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Parking assist apparatus and method

US8542128B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 2007
Grant dateSep 24, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60W50/14
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A parking assisting apparatus that can reduce a burden of a driver at a preliminary stage of parking. The parking assisting apparatus assists parking of a vehicle and includes an obstacle detector that detects an obstacle near the vehicle and an information outputting mechanism that informs the driver of a parking space adjacent to the obstacle detected by the obstacle detector.

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