Parking assistance device and parking assistance method
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorShinji Kitaura
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Abstract
In a parking assistance device for moving a vehicle from a current location to a scheduled parking location and parking the vehicle at the scheduled parking location, parking information indicated by a parking assistance code includes obstacle information which is information about obstacles in a parking area, and target location information which is information about a target parking location. A route generation unit is configured to generate a parking route from a current location to a scheduled parking location that is set to the target parking location indicated by the target location information, while avoiding the obstacles indicated by the obstacle information.
Claims7
A parking assistance device for moving a vehicle from a current location to a scheduled parking location and parking the vehicle at the scheduled parking location, comprising:
- a recognition processing unit configured to perform code recognition to recognize parking information indicated by a parking assistance code, the parking assistance code comprising a marking, provided in a parking area, to be detected by an on-board camera that monitors surroundings of the vehicle and including the parking information that is information about a parking area, the parking information including obstacle information which is information about obstacles located in the parking area, and target location information which is information about a target parking location;
- a route generation unit configured to generate a parking route from the current location to the scheduled parking location for moving the vehicle from the current location to the scheduled parking location that is set to the target parking location indicated by the target location information, while avoiding the obstacles indicated by the obstacle information;
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- a route following control unit configured to perform route following control to automatically move the vehicle following the parking route generated by the route generation unit from the current location to the scheduled parking location and park the vehicle at the scheduled parking location, wherein
- the parking information includes road surface inclination information indicating an inclination of a road surface in the parking area, and
- the recognition processing unit is configured to correct for sensing distortion of the on-board camera based on the road surface inclination information.
A parking assistance method for moving a vehicle from a current location to a scheduled parking location and parking the vehicle at the scheduled parking location, comprising:
- performing code recognition to recognize parking information indicated by a parking assistance code, the parking assistance code comprising a marking, provided in a parking area, to be detected by an on-board camera that monitors surroundings of the vehicle and including the parking information that is information about a parking area, the parking information including obstacle information which is information about obstacles located in the parking area, and target location information which is information about a target parking location;
- generating a parking route from the current location to the scheduled parking location for moving the vehicle from the current location to the scheduled parking location that is set to the target parking location indicated by the target location information, while avoiding the obstacles indicated by the obstacle information;
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- performing route following control to automatically move the vehicle following the parking route from the current location to the scheduled parking location and park the vehicle at the scheduled parking location, wherein
- the parking information includes road surface inclination information indicating an inclination of a road surface in the parking area, and
- sensing distortion of the on-board camera is corrected based on the road surface inclination information.
A parking assistance device for moving a vehicle from a current location to a scheduled parking location and parking the vehicle at the scheduled parking location, comprising:
- a non-transitory memory storing one or more computer programs;
- a processor executing the one or more computer programs to:
- perform code recognition to recognize parking information indicated by a parking assistance code, the parking assistance code comprising a marking, provided in a parking area, to be detected by an on-board camera that monitors surroundings of the vehicle and including the parking information that is information about a parking area, the parking information including obstacle information which is information about obstacles located in the parking area, and target location information which is information about a target parking location;
- generate a parking route from the current location to the scheduled parking location for moving the vehicle from the current location to the scheduled parking location that is set to the target parking location indicated by the target location information, while avoiding the obstacles indicated by the obstacle information;
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- perform route following control to automatically move the vehicle following the generated parking route from the current location to the scheduled parking location and park the vehicle at the scheduled parking location, wherein
- the parking information includes road surface inclination information indicating an inclination of a road surface in the parking area, and
- sensing distortion of the on-board camera is corrected based on the road surface inclination information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.