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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
James Nicholas Murray, Chelmsford, GB;
Ben Moffatt, Iver Heath, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2554/801 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02);
Abstract
One or more parking sensors are configured to determine a distance between a vehicle and an obstacle. A controller is configured to determine a threshold parking distance based on an operating mode of the vehicle; compare the determined distance with the threshold parking distance; and provide an indication to a user of the vehicle based on the determined distance being less than or equal to the threshold parking distance.