Patent ID: 11897453
Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An automated parking system for a vehicle, the automated parking system comprising:
a camera mounted to the vehicle configured to obtain the images of an environment surrounding the vehicle; and a processor configured to execute an artificial intelligence algorithm configured to detect a parking lot comprising unmarked parking areas based on input images, determine the environment surrounding the vehicle is the parking lot comprising unmarked parking areas based on the images of the environment surrounding the vehicle thorough execution of the artificial intelligence algorithm, determine an unmarked parking area from among the unmarked parking areas within the parking lot to park the vehicle, and control an automated parking function of the vehicle to park the vehicle in the unmarked parking area, wherein the environment surrounding the vehicle comprises structures, and wherein the artificial intelligence algorithm is configured to classify the environment surrounding the vehicle as the parking lot based on types of the structures.