Patent ID: 11964693
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E  G

Claim 17:
18. A method of assisting a vehicle with parking in a garage, the method comprising:
sensing objects relative to the vehicle with a plurality of sensors located on the vehicle and generating sensed signals indicative of the sensed objects;
communicating with a parked vehicle located in the garage;
processing the sensed signals generated by the plurality of sensors;
determining a distance and location of the sensed objects relative to a plurality of powered closure doors;
determining with a controller a parking location for the vehicle in the garage, wherein the parking location is determined such that the at least some of plurality of powered closure doors are free from contact with an object in the garage when the at least some of the powered closure doors are in an open position, and wherein the parking location is free of contact with powered closure doors on the parked vehicle when the vehicle is parked parallel and adjacent with the parked vehicle; and
providing an output to assist a driver of the vehicle to park the vehicle in the garage in the determined parking location.