IP Library Granted Patent US 10,031,227
Granted Patent B2
US 10,031,227 · App. 14/850,304 · Granted Jul 24, 2018

Parking assist system

Inventors: Yusuke Kiyokawa (Nagoya, JP); Masaya Kato (Toyokawa, JP); Hiroyuki Tachibana (Okazaki, JP); Tomohisa Yamashita (Toyohashi, JP); Tomoyuki Matsuba (Obu, JP); Motonari Obayashi (Nagakute, JP); Hironobu Ishijima (Toyota, JP)
Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G01S15/931B60W30/06G08G1/168G01S2015/932
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Patent No.
US 10,031,227
App. No.
14/850,304
Granted
Jul 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an obstacle, detect a boundary of a parking space, determine a target position to which a vehicle moves, and, when the vehicle is allowed to be located in a third area in which a first area and a second area overlap with each other, be allowed to determine the target position in the third area. The first area is an area across a limit line from the obstacle. The limit line is set substantially along an outer periphery of the obstacle at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the obstacle outward of the obstacle. The second area is an area out of the boundary.

Claims (16)

1. A parking assist system comprising:

an obstacle detection unit configured to detect an obstacle,

a parking boundary detection unit configured to detect at least one boundary line of a parking space,

a candidate position setting unit configured to set a candidate position that is a candidate for a target position to which a vehicle moves by

setting an imaginary limit line at a location at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the obstacle, the limit line extending along an outer periphery of the obstacle,

setting a first area, the first area extending from the imaginary limit line toward a direction away from the obstacle,

setting a second area; wherein when the at least one boundary line comprises two boundary lines, the second area extends from one boundary line to another boundary line; and when the at least one boundary line comprises a single boundary line, the second area extends from the single boundary line in a direction toward the obstacle,

determining a third area, the third area being an area in which the first area completely overlaps the second area, and

setting the candidate position in the third area when the size of the third area is larger than the size of the vehicle, and not setting the candidate position in the third area when the size of the third area is smaller than the size of the vehicle; and

a target position determination unit configured to determine a target position to which a vehicle moves from the candidate position set by the candidate position setting unit.

2. The parking assist system according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to set an orientation of the vehicle at the target position on a basis of the boundary line.

3. The parking assist system according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to be able to update the target position on a basis of at least one of the detected obstacle or the detected boundary line in a middle of movement of the vehicle to the target position.

4. The parking assist system according to claim 2 , wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to be able to update the target position on a basis of at least one of the detected obstacle or the detected boundary line in a middle of movement of the vehicle to the target position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2015
From: KIYOKAWA, YUSUKE; KATO, MASAYA; TACHIBANA, HIROYUKI; YAMASHITA, TOMOHISA; MATSUBA, TOMOYUKI; OBAYASHI, MOTONARI; ISHIJIMA, HIRONOBU
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036535/0208 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-186823 · Sep 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160078764A1 · Mar 17, 2016
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