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Parking assistance apparatus

US7755511B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 2006
Grant dateJul 13, 2010
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D15/0275
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a parking assistance apparatus disclosed herein, a position and a yaw angle of a vehicle are acquired continuously from an initial stop position A, and a vehicle mark C2′ in moving the vehicle backwards with a steering angle maintained during a backward movement operation from a backward movement start position B in parking the vehicle in a target parking space S is displayed on a display. The vehicle mark C2′ is displayed in a shifting manner on the display such that the target parking space S is traced based on a momentary steering angle and a momentary yaw angle of the vehicle, which result from backward movement of the vehicle. When the vehicle mark C2′ deviates from the target parking space S during the backward movement operation, a driver adjusts the steering angle. The vehicle mark C2′ is shifted on the display based on a change in the steering angle to be turned into a vehicle mark C4 at a suitable position corresponding to the target parking space S.

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