US Patent Application 18325354. PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS simplified abstract
Contents
PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS
Organization Name
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s)
Kohei Maejima of Nagakute-shi (JP)
Daiki Maruki of Toyota-shi (JP)
Yuki Minase of Toyota-shi (JP)
PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18325354 titled 'PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS
Simplified Explanation
The parking assist apparatus described in the patent application includes an image pickup device, a three-dimensional object information acquisition device, and a control unit that performs parking assist control.
- The control unit registers the path traveled by the vehicle from the start position to the parking position, along with feature points extracted from the surroundings of the path and three-dimensional objects, in a storage device.
- When a feature point and a three-dimensional object are detected, the control unit calculates the registered path based on their positions.
- The driver is then notified, either through a display or a sound, of the first section where the parking assist control can be started, once the start condition is satisfied.
Original Abstract Submitted
A parking assist apparatus includes an image pickup device, a three-dimensional object information acquisition device, and a control unit which executes parking assist control. The control unit registers in a storage device a path along which the vehicle has traveled when the driver has driven the vehicle from a start position to a parking position as a registered path together with a feature point extracted from a surrounding of the path and a three-dimensional object included in the three-dimensional object information, calculates, when a feature point and a three-dimensional object are detected, the registered path based on the positions of the feature point and the three-dimensional object, and notifies the driver, by display or a sound, of a first section in which the parking assist control can be started when a start condition which is satisfied when it is determined that the parking assist control can be started is satisfied.
