Granted Patent B2

US 12,267,626 · App. 18/133,820 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Inventors: Masayoshi Michiguchi (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshimasa Okabe (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Okohira (Tokyo, JP); Jun Nakai (Kanagawa, JP); Takanobu Ito (Kanagawa, JP)

Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.

H04N7/18

Abstract

Claims (36)

1. A parking support apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to display on a display at least one of a parking region for parking a vehicle and a confirmation required region corresponding to the parking region,

wherein the processor

receives a parking region confirmation for confirming the parking region and a confirmation required region confirmation for confirming the confirmation required region,

performs a parking support control of the vehicle when the parking region confirmation and the confirmation required region confirmation are received, and

simultaneously receives a single operation of a driver of the vehicle as the parking region confirmation and the confirmation required region confirmation,

wherein the processor includes an expert mode for simultaneously receiving the parking region confirmation and the confirmation required region confirmation, and a non-expert mode for separately receiving the parking region confirmation and the confirmation required region confirmation, and

wherein the non-expert mode and the expert mode are selectable by the processor.

2. The parking support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the expert mode is selectable by the processor when a number of times the parking support apparatus is used is counted and the number of times is greater than a predetermined number of times.

3. The parking support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the expert mode is selectable by the processor when a skill level determination reference time is below a predetermined value, the skill level determination reference time being set as any of a parking region confirmation time from a display of the parking region to the parking region confirmation, a confirmation required region confirmation time from a display of the confirmation required region to the confirmation required region confirmation, and a total confirmation time obtained by summing up the parking region confirmation time and the confirmation required region confirmation time.

4. The parking support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor determines that the confirmation is received when the driver performs a predetermined operation for parking.

5. The parking support apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined operation for parking is any of an operation of a steering wheel of the vehicle by the driver, an operation of a brake pedal of the vehicle, an operation of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle and an operation of a gear of the vehicle.

6. The parking support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor

receives an activation operation of the parking support apparatus;

receives a rejection of the parking region or the confirmation required region by the driver; and

determines that the parking region is rejected by the driver when the activation operation is received after activation of the parking support apparatus.

7. A parking support apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to display on a display at least one of a parking region for parking a vehicle and a confirmation required region corresponding to the parking region,

wherein the processor

receives a parking region confirmation for confirming the parking region and a confirmation required region confirmation for confirming the confirmation required region,

performs a parking support control of the vehicle when the parking region confirmation and the confirmation required region confirmation are received, and

simultaneously receives a single operation of a driver of the vehicle as the parking region confirmation and the confirmation required region confirmation,

wherein the processor receives the parking region confirmation even when a parking region confirmation time from a display of the parking region to the parking region confirmation is a minus value, and/or

wherein the processor receives the confirmation required region confirmation even when a confirmation required region confirmation time from a display of the confirmation required region to the confirmation required region confirmation is a minus value.

8. The parking support apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein when the parking region confirmation time or the confirmation required region confirmation time is a minus value, the processor displays a screen for displaying the parking region or the confirmation required region in a manner different from a case where the parking region confirmation time or the confirmation required region confirmation time is a plus value.

9. The parking support apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

the processor

detects a candidate parking region,

evaluates the candidate parking region detected,

detects a plurality of the candidate parking regions, and

prohibits a reception of the parking region confirmation or the confirmation required region confirmation when a difference between an evaluation value of a candidate parking region having a first highest evaluation value and an evaluation value of a candidate parking region having a second highest evaluation value among the plurality of candidate parking regions provided with the evaluation value is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, and the parking region confirmation time or the confirmation required region confirmation time is a minus value.

10. A parking support method comprising:

displaying on a display at least one of a parking region for parking a vehicle and a confirmation required region corresponding to the parking region; and

starting a parking support control when a single operation of a driver of the vehicle is simultaneously received as a parking region confirmation for confirming whether there is no problem in the parking region and a confirmation required region confirmation for confirming whether the confirmation required region is safe,

wherein the parking region confirmation is effective to be received even when a parking region confirmation time from a display of the parking region to the parking region confirmation is a minus value, and/or

wherein the confirmation required region confirmation is effective to be received even when a confirmation required region confirmation time from a display of the confirmation required region to the confirmation required region confirmation is a minus value.

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