Vehicle backward movement assisting apparatus for in-line parking

A vehicle backward movement assisting apparatus for in-line parking comprising:

• a camera for picking up an image of the rear of a vehicle;
• a monitor disposed in a driver's seat of the vehicle;
• an in-line guide line movement switch disposed in the driver's seat of the vehicle;
• a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle of a steering wheel;
• and
• display control means for, when the vehicle runs backward, displaying on said monitor an image obtained by said camera and for displaying a guide display for assisting the drive of the vehicle in the in-line parking operation on a screen of said monitor in a superimposing manner,
• the guide display including:
• at least one in-line guide line displayed movavly on the screen of said monitor in accordance with the manipulation of said in-line guide line movement switch;
• a vehicle space mark displayed movavly along the inline guide line of the screen of said monitor in accordance with the steering angle of the steering wheel detected by said steering angle sensor;
• and
• an eye mark fixedly displayed at a given position of the screen of said monitor for guiding an opposite turn point of the steering wheel.