Patent ID: 11958474
Assignee: ATIEVA, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
continuously monitoring, by an assisted-driving (AD) system using a sensor, surroundings of a vehicle being controlled by a driver;
detecting, by the AD system using the sensor, a parking spot that is available;
planning, by the AD system and in response to detecting the parking spot, a trajectory for the vehicle to park in the parking spot;
generating a prompt to the driver, by the AD system and in response to detecting the parking spot, to have the AD system handle parking of the vehicle in the parking spot using the planned trajectory, the prompt performed before the vehicle reaches the parking spot;
wherein the driver begins entering the vehicle into the parking spot without accepting the prompt by the AD system, the method further comprising:
continuing to generate the prompt to the driver during at least part of a vehicle maneuver where the driver is parking the vehicle in the parking spot.