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

Claim 6:
7. A method of automated parking of a vehicle, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a camera mounted to the vehicle, images of an environment surrounding the vehicle;
executing an artificial intelligence algorithm configured to detect a parking lot comprising unmarked parking areas based on input images;
classifying the environment surrounding the vehicle as the parking lot comprising unmarked parking areas based on the images of the environment surrounding the vehicle through execution of the artificial intelligence algorithm;
determining an unmarked parking area from among the unmarked parking areas within the parking lot to park the vehicle; and
controlling 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 classifying comprises the artificial intelligence algorithm classifying the environment surrounding the vehicle as the parking lot based on types of the structures.