Parking assist apparatus and method
US8232893B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2015/936
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a parking assisting apparatus which can selectively determine an appropriate target parking position, which can be used for parking assisting, with an appropriate priority, by appropriately using obstacle detecting means and parking space detecting means in a coordinated fashion. The present invention is a parking assisting apparatus for assisting parking a vehicle, comprising the obstacle detecting means for detecting an obstacle near the vehicle; and parking section line detecting means for detecting a parking section line painted on the ground; wherein if the parking section line is detected by the parking section line detecting means, the apparatus calculates the target parking position based on the detected parking section line.
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