Parking assistance device and parking assistance method
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshitake Fukushima
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In a parking assistance device, a ground mark indicating the coil axis direction and position of a ground coil is placed at a parking space, and a vehicle mark indicating the coil axis direction and position of a vehicle coil is displayed in an image displayed on a display unit. Then, the vehicle mark is displayed in the image in such a way as to be superimposed on the ground mark when the vehicle on which the vehicle coil is mounted reaches a position and angle at which the vehicle can be wirelessly charged.
Claims7
A parking assistance device for providing parking assistance in parking a vehicle into a parking space with a ground coil placed at the parking space, the ground coil being configured to wirelessly supply power to a vehicle coil mounted on the vehicle, wherein
- a ground mark indicating a coil axis direction of the ground coil and a position of the ground coil is placed at the parking space,
- the parking assistance device comprises:
- an imaging unit configured to capture an image of the parking space including the ground mark;
- a display unit configured to display the image captured by the imaging unit;
- and
- an image control unit configured to display a vehicle mark in the image displayed on the display unit, the vehicle mark indicating a coil axis direction of the vehicle coil and a position of the vehicle coil, wherein
- the image control unit displays the vehicle mark in the image such that the vehicle mark and the ground mark are superimposed on each other when the vehicle on which the vehicle coil is mounted reaches a position and angle at which the vehicle is capable of being wirelessly charged.
A parking assistance method in parking a vehicle into a parking space with a ground coil placed at the parking space, the ground coil being configured to wirelessly supply power to a vehicle coil mounted on the vehicle, comprising:
- placing a ground mark at the parking space, the ground mark indicating a coil axis direction of the ground coil and a position of the ground coil;
- capturing an image of the parking space including the ground mark by using an imaging unit;
- displaying the image captured by the imaging unit on a display unit;
- and
- performing an image control process that displays a vehicle mark in the image displayed on the display unit, the vehicle mark indicating a coil axis direction of the vehicle coil and a position of the vehicle coil, wherein
- the image control process displays the vehicle mark in the image such that the vehicle mark and the ground mark are superimposed on each other when the vehicle on which the vehicle coil is mounted reaches a position and angle at which the vehicle is capable of being wirelessly charged.
A parking assistance device for providing parking assistance in parking a vehicle into a parking space with a ground coil placed at the parking space, the ground coil being configured to wirelessly supply power to a vehicle coil mounted on the vehicle, wherein
- a ground mark indicating a coil axis direction of the ground coil and a position of the ground coil is placed at the parking space,
- the parking assistance device comprises:
- an imaging unit configured to capture an image of the parking space including the ground mark;
- a display unit configured to display the image captured by the imaging unit;
- and
- an image control unit configured to display a vehicle mark in the image displayed on the display unit, the vehicle mark indicating a coil axis direction of the vehicle coil and a position of the vehicle coil,
- wherein the image control unit displays the vehicle mark in the image such that the vehicle mark and the ground mark are superimposed on each other when the vehicle on which the vehicle coil is mounted reaches a position and angle at which the vehicle is capable of being wirelessly charged, and
- wherein the vehicle coil and the ground coil are solenoid type coils, the ground mark has a shape of a line segment indicating the coil axis direction of the ground coil, and the vehicle mark has a shape of a line segment indicating the coil axis direction of the vehicle coil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.