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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joshua Wheeler, Trenton, MI (US);
Scott Andrew Amman, Milford, MI (US);
John Edward Huber, Novi, MI (US);
Leah Busch, Berkley, MI (US);
Ranjani Rangarajan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for accelerometer-based external sound monitoring for position aware autonomous parking. An example vehicle includes accelerometers mounted on windows of the vehicle, a computing platform communicatively coupled to the accelerometers, and an autonomy unit. The computing platform receives, via the accelerometers, signals indicative of a stop command associated with a voice. Additionally, the computing platform validates the stop command when the voice either is authorized or originates from within an emergency zone. The autonomy unit prevents autonomous motion of the vehicle in response to receiving the validated stop command.