Parking assistance apparatus and parking assistance method
US11475769B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 9, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/143
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A parking assistance apparatus includes: a parking space searching unit for searching for a parking-allowable parking space in which a user's vehicle can be parked; a target parking space selection unit for selecting a target parking space in which the user's vehicle is to be parked, based on an user setting information, when a plurality of parking-allowable parking spaces are detected; a parking operation assisting unit for assisting in a parking operation for parking the user's vehicle in the target parking space; and a parking operation assistance start determination unit for determining whether or not a determination condition for starting a parking operation is satisfied according to a state of the user's vehicle, and causing the parking operation assisting unit to start assisting in the parking operation when the determination condition is satisfied.
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