation of a controller; outputting the brake torque to a disturbance estimator; storing the brake torque within the disturbance estimator; and utilizing the brake torque from the disturbance estimator in a second mode of operation of the controller to stop the vehicle at a target location.