Parking assistance device and parking assistance method
US8144031B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 12, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2300/806
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A parking assisting device includes an ambient area detecting unit that detects an obstacle or a parking frame in an ambient area surrounding a vehicle, and a guiding unit guides the vehicle to a parking initial position from which parking of the vehicle to a parking space, adjacent to the detected obstacle, or the detected parking frame is permissible. In the parking assisting device, a guidance mode in which the guiding unit guides the vehicle to the parking initial position is set up based on a distance between the vehicle and the detected obstacle or the detected parking frame in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle.
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