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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 20, 2008
Robert Kwiecinski, Saline, MI (US);
Thomas Michael Mcquade, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian Gordon Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Robert Kwiecinski, Saline, MI (US);
Thomas Michael McQuade, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian Gordon Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle parking assist system for assisting a driver of the vehicle in parking such vehicle in a garage located at a preselected global position. The system includes: a global positioning system mounted to the vehicle having stored therein the global position of the garage, for determining actual global position of the vehicle and providing a signal indicating when the vehicle is proximate the location of the garage; a range sensor for detecting a wall of the garage in front of a direction of motion of the vehicle into the garage; and a processor, responsive to the global positioning system provided by the global positioning system indicating when the vehicle is proximate the garage; the range sensor, for indicating when the vehicle has parked in the garage such that front of the vehicle is forward of the wall while enabling a door of the garage to be closed without striking the vehicle.