Smartphones Telling Cars to Park

It wont be much longer until you open up your car app on your smartphone, push a button, and watch your car go park itself in the lot. If that wasn't impressive enough, push the same button, and watch the car arrive to your feet waiting for your entrance.

Valeo, a French auto parts maker, uses a multiple ultrasonic sound wave sensors, laser scanners and cameras to park a car within centimeters of another vehicle or object. This sounds to good to be true, not longer would people spend 15 minutes hunting and fighting for a open parking spot.



"The car is able to do a much better parking maneuver than we as humans," said Amine Taleb, Valeo's project manager.

The name of this system is called, "Connected Automated Valet Parking". Although we are still a few years away from it being permitted into most states regulations, keep an eye out for this equipment.