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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
May. 07, 2025
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60Q 1/48 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/314 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A remote-controlled vehicle parking system provides illumination in the area of a user during a parking maneuver. After initiation of a remote-controlled parking maneuver by the user, an illumination device is activated for bringing about at least one of the following illumination processes during a remote-controlled parking maneuver at night or in low-light situations: (i) the illumination of the ground surface around the user; (ii) the illumination of the user themselves; and (iii) the projection of a warning symbol onto the ground surface to draw attention to the user.