Parking space notification device and method

A parking space notification device for checking a parking section and a parking space, the parking space notification device comprising:

• image sensors each configured to generate data for images for detecting one or more parking spaces available for parking and one or more parking sections defined by parking section lines for defining the parking spaces;
• distance detection sensors each configured to detect distances associated with obstacles for detecting the parking sections and the parking spaces;
• a controller configured to process information about the parking sections and the parking spaces by using at least one of the data generated by the image sensors or the distances detected by the distance detection sensors;
• and
• a memory storing the information data about the parking sections and the parking spaces which is processed by the controller,
• wherein the controller is configured to detect the one or more parking sections using the image sensors based on the parking section lines included in one or more of the images generated by the image sensors, determine whether the detected one or more parking sections defined by the parking section lines are located from a host vehicle within or out of a predetermined measurement area, detect the one or more parking spaces available for parking using the distance detection sensors based on a distance between the obstacles when the detected one or more parking sections are located from the host vehicle within the predetermined measurement area, and detect the one or more parking spaces available for parking using the image sensors when the detected one or more parking sections are located from the host vehicle out of the predetermined measurement area.