IP Library Granted Patent US 12,037,043
Granted Patent B2
US 12,037,043 · App. 17/813,228 · Granted Jul 16, 2024

Parking assist method and parking assist device

Inventor: Takafumi Tokuhiro (Kanagawa Ken, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
B62D15/028B60W30/06B60W50/14G06V20/586B60W2050/146B60W2420/403B60W2540/215
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Patent No.
US 12,037,043
App. No.
17/813,228
Granted
Jul 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A parking assist method according to the present disclosure is for performing autonomous driving of a vehicle on the basis of teacher driving by a driver. The parking assist method includes acquiring, from an imaging device installed in the vehicle, captured images obtained by imaging periphery of the vehicle in time series according to movement of the vehicle during the teacher driving. The method includes recording a travel route of the vehicle in the teacher driving, and generating, on the basis of the captured images, a first enlarged overhead image of a display target range viewed from above. The display target range covers the travel route and periphery of the travel route. The method further includes causing a display device to display the first enlarged overhead image.

Claims (33)

1. A parking assist method for performing autonomous driving of a vehicle on a basis of teacher driving by a driver, the parking assist method comprising:

acquiring, from an imaging device installed in the vehicle, captured images obtained by imaging a periphery of the vehicle in time series according to movement of the vehicle during the teacher driving;

recording a travel route of the vehicle in the teacher driving;

generating, on a basis of the captured images, a first enlarged overhead image of a display target range viewed from above, the display target range covering the travel route and a periphery of the travel route; and

causing a display device to display the first enlarged overhead image.

2. The parking assist method according to claim 1 , wherein the causing includes causing the display device to display an overhead route image obtained by superimposing a travel route image indicating the travel route onto the first enlarged overhead image.

3. The parking assist method according to claim 1 , wherein the display target range is a range from a start position to an end position of the travel route in the teacher driving.

4. The parking assist method according to claim 1 , wherein the causing includes causing the display device to display an outline image representing a movement trajectory of an outline of a vehicle body of the vehicle in the teacher driving, the outline image being displayed by being superimposed onto the first enlarged overhead image.

5. The parking assist method according to claim 4 , wherein

the acquiring includes acquiring information on distances between the vehicle and objects around the vehicle during the teacher driving, and

the causing includes causing the display device to display, in the overhead route image, an area in the outline image where a distance is equal to or less than a threshold value in a first display mode different from a second display mode applied to the area in the outline image where the distance is more than the threshold value.

6. The parking assist method according to claim 1 , wherein the causing includes causing the display device to display a vehicle image representing the vehicle, the vehicle image being displayed at a position in the overhead route image where the vehicle is present at a time of an end of the teacher driving.

7. The parking assist method according to claim 2 , wherein the causing includes causing the display device to display the overhead route image at an angle at which a front direction of the vehicle at an end of the teacher driving is oriented toward a top of a screen of the display device.

8. The parking assist method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving an operation by a user to start and end recording of the teacher driving,

wherein the causing the display device to display the overhead route image is executed when an operation to end the recording of the teacher driving is received.

9. The parking assist method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a user operation to correct the travel route on the first enlarged overhead image.

10. The parking assist method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

causing, after more than one teacher driving is executed, the display device to display overhead route images based on the more than one teacher driving; and

receiving a user operation to select one of the overhead route images corresponding to a travel route to be registered.

11. The parking assist method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

moving the vehicle to a parking position by autonomous driving based on the travel route;

acquiring, from the imaging device, second captured images obtained by imaging the periphery of the vehicle in time series according to movement of the vehicle during the autonomous driving;

generating an overhead image from the second captured images;

generating a second enlarged overhead image by synthesizing the overhead image with the first enlarged overhead image; and

causing the display device to display the second enlarged overhead image.

12. A parking assist device executing parking assist for performing autonomous driving of a vehicle on a basis of teacher driving by a driver, the parking assist device comprising:

a hardware processor connected to a memory and configured to function as:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from an imaging device installed in the vehicle, captured images obtained by imaging a periphery of the vehicle in time series according to movement of the vehicle during the teacher driving;

a route recording unit configured to record a travel route of the vehicle in the teacher driving;

an enlarged overhead image generation unit configured to generate, on a basis of the captured images, a first enlarged overhead image of a display target range viewed from above, the display target range covering the travel route and a periphery of the travel route; and

a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display the first enlarged overhead image.

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 066709/0745 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2022
From: TOKUHIRO, TAKAFUMI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061325/0829 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-151489 · Sep 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230082770A1 · Mar 16, 2023
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