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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Arturo Alberto Garcia Ramirez, Venustiano Carranza, MX;
Jose Emmanuel Ramirez Lluvias, Miguel Hidalgo, MX;
Grecia Jimena Reyes Vazquez, Mexico City, MX;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
After a driver parks a vehicle and has left the vehicle, a system relocates the autonomous vehicle into an optimized parking spot. The system obtains availability of other parking spots within a parking lot in which the vehicle is located. The system estimates whether any alternate parking spot would optimize cabin temperature and whether the energy consumed to complete an autonomous relocation of the vehicle will obtain a net savings in fuel economy relative to the energy expended by the relocation. The system determines the benefits of these optimized parking spots by using shaded and unshaded areas, GPS location of the vehicle, current date and time, and weather and fuel consumption estimates. If a favorable parking spot is determined, the autonomous vehicle relocates into the optimal alternate parking spot and informs the driver of the new location.