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Parking assistance device

US8130120B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 2008
Grant dateMar 6, 2012
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S2015/936
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A parking assistance device includes a guiding unit to perform guidance of a vehicle to a parking initial position from which the vehicle can be parked into a parking space located adjacent to and on a far side of an object existing around the vehicle with respect to a running direction of the vehicle; an obstacle detecting unit to detect an obstacle around the vehicle in response to a reflected wave of a wave emitted from the vehicle in a predetermined direction; and a timing setting unit configured to set a timing to start the guidance in response to a detection result of the obstacle detecting unit, which is related to an obstacle existing in a predetermined distance from the object in the parking space.

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