Patent ID: 11932165
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method to control a vehicle comprising: sending, by a processor of the vehicle, an instruction to a mobile device as a visible light communication (VLC);
receiving a second visible light communication (VLC) from the mobile device;
analyzing the second VLC to determine an initial relative distance of the mobile device to the vehicle;
based on the initial relative distance, performing dead reckoning on the mobile device to track a location of the mobile device relative to the vehicle;
receiving a third visible light communication (VLC) from the mobile device;
analyzing the third VLC to determine a second initial relative distance of the mobile device to the vehicle;
based on the second initial relative distance, performing dead reckoning on the mobile device to track the location of the mobile device relative to the vehicle;
determining, based on the dead reckoning, that the mobile device is within a threshold distance of the vehicle; and
enabling, based on the determination that the mobile device is within the threshold distance of the vehicle, autonomous parking of the vehicle.