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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

James Nicholas Murray, Chelmsford, GB;

Ben Moffatt, Iver Heath, GB;

Will Barker, Berkhamsted, GB;

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/48 (2006.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2013.01); G05D 1/0297 (2013.01); G08G 1/143 (2013.01); G08G 1/146 (2013.01); B60W 2554/20 (2020.02); B60W 2554/801 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02);
Abstract

Parking a plurality of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles can comprise obtaining information regarding a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles; obtaining information regarding an environment surrounding the first vehicle; and selecting a parking arrangement for the first vehicle, wherein the parking arrangement is selected such that at least one of access to; and opening of at least one door of the first vehicle is prevented by proximity of the first vehicle to at least one of a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles; and a structure in the environment.


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