Automaker’s Innovation Toward Self-Parking cars

 

There are several of the models right now that use sensors to park themselves both in parallel and perpendicular spots. We as a human are still ultimately in charge of and responsible for the process, but there are vehicles capable of fitting in to the tight spots. This advance kind of technology doesn’t come cheap. It’s not yet the standard equipment for every car, it often requires adding a package of additional features that includes parking assist. Most cars with self-parking capability can’t do it all themselves.

The Fully Automated Type

The systems can locate a parallel parking spot upon activation by utilizing proximity sensors on the front, side and rear of the vehicle. Once the spot has been located and driver has selected it and come to a stop, the vehicle will issue instruction to shift into the proper gear. The automated aspect of this thing is steering. Once the driver shifts into reverse, they will operate the gas and break as the car steers itself into the parking space. (Some self-parking systems will handle acceleration and breaking on your behalf). The proximity sensor will issue an alert if it senses the car is at risk to collide with an obstacle, or if its necessary the car will ask you to shift back into the driver to finish the parking maneuver. The vehicle will also provide steering assistance for leaving the spot.

Those are the basic, but some systems boast additional functionally. Available remote park assist system in the BMW Hyundai Sonata enable the user to pull the car into or out of the tight parking space via controls on the key fob. Tesla takes it step further with Smart Summon which can automatically guide your car out if the parking slot and to your location as long as you are less than 200 feet away.

The Assisting Type

It uses front, rear ad side proximity sensors and even cameras to scan the surrounding of the car. Driver activates the system and drive slowly towards the empty space. The car will scan everything on the left side and when it finds left sized spot it will tell you to stop. From there it will require you to engage into reverse and take the hands off the wheel. From there car will handle everything you should have to done with the steering, calculate the angles and speed in order to rotate the wheel as much as it takes to back the car in spot. This is where an electric-assisted steering comes into place. There is actually an electric motor fitted to the steering column that can precisely tun the wheel as accordingly to the computer dictates. The driver’s job here is here only to locate the surroundings and pedal accordingly to actually move the vehicle. Most systems are offered on automatic gearbox fitted cars, leaving you to only play with breaks. Other the car will crawl anyways. Fine clutch and break footwork will be required but at least the steering part is gone now.

These types of systems are the most common ones. One can find these systems in several car variant of Toyota, Ford, Kia and Lexus. Toyota’s variant named Prius will also aid you when having to Bay Park. It has made a parking so easy and also safety for the user of cars and also people walking on the road.