A system, method 700 and apparatus are disclosed for assessing whether a vehicle will make contact with an obstacle. The system, method, and apparatus includes an obstacle sensing component configured to determine a location and a dimension of an obstacle 704, a vehicle sensing component configured to determine a height of a point of the vehicle relative to the ground 706, and a notification component configured to provide an indication of a presence of the obstacle to assist a human driver or an automated driving system in parking the vehicle without making contact with the obstacle 708, 710. Should it be determined that a collision is likely, an active suspension component may assist the driver, possibly by adjusting the vehicle height. A data storage device may be utilised to record vehicle location history, identifying possible locations of previously encountered obstacles. The driver notification could be a multi-axis obstacle location output.
Parking obstruction locator and height estimator
2017-04-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
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