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

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle having park assist, the vehicle comprising:
a plurality of powered closure doors, each door having an actuator for moving the door between closed and open positions;
a plurality of sensors located on the vehicle for sensing objects relative to the vehicle and generating sensed signals indicative of the sensed objects;
a transceiver for communicating with a parked vehicle;
a controller processing the sensed signals generated by the plurality of sensors, determining a distance and location of the sensed objects relative to the plurality of powered closure doors, and determining a parking location for the vehicle, wherein the parking location is determined such that the at least some of the plurality of powered closure doors are free from contact with an object when the at least some of the closure doors are in an open position, and wherein the controller determines the parking location to be free of contact with powered closure doors on the parked vehicle when the vehicle is parked parallel and adjacent with the parked vehicle; and
an output for providing an output to assist a driver of the vehicle to park the vehicle in the determined parking location.