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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Frederic Stefan, Aachen, NRW, DE;
Uwe Gussen, Huertgenwald, NRW, DE;
Erik Alpman, Aachen, NRW, DE;
Christoph Arndt, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for autonomous movement of a parked motor vehicle out of a parking space in which it is blocking an entranceway to a facility such as private driveway. A method has the following steps: is parked in a blocking position blocking relative to an entranceway, detecting that a second vehicle requires passage through the entranceway, and operating a parking assistance system to autonomously remove the vehicle from the blocking position to permit passage of the second vehicle. The parking assistance system returns the vehicle to the original parking position after passage of the second vehicle through the entranceway is complete. The requirement for a second vehicle to pass through the entranceway may be detected using wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communication, or using a remote sensing system on-board the vehicle to detect the second vehicle.