Patent ID: 8169341
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: B62D,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for parallel parking a vehicle in a target parking space, the target parking space being a parallel parking space between a first object in front of the target parking space and a second object behind the target parking space wherein the slot length of the target parking space is too small to complete a parallel parking maneuver in one maneuver but large enough to complete the parallel parking maneuver in multiple maneuvers, the vehicle having a sensing system and a park assist system, the method comprising the steps of: (a) scanning objects near the vehicle using the sensing system to determine when the target parking space having the slot length too small to complete the parallel parking maneuver in the one maneuver but large enough to complete the parallel parking maneuver in the multiple maneuvers is detected, the one maneuver being moving the vehicle rearward from a stop into the target parking space, stopping the vehicle, moving the vehicle forward within the target parking space and stopping in a vehicle parked position, the multiple maneuvers including the rearward and forward movements of the one maneuver plus at least one additional rearward movement of the vehicle before arriving in the vehicle parked position; (b) providing an input signal from the sensing system to the park assist system when the target parking space is detected; (c) after step (b), automatically steering the vehicle while backing the vehicle partially into the target parking space; (d) after step (c), automatically steering the vehicle while moving the vehicle forward into the target parking space; and (e) after step (d), automatically steering the vehicle while backing the vehicle in the target parking space and stopping the vehicle in the target parking space to complete arrival in the vehicle parked position.