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Parking assist apparatus

US8599043B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA · JP

Inventors

Jun Kadowaki · Saitama, JP
Kazuya Watanabe · Tokyo, JP
Yu Tanaka · Miyoshi, JP
Kosuke Sato · Anan, JP
Atsuo Fukaya · Kariya, JP
Hiroyuki Tachibana · Suita, JP
Motokatsu Tomozawa · Susono, JP
Kenji Kodera · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 15, 2010
Grant date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08G1/168
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A parking assist apparatus includes a parking target position setting section for setting a parking target position when a vehicle is to be parked by reversing, a parking pathway determining section for determining possibility/impossibility of direct parking for parking the vehicle to the parking target position without turnaround, and a report outputting section for effecting reporting to allow a driver engaged in parking to recognize the possibility/impossibility of the direct parking based on the result of determination by the parking pathway determining section.

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