Parking assist method and parking assist device
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuhiro Suzuki, Yusuke Hirano
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Abstract
A parking assist method uses a parking assist device which includes a controller configured to, when a subject vehicle travels by manual driving of a driver, determine whether or not the subject vehicle can be parked in a target parking space from a current position by first parking control for parking the subject vehicle by moving the subject vehicle only backward, and when it is determined that the subject vehicle can be parked in the target parking space by the first parking control, enable acceptance of a selection of the driver to execute the first parking control.
Claims22
A parking assist method using a parking assist device comprising a controller for executing parking assist to park a subject vehicle in a parking space as a target, comprising:
- detecting the parking space in which the subject vehicle can be parked;
- when the subject vehicle is moved by manual driving, determining whether or not the parking space in which the subject vehicle can be parked by a first parking control for parking the subject vehicle by moving the subject vehicle only backward exists in the detected parking space on a basis of a current position of the subject vehicle in motion;
- when it is determined that the parking space in which the subject vehicle can be parked by the first parking control exists, presenting that acceptance of a selection to execute the first parking control is enabled to an occupant;
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- when it is determined that the parking space in which the subject vehicle can be parked by the first parking control does not exist, presenting that acceptance of a selection to execute a second parking control for parking the subject vehicle in the parking space by moving the subject vehicle forward and backward is enabled to the occupant.
A parking assist device comprising a controller for executing parking assist to park a subject vehicle in a parking space as a target, wherein the controller is configured to:
- detect the parking space in which the subject vehicle can be parked;
- comprise a parking determination unit for determine whether or not the parking space in which the subject vehicle can be parked by a first parking control for parking the subject vehicle by moving the subject vehicle only backward exists in the detected parking space on a basis of a current position of the subject vehicle in motion, when the subject vehicle is moved by manual driving;
- present that acceptance of a selection to execute the first parking control is enabled to an occupant, when the parking determination unit determines that the parking space in which the subject vehicle can be parked by the first parking control exists;
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- present that acceptance of a selection to execute a second parking control for parking the subject vehicle in the parking space by moving the subject vehicle forward and backward is enabled to the occupant when the parking determination unit determines that the parking space in which the subject vehicle can be parked by the first parking control does not exist.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.