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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2025
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul Jamnicki, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an assist system () for a motor vehicle (), having a parking sensor arrangement (), an acoustic system () for a vehicle interior (), and a control unit (), wherein the control unit () is designed to detect at least one parking space () by means of the parking sensor arrangement (), to indicate this parking space via an acoustic signal (A) by means of the acoustic system () and to determine a parking space direction (P, P, P). In order to optimize the assistance to a driver in locating a parking space, it is provided according to the invention that the control unit () is designed to set a virtual direction of origin (R, R, R) of the acoustic signal (A) that can be perceived in a listening position () within the vehicle interior (), the virtual direction of origin being set relative to the listening position () and according to the parking space direction (P, P, P).
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