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US 2013/0085636 A1Published application
Method, apparatus, and system for parking control
AssigneeMando Corporation
InventorsKwan Sun YOU, Jae Suk KIM
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Abstract
Disclosed is an a method, an apparatus, and a system for getting a peripheral situation to automatically determine a parking mode, and helping recognize an obstacle more accurately by using a camera in addition to an ultrasonic sensor, thereby allowing a safe and accurate parking control.
Claims10
A parking control apparatus comprising:
- a parking control start signal input unit for receiving a parking control start signal through a parking control switch;
- a detection control unit for controlling such that, if the parking control start signal is input, while a vehicle is moving, a left area and a right area are detected through a left ultrasonic sensor and a right ultrasonic sensor and a left image for the left area and a right image for the right area are photographed through at least one camera;
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- a parking mode determining unit for judging whether an available parking area is located on the left or right side of the vehicle and whether the vehicle is to be parked at a right angle or in parallel based on left ultrasonic data and the left image for the left area and right ultrasonic data and the right image for the right area, and determining a parking mode for parking the vehicle in the parking area according to the judging result.
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A parking control method provided by a parking control apparatus, the parking control method comprising:
- receiving a parking control start signal through a parking control switch;
- controlling such that, if the parking control start signal is input, while a vehicle is moving, a left area and a right area are detected through a left ultrasonic sensor and a right ultrasonic sensor and a left image for the left area and a right image for the right area are photographed through at least one camera;
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- judging whether an available parking area is located on the left or right side of the vehicle and whether the vehicle is to be parked at a right angle or in parallel based on left ultrasonic data and the left image for the left area and right ultrasonic data and the right image for the right area, and determining a parking mode for parking the vehicle in the parking area according to the judging result.
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A parking control system comprising:
- a parking control switch for receiving a parking control start signal;
- a plurality of detection units for detecting a periphery of the vehicle while the vehicle is moving according to an input of the parking control start signal;
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- a parking control unit for judging whether an available parking area is located on the left or right side of the vehicle and whether the vehicle is to be parked at a right angle or in parallel in the parking area based on detection results input from the plurality of detection units, determining a parking mode for parking the vehicle in the parking area according to the judging result, and performing a parking control such that the vehicle is moved to be parked in the parking area according to the determined parking mode.
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A parking control apparatus comprising:
- a parking control start signal input unit for receiving a parking control start signal through a parking control switch;
- a detection result input unit receiving a detection result detected for a peripheral area of a vehicle through a plurality of detection units;
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- a parking mode determining unit for judging whether an available parking area is located on the left or right side of the vehicle and whether the vehicle is to be parked at a right angle or in parallel in the parking area based on the detection results of the detection result input unit, and determining a parking mode for parking the vehicle in the parking area according to the judging result.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.