Vehicle parking assisting system and method
US7272477B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 7, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60W2420/54
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle parking assisting system detects an obstacle by sonar devices, and displays it as a present detection position and a past detection point on a display device in an overlapping manner with a combined birds-eye view image. The present detection point is displayed as a series of dots extending from a predetermined position in a fan-shaped detection area in an arcuate shape along a detection area of the sonar devices, and the past detection point is displayed as a single dot located at the predetermined position in the fan-shaped detection area.
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