Smart parking assist apparatus and method
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsYoung Bin Kim, Jin Ho Park, Joo Woong Yang
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Abstract
A smart parking assist apparatus and method are provided. The smart parking assist apparatus operates a smart parking assist function after a vehicle stops and searches a parking slot using a plurality of imaging devices. In addition, the searched parking slot is set to a target parking slot and parking slot information regarding the target parking slot is output. The apparatus recognizes a parking line of the target parking slot and an object adjacent to the target parking slot and sets a parking reference line based on the recognized information, after the parking slot information is output. The vehicle is then operated to be parked in the target parking slot based on the parking reference line.
Claims17
A smart parking assist method, comprising:
- operating, by a controller, a smart parking assist function after a vehicle stops;
- searching, by the controller, a parking slot using imaging devices when the smart parking assist function is operated;
- setting, by the controller, the searched parking slot to a target parking slot and outputting parking slot information regarding the target parking slot;
- detecting, by the controller, a parking line of the target parking slot and an object adjacent to the target parking slot and setting a parking reference line based on the detected information, after the parking slot information is output;
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- executing, by the controller, parking of the vehicle based on the parking reference line, wherein the setting of the parking reference line includes:
- detecting, by the controller, parking line recognition points and object recognition points by detecting the parking line of the target parking slot and the object adjacent to the target parking slot using the imaging devices and ultrasonic sensors when a parking start command is received;
- determining, by the controller, parking reference points by detecting and compensating two recognition points based on a number and positions of the parking line recognition points and the object recognition points;
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- calculating, by the controller, the parking reference line using the parking reference points.
A smart parking assist apparatus, comprising:
- a user input configured to receiving an input for a start and a release of a smart parking assist;
- a plurality of imaging devices configured to obtain image information around a vehicle;
- a plurality of ultrasonic sensors configured to obtain position information regarding an object within a parking slot;
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- a controller configured to execute a smart parking assist function, recognize a parking line and an object using the imaging devices and the ultrasonic sensors to set a parking reference line, and execute parking based on the parking reference line, when a manipulation of the user input is sensed after the vehicle stops,
- wherein the controller is configured to determine parking reference points by detecting and compensating two recognition points based on a number and positions of parking line recognition points and object recognition points each recognized from the parking line and the object and calculate the parking reference line using the determined parking reference points.
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:
- program instructions that operate a smart parking assist function after a vehicle stops;
- program instructions that search a parking slot using imaging devices when the smart parking assist function is operated;
- program instructions that set the searched parking slot to a target parking slot and outputting parking slot information regarding the target parking slot;
- program instructions that detect a parking line of the target parking slot and an object adjacent to the target parking slot and setting a parking reference line based on the recognized information, after the parking slot information is output;
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- program instructions that execute parking of the vehicle based on the parking reference line, wherein the setting of the parking reference line includes:
- program instructions that detect parking line recognition points and object recognition points by detecting a parking line of the target parking slot and an object adjacent to she target parking slot using the imaging devices and ultrasonic sensors when a parking start command is received;
- program instructions that determine parking reference points by detecting and compensating two recognition points based on a number and positions of the parking line recognition points and the object recognition points;
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- program instructions that calculate the parking reference line using the parking reference points.
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