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Parking assistance for a vehicle

  • US 9,384,662 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2014
  • Issued: 07/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, provide a method of assessing whether motion of a vehicle is conducive to detecting an available parking slot, the method comprising:

  • receiving signals usable to calculate a distance of the vehicle from first and second objects;

    starting a counter when said first object is detected at a first position using the signals;

    determining whether the distance exceeds a first distance threshold;

    determining whether a second object is detected within a second threshold distance from the first position; and

    transmitting a notification when the first distance threshold is exceeded indicating that the distance threshold is exceeded,wherein the distance of the vehicle from the objects is calculated when the second object is detected within the second threshold distance, and wherein the counter is reset to zero when the second object is not detected within the second threshold distance, such that calculating the distance of the vehicle from the objects is conditioned on satisfaction of the second threshold.

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