Assistant apparatus and method for a vehicle in reverse motion
US6476730B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60T2201/10
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A parking assist apparatus which enables even an inexperienced driver to park with no difficulty or anxiety assists the parking operation by taking an image rearwardly of a vehicle during the parking operation by a camera, indicating an estimated locus of the vehicle overlapping with the rearward images on a display, indicating a first estimated locus in accordance with a steering angle of the vehicle at an initial stage of the parking operation on the display, fixing the first estimated locus at a predetermined condition to have the locus as an target locus, indicating the second estimated locus varied in accordance with the change of the steering angle during the parking operation on the display, and guiding the second estimated locus to be in accord with a fixed target locus.
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