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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vern Stempnik, Roseville, MI (US);
Brian Choi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark Crawford, Belleville, MI (US);
Aric David Shaffer, Saline, MI (US);
Michael David Kane, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of parking a running vehicle includes measuring a length of a parked vehicle that is proximate to a desired parking location, and estimating the width of the parked vehicle based on a regression equation. The running vehicle is parked based on the estimated width.