Parking assisting device
US7024286B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30264
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a parking assisting device, including: a camera for capturing an image behind a vehicle; a display provided to a dashboard of the vehicle; passage width measurement device that measures a width of a passage; and a controller for displaying the image captured with the camera on the display. Also disclosed is a device for calculating an initial stopping position required for parking the vehicle in-parallel into a target parking space perpendicular to the passage on the basis of the passage width measured, with the passage width measurement device, to superimpose on a screen of the display a displayed image for guidance used for guiding the vehicle to the initial stopping position.
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