Parking assistance device
US8130120B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 20, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2028 |
Classification
- 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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