IP Library Granted Patent US 11,285,997
Granted Patent B2
US 11,285,997 · App. 16/867,119 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Parking assistance device, parking assistance method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Hirotaka Kamiyama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B62D15/0295B60R1/00B60R2300/105B60R2300/605B60R2300/806B60R2300/8086
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Patent No.
US 11,285,997
App. No.
16/867,119
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A parking assistance device includes an imager that captures an image of a surrounding of a vehicle, and a display that displays a guidance image for guiding the vehicle from a parking start position to a target parking position and displays a moving area in which the vehicle can move during a parking operation. An area and dimension of the moving area displayed on the display changes based on a change in a steering angle of the vehicle.

Claims (21)

1. A parking assistance device comprising:

a camera that captures an image of a surrounding of a vehicle;

a display that displays a guidance image for guiding the vehicle from a parking start position to a target parking position and displays a moving area in which the vehicle can move during a parking operation; and

a controller that changes an area and a dimension of the moving area in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the vehicle travel the moving area displayed on the display based on a change in a steering angle of the vehicle.

2. The parking assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the guidance image comprises a displayed icon showing the steering angle of the vehicle, and

when the steering angle displayed on the displayed icon changes, the area and dimension of the displayed moving area changes to reflect such change in the steering angle.

3. The parking assistance device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the area and dimension of the moving area displayed on the display changes in a vehicle width direction based on the change in the steering angle of the vehicle.

4. The parking assistance device according to claim 1 ,

wherein dimensions of the moving area change in response to a position of the vehicle.

5. The parking assistance device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the moving area comprises a general shape of a rectangular plane.

6. A parking assistance method comprising:

receiving, via a camera, a captured image of a surrounding of a vehicle;

displaying a guidance image for guiding the vehicle from a parking start position to a target parking position on a display, and a moving area in which the vehicle can move during a parking operation on the display; and

changing, via a controller, an area and a dimension of the moving area in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the vehicle travel the moving area displayed on the display based on a change in a steering angle of the vehicle.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a parking assistance program for causing a computer of a parking assistance device to perform processes of:

receiving, via a camera, a captured image of a surrounding of a vehicle;

displaying a guidance image for guiding the vehicle from a parking start position to a target parking position on a display, and a moving area in which the vehicle can move during a parking operation on the display; and

changing, via a controller, an area and a dimension of the moving area in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the vehicle travel the moving area displayed on the display based on a change in a steering angle of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0209 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-239092 · Dec 8, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16566352 · Sep 10, 2019
Continuation In Part 15779263
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