Smart parking assist apparatus and method
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsYoung Bin Kim, Jin Ho Park, Joo Woong Yang
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Abstract
A smart parking assist apparatus and method are provided. The smart parking assist apparatus operates a smart parking assist function after a vehicle stops and searches a parking slot using a plurality of imaging devices. In addition, the searched parking slot is set to a target parking slot and parking slot information regarding the target parking slot is output. The apparatus recognizes a parking line of the target parking slot and an object adjacent to the target parking slot and sets a parking reference line based on the recognized information, after the parking slot information is output. The vehicle is then operated to be parked in the target parking slot based on the parking reference line.
Claims20
A smart parking assist method, performed by a parking assist apparatus of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- upon receiving a smart parking assist start command from a user, operating a smart parking assist function;
- searching a parking slot using imaging devices when the smart parking assist function is operated;
- presenting searched parking slot information to the user;
- upon receiving a parking start command from the user, detecting a parking line of a target parking slot and at least one object adjacent to the target parking slot;
- and
- operating a steering device to execute parking of the vehicle according to a parking reference line, wherein the parking reference line is set as a straight line perpendicular to a straight line connecting two coordinates of both end points of an entrance of the target parking slot and passing through a middle point of the two coordinates,
- wherein the presenting searched park slot information to the user includes displaying the searched parking slot information to be overlapped with a view image displayed on a display screen,
- wherein the view image is created and output using a front image, a rear image, a left side image, and a right side image of the vehicle that are obtained by the imaging devices, and
- wherein the operating of the steering device to execute parking of the vehicle according to the parking reference line includes controlling a center of axes of rear wheels of the vehicle to coincide with the parking reference line.
A smart parking assist apparatus, comprising:
- a user input that receives an input for a start and a release of a smart parking assist;
- a plurality of imaging devices that obtains image information around a vehicle;
- a plurality of sensors that obtains position information regarding an object within a parking slot;
- and
- a controller that operates a smart parking assist function when receiving a smart parking assist start command from a user, searches a parking slot using obtained image supplied by the imaging devices when the smart parking assist function is operated, presents searched parking slot information to the user by displaying the searched parking slot information to be overlapped with a view image displayed on a display screen, detects a parking line of a target parking slot and at least one object adjacent to the target parking slot when receiving a parking start command from the user and operates a steering device to execute parking of the vehicle according to a parking reference line, wherein the parking reference line is set as a straight line perpendicular to a straight line connecting two coordinates of both end points of an entrance of the target parking slot and passing through a middle point of the two coordinates,
- wherein the view image is created and output using a front image, a rear image, a left side image, and a right side image of the vehicle that are obtained by the imaging devices, and
- wherein the controller operates the steering device to execute parking of the vehicle by controlling a center of axes of rear wheels of the vehicle to coincide with the parking reference line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.