A controller for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising an image capture means, the controller comprising: inputs arranged to receive: positional data relating to the UAV, a vehicle and a user device; image data captured by the image capture means; a processor arranged to process the received positional data to determine the relative locations of the UAV, vehicle and user device; an output arranged to output a control signal for controlling the UAV and to output an image signal comprising captured image data; wherein the processor is arranged to: generate the control signal for the UAV such that the image data captured by the image capture means comprises at least an image of an obscured portion of the vehicle that is obscured from a field of view of a user of the user device.

Vehicle systems include features for performing remote park assist (RePA) operations. One system include a feature where a user provides a continuous input via a touchscreen on a mobile device. The mobile device transmits a message and a vehicle autonomously traverses a calculated parking path while the message is being received by the vehicle. Another system include a feature where the vehicle autonomously move to a parking space based on data received from the mobile device. The mobile device receives user inputs on a display showing representations of the vehicle and its surrounding areas to generate the data. Another system include a feature where the mobile device determines whether the user is a first time user of a RePA application. The mobile device operates in a certain training mode based on the determination.

A remote parking apparatus comprises an electronic control unit which executes a remote parking control to move an own vehicle and park the own vehicle in a designated parking space in response to receiving a signal transmitted wirelessly from an operation terminal. The electronic control unit is configured to set a parking space as the designated parking space even when there is an obstacle interrupting parking the own vehicle in the parking space.

Electrified vehicles are coupled together by a towing device for in-flight energy transfer. A remote-controlled parking system collects images from vehicle-mounted cameras to produce a 360° overhead live streaming image that is displayed on a smartphone linked to a vehicle controller. A user interface (UI) on the smartphone accepts a first touch from the user on the streaming image showing the vehicles at a starting position in order to specify a maneuver endpoint. The controller calculates a sequence of steering actions to create a path to the endpoint. The UI displays the calculate path as an overlay on the live image. The UI generates an activation signal in response to a second touch input on the touchscreen, and forwards the activation signal to the vehicle controller during the second touch input to move the vehicles according to the actuator commands only while the user maintains the second touch input.

A remote parking system includes: a terminal configured to transmit a ranging signal; plural reception units provided with a reception surface to receive the ranging signal and configured to detect an arrival direction of the ranging signal with respect to the reception surface; and a control device configured to acquire a distance from the terminal to a vehicle based on the arrival direction of the ranging signal and a reference posture of each of the reception units and to move the vehicle toward a parking position based on an operation input to the terminal in a case where the control device determines that the acquired distance from the terminal to the vehicle is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold. The control device is configured to cause the terminal to display an intensity of the ranging signal received by at least one of the reception units.

An integrated control device provided on an autonomous vehicle may include an operating portion by which the acceleration, braking, steering, and shifting operations are input and a core controller coupled to the operating portion to control the acceleration, braking, steering, and shifting operations. A user selects a single operating portion from among a plurality of operating portions of various types according to his or her preference and couples the core controller to the selected operating portion for use.

A mobile terminal to be carried by a user of a vehicle acquires a captured image of the vehicle, acquires distance information on a distance to the vehicle based on the captured image, determines whether the distance to the vehicle is within a predetermined allowable distance based on the distance information, and transmits an operation signal corresponding to an operation content input by a user to the vehicle when the distance to the vehicle is determined to be within the allowable distance.

Method and apparatus are disclosed for mobile device tethering for a remote parking assist system of a vehicle. An example vehicle includes first and second wireless modules and a processor. The processor estimates a region of probability representative of possible locations of a mobile device based on a first signal strength indicator. When the region of probability overlaps a virtual boundary, the processor polls a key fob, estimates a distance of the key fob from the vehicle based on a second signal strength indicator, and when the key fob is within the virtual boundary, enable autonomous parking.

Techniques and examples pertaining to virtual reality remote valet parking are described. A processor of a control system of a vehicle may establish a wireless communication with a remote controller. The processor may provide a stream of video images captured by a camera of the vehicle to the remote controller. The processor may receive a signal from the remote controller. The processor may maneuver the vehicle from one location to another according to the signal.

A vehicle control device comprising: a control unit configured to control an automated parking mode based on a shift position of a transmission when an automated parking is instructed, wherein the automated parking mode includes a first automated parking mode in which steering is not executed and forward movement or rearward movement is possible and a second automated parking mode in which a parking space is detected and steering is executed automatically, and the control unit controls the automated parking mode to be in the first automated parking mode, in a case where the shift position is a first position, and selectively controls the automated parking mode to be in the first automated parking mode or the second automated parking mode, in a case where the shift position is a second position that differs from the first position.