360° Parking Aid System - Operation
360° Parking aid system automatically becomes active when the parking aid system is turned on via the parking aid switch or if Reverse (R) gear is selected.
The park assist sensors will monitor the vehicle's surrounding area. When an object has been detected and then moves out of the sensor's range, it will then be tracked. The software which the Parking Aid Control Module (PACM) implements, takes into consideration the trajectory of the vehicle based on the vehicle speed and steering wheel angle.
If the vehicle is fitted with the following system, the PACM will then inform the driver via the Audio Head Unit (AHU), the information the PACM received from the parking aid and park assist sensors:
- InControl™ Touch system.
If the vehicle is fitted with the following system, the PACM will then inform the driver via the Infotainment Master Controller (IMC), the information the PACM received from the parking aid and park assist sensors:
- InControl™ Touch Pro system.
The PACM relays information to the AHU or IMC, using the High Speed (HS) Controller Area Network (CAN) chassis bus.
The AHU or IMC will then inform the TS which will then display an on screen plan view of the vehicle with predefined zones and sectors around it. The location and distance of an obstacle is represented by bars.
The bars are colour coded:
- Red - close range and object in collision course.
- Amber - mid range and object in collision course.
- Yellow - far range and object in collision course.
- Grey - any range and object not in collision course.
The 360° parking aid system also provides a warning audio alert. On a threat of detection within the predefined range, audio beeps are reproduced. As the distance to threat diminishes the repetition frequency decreases. At the minimum safe guard distance the beeps turn into constant tone.
When the direction of a threat object is detected, the warning alert can be heard in the relevant speaker.