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Parking assisting apparatus

US9174674B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 19, 2010
Grant dateNov 3, 2015
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D15/0285
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a parking assist apparatus 10 used for a vehicle which has a four-wheel steering mode in which front wheels and rear wheels can be steered independently, comprising: traveling path calculation means for calculating a traveling path for guiding the vehicle to a target position; and assist means for assisting traveling of the vehicle to the target position, based on the traveling path calculated by the traveling path calculation means. In the four-wheel steering mode, the traveling path calculated by the traveling path calculation means includes a traveling path in which the front wheels and the rear wheels are steered in reverse directions, and said traveling path includes a section in which a constant point, which is an intersection of a center line of the vehicle in a back-and-forth direction and a line perpendicular to the center line from a turning center, creates a trajectory of a clothoid curve.

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