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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2014
Applicants:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Mario Tippelhofer, Redwood City, CA (US);
Marco Antonio Lobato Fregoso, San Francisco, CA (US);
Heiko Maiwand, Redwood City, CA (US);
Trevor Shannon, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignees:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/48 (2006.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/143 (2013.01);
Abstract
An in-vehicle system and method for presenting an abstraction of available parking spaces proximate the vehicle, including information conveying the quantity and heading of the available spaces. The available parking information is presented in a format that can be understood at a glance, for use in making navigation decisions while cruising for an available parking space.