Advanced user interaction features for remote park assist

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10732622-B2
Application number	US-201815946455-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2018
Priority date	Apr 5, 2018
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

Vehicle systems include features for performing remote park assist (RePA) operations. One system include a feature where a user provides a continuous input via a touchscreen on a mobile device. The mobile device transmits a message and a vehicle autonomously traverses a calculated parking path while the message is being received by the vehicle. Another system include a feature where the vehicle autonomously move to a parking space based on data received from the mobile device. The mobile device receives user inputs on a display showing representations of the vehicle and its surrounding areas to generate the data. Another system include a feature where the mobile device determines whether the user is a first time user of a RePA application. The mobile device operates in a certain training mode based on the determination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle system, comprising:
a mobile device comprising a touchscreen, the mobile device to:
automatically operate in a first training mode when the mobile device determines that a user is using a remote park assist (RePA) application for the first time;
operate in a second training mode when the mobile device determines that the user is not using the RePA application for the first time;
provide a display for receiving a user input, the display comprising an indicator to guide a user for providing the user input, the indicator being responsive to the first training mode and the second training mode; and
transmit a message in response to the user input; and
a vehicle to autonomously traverse a calculated parking path while the message is being received.

2. The vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the second training mode provides at least one user-configurable default setting.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Bettger Timothy C
• Christen Urs
• Benmimoun Ahmed
• Wysietzki Nadja

Classifications

• B60W2554/20

  Static objects · CPC title

• B60W2554/4029

  Pedestrians · CPC title

• B60W30/06

  Automatic manoeuvring for parking · CPC title

• B60W2554/00

  Input parameters relating to objects · CPC title

• B62D15/0285

  Parking performed automatically · CPC title