Parking assist apparatus
AssigneesAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuya Watanabe, Jun Kadowaki, Tsuyoshi Kuboyama, Yu Tanaka, Yoichi Iwata, Tetsunori Haraguchi, Masahiko Yanagihara
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Abstract
A target parking position setting section (23) is adapted to temporarily set a target parking position (p31, p32, p33) for the vehicle for each parking mode in a predetermined stop position. A parking mode determining section (25) is adapted to determine the parking mode and the target parking position corresponding to the parking mode based on an operation of a steering wheel performed by a driver after the target parking position (p31, p32, p33) is set. A guiding section (29) is adapted to guide the vehicle (1) to the determined target parking position (P3).
Claims8
A parking assist apparatus for assisting parking of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a candidate target parking position setting section for temporarily setting a candidate target parking position for the vehicle for each of a plurality of parking modes in a predetermined stop position;
- a target parking position determining section for determining a parking mode from the plurality of parking modes and a target parking position corresponding to the determined parking mode, based on an operation of a steering wheel by a driver after the candidate target parking positions are set;
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- a guiding section for guiding the vehicle to the target parking position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.