IP Library Patent Application 17479592
Patent Application
App. No. 17/479,592

PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, VEHICLE, PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

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17/479,592
Abstract

A parking assistance device includes a processor and a memory having instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the parking assistance device to perform operations. The operations include: calculating a parking route to generate parking route information; and changing a stop determination distance parameter included in an automatic parking parameter based on obstacle information input to the parking assistance device and the parking route information.

Claims (55)

1 . A parking assistance device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the parking assistance device to perform operations comprising:

calculating a parking route to generate parking route information; and

changing a stop determination distance parameter included in an automatic parking parameter based on obstacle information input to the parking assistance device and the parking route information.

2 . The parking assistance device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the stop determination distance parameter is changed based on a distance between an obstacle included in the obstacle information and the parking route indicated in the parking route information.

3 . The parking assistance device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the stop determination distance parameter is changed in a case in which the distance is less than a threshold.

4 . The parking assistance device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the stop determination distance parameter is changed in a case in which a shortest distance between the obstacle and the parking route is less than a threshold.

5 . The parking assistance device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the operations further comprise calculating the distance between the obstacle and the parking route for each route point included in the parking route, and

wherein the stop determination distance parameter is changed in a case in which there is a route point from which a distance to the obstacle is less than a threshold.

6 . The parking assistance device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the stop determination distance parameter is changed with respect to a direction from the parking route toward an obstacle included in the obstacle information.

7 . The parking assistance device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the operations comprise, at a time of changing the stop determination distance parameter, further changing one or more of a target speed, a maximum speed, an acceleration, a deceleration, a proportional-integral-derivative gain, a stop target distance of automatic braking, and a time-to-collision setting time of automatic braking, which are included in the automatic parking parameter.

8 . The parking assistance device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the changing the stop determination distance parameter comprises:

setting the stop determination distance parameter to a first parameter indicating a first distance in a case in which the distance is less than a threshold; and

setting the stop determination distance parameter to a second parameter indicating a second distance greater than the first distance in a case in which the distance is equal to or greater than the threshold.

9 . The parking assistance device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the second distance is equal to or less than the threshold.

10 . A vehicle comprising:

a parking assistance device comprising a processor and a memory; and

a detector,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the parking assistance device to perform operations comprising:

calculating a parking route to generate parking route information; and

changing a stop determination distance parameter included in an automatic parking parameter based on obstacle information related to an obstacle detected by the detector input to the parking assistance device and the parking route information.

11 . The vehicle according to claim 10 ,

wherein the stop determination distance parameter is changed based on a distance between the obstacle included in the obstacle information and the parking route indicated in the parking route information.

12 . The vehicle according to claim 11 ,

wherein the stop determination distance parameter is changed in a case in which the distance is less than a threshold.

13 . The vehicle according to claim 11 ,

wherein the stop determination distance parameter is changed in a case in which a shortest distance between the obstacle and the parking route is less than a threshold.

14 . The vehicle according to claim 11 ,

wherein the operations further comprise calculating the distance between the obstacle and the parking route for each route point included in the parking route, and

wherein the stop determination distance parameter is changed in a case in which there is a route point from which a distance to the obstacle is less than a threshold.

15 . The vehicle according to claim 10 ,

wherein the stop determination distance parameter is changed with respect to a direction from the parking route toward the obstacle included in the obstacle information.

16 . The vehicle according to claim 10 ,

wherein the operations comprise, at a time of changing the stop determination distance parameter, further changing one or more of a target speed, a maximum speed, an acceleration, a deceleration, a proportional-integral-derivative gain, a stop target distance of automatic braking, and a time-to-collision setting time of automatic braking, which are included in the automatic parking parameter.

17 . The vehicle according to claim 11 ,

wherein the changing the stop determination distance parameter comprises:

setting the stop determination distance parameter to a first parameter indicating a first distance in a case in which the distance is less than a threshold; and

setting the stop determination distance parameter to a second parameter indicating a second distance greater than the first distance in a case in which the distance is equal to or greater than the threshold.

18 . The vehicle according to claim 17 ,

wherein the second distance is equal to or less than the threshold.

19 . A parking assistance method used by a parking assistance device, the parking assistance method comprising:

calculating a parking route to generate parking route information; and

changing a stop determination distance parameter included in an automatic parking parameter based on obstacle information input to the parking assistance device and the parking route information.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a parking assistance program that, when executed by a processor, causes a computer to perform operations comprising:

calculating a parking route to generate parking rout information; and

changing a stop determination distance parameter included in an automatic parking parameter based on obstacle information input to the computer and the parking route information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0702 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2022
From: HAMADA, DAIKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059656/0613 →