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Computer vision based parking assistant

  • US 6,683,539 B2
  • Filed: 12/27/2001
  • Issued: 01/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-based assisted parking system for parking a vehicle into a parking space, said system comprising:

  • at least one sensor arranged to sense a position of the vehicle to be parked in a predetermined area adjacent the vehicle;

    a sensing system for at least two-dimensional reconstruction of feedback received from said at least one sensor;

    a path planning system for determining whether positions of other vehicles adjacent the parking space provide sufficient clearance for the vehicle to be parked and providing a planned path indicating how the vehicle to be parked will be maneuvered;

    a control system for controlling maneuvering of the vehicle to be parked based on the planned path determined by said path planning system, said control system controls vehicle steering, direction, speed, and application of brakes, so that the vehicle to be parked is maneuvered into the parking space.

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