Parking assist apparatus

A parking assist apparatus comprising:

• a mode selector switch for selecting one of a first mode of executing a parking assist function to a vehicle based on a prescribed parking mode and a second mode of executing a function of the vehicle other than the first mode;
• a plurality of direction switches including a right front switch disposed in a right front position with respect to a prescribed reference point, a right rear switch disposed in a right rear position with respect to the prescribed reference point, a left front switch disposed in a left front position with respect to the prescribed reference point, and a left rear switch disposed in a left rear position with respect to the prescribed reference point;
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• a parking pattern selecting unit that determines a parking direction based on the right or left position of the direction switches and determines an arrangement of parking the vehicle that is adjacent parking or parallel parking based the front or rear position of the direction switches so as to select a parking pattern based on the parking direction and the arrangement of parking the vehicle that have been determined in a case in which the first mode is selected, wherein
• the parking pattern selecting unit selects a right adjacent parking pattern based on a determination that the parking direction is right and the arrangement of parking the vehicle is adjacent when the right front switch is operated,
• the parking pattern selecting unit selects a right parallel parking pattern based on a determination that the parking direction is right and the arrangement of parking the vehicle is parallel when the right rear switch is operated,
• the parking pattern selecting unit selects a left adjacent parking pattern based on a determination that the parking direction is left and the arrangement of parking the vehicle is adjacent when the left front switch is operated, and
• the parking pattern selecting unit selects a left parallel parking pattern based on a determination that the parking direction is left and the arrangement of parking the vehicle is parallel when the left rear switch is operated.