Autonomous parking of vehicles inperpendicular parking spots
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1. A vehicle comprising:
- a front corner;
a camera; and
an autonomous vehicle parker to;
detect, via the camera, a perpendicular parking spot and an outer boundary of the perpendicular parking spot;
determine a linear parking path located within the perpendicular parking spot and based on the outer boundary, wherein the linear parking path extends in a first direction and is spaced apart from the outer boundary in a second direction crossing the first direction; and
autonomously turn into the perpendicular parking spot such that the front corner travels along the linear parking path.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for autonomous parking of vehicles in perpendicular parking spots. An example vehicle includes a front corner, a camera, and an autonomous vehicle parker. The autonomous vehicle parker is to detect, via the camera, a perpendicular parking spot and an outer boundary of the perpendicular parking spot, determine a linear parking path located within the perpendicular parking spot and based on the outer boundary, and autonomously turn into the perpendicular parking spot such that the front corner travels along the linear parking path.
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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a front corner; a camera; and an autonomous vehicle parker to; detect, via the camera, a perpendicular parking spot and an outer boundary of the perpendicular parking spot; determine a linear parking path located within the perpendicular parking spot and based on the outer boundary, wherein the linear parking path extends in a first direction and is spaced apart from the outer boundary in a second direction crossing the first direction; and autonomously turn into the perpendicular parking spot such that the front corner travels along the linear parking path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for autonomously parking a vehicle into a perpendicular parking spot, the method comprising:
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detecting, via a sensor, the perpendicular parking spot and an outer boundary of the perpendicular parking spot; determining, via a processor, a linear parking path located within the perpendicular parking spot and based on the outer boundary, wherein the linear parking path extends in a first direction and is spaced apart from the outer boundary in a second direction crossing the first direction; and autonomously turning into the perpendicular parking spot such that a front corner of the vehicle travels along the linear parking path. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A tangible computer readable medium including instructions which, when executed, cause a vehicle to:
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detect, via a camera, a perpendicular parking spot and an outer boundary of the perpendicular parking spot; determine, via a processor, a linear parking path located within the perpendicular parking spot and based on the outer boundary, wherein the linear parking path extends in a first direction and is spaced apart from the outer boundary in a second direction crossing the first direction; and autonomously turn into the perpendicular parking spot such that a front corner travels along the linear parking path.
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