# US 11,440,562 B2 · Parking assist system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,440,562 B2 - Document ID: US11440562B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/101,061 - Filed: 2020-11-23 - Published: 2021-06-17 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-13 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Miki Tsujino; Yuki Hara; Masaaki Kawano; Hiroshi Yamanaka; Yasushi Shoda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440562B2 ## CPC - B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention - B62D 15/0285: {Parking performed automatically} - B60W 10/18: including control of braking systems - B60W 30/06: Automatic manoeuvring for parking - B60W 50/12: Limiting control by the driver depending on vehicle state, e.g. interlocking means for the control input for preventing unsafe operation - B60W 2050/146: {Display means} - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) ## Abstract A parking assist system includes: a control device configured to execute an automatic parking process and an automatic unparking process. The control device is configured to cause a notification device to output an end-of-parking notification when, in the automatic parking process, the vehicle has reached the target parking position and the control device ends the automatic parking process, and to cause the notification device to output an instruction notification to request the occupant to perform a prescribed operation on an operation member when, in the automatic unparking process, the vehicle has reached the target unparking position and the control device ends the automatic unparking process, and to cause the notification device to output an end-of-unparking notification when the prescribed operation is detected. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A parking assist system, comprising: a control device configured to control a powertrain including a transmission, a brake device, and a steering device to execute an automatic parking process in which a vehicle is autonomously moved to a target parking position and an automatic unparking process in which the vehicle is autonomously moved to a target unparking position; a notification device configured to be controlled by the control device to make a notification to an occupant of the vehicle; and an operation member configured to receive an operation performed by the occupant, wherein the control device is configured to cause the notification device to output an end-of-parking notification when, in the automatic parking process, the vehicle has reached the target parking position and the control device ends the automatic parking process, and to cause the notification device to output an instruction notification to request the occupant to perform a prescribed operation on the operation member when, in the automatic unparking process, the vehicle has reached the target unparking position and the control device ends the automatic unparking process, and to cause the notification device to output an end-of-unparking notification when the prescribed operation is detected, and wherein the end-of-parking notification and the end-of-unparking notification are in an identical notification mode and consist of identical notification sound. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The parking assist system according to claim 1, wherein the end-of-parking notification and the end-of-unparking notification are in notification modes that are capable of being recognized as identical by the occupant. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The parking assist system according to claim 1, wherein the instruction notification and the end-of-unparking notification are in different notification modes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The parking assist system according to claim 1, wherein the prescribed operation is an operation of the operation member for activating the brake device or the powertrain. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The parking assist system according to claim 1, wherein when the prescribed operation is not detected during a prescribed period after the control device caused the notification device to output the instruction notification, the control device executes a stop maintaining process to restrict rotation of a wheel of the vehicle, causes the notification device to output the end-of-unparking notification, and ends the automatic unparking process. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The parking assist system according to claim 5, wherein in the stop maintaining process, the control device performs at least one of setting of a shift position of the transmission in a parking range and activation of the brake device.