IP Library Granted Patent US 9,836,658
Granted Patent B2
US 9,836,658 · App. 14/850,116 · Granted Dec 5, 2017

Parking assist system

Inventors: Yusuke Kiyokawa (Nagoya, JP); Tomohisa Yamashita (Toyohashi, JP); Motonari Obayashi (Nagakute, JP); Hironobu Ishijima (Toyota, JP)
Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06K9/00798B62D15/0285G06K9/00805G06K9/00812
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Patent No.
US 9,836,658
App. No.
14/850,116
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit configured to: set at least one candidate position that is a candidate for a target position of a moving path of a vehicle on the basis of at least one of a detection result of an obstacle and a detection result of a parking boundary; set an orientation of the vehicle at each of the at least one candidate position, as a candidate position vehicle orientation, on the basis of at least one of the detection result of the obstacle and the detection result of the parking boundary; rank each of the at least one candidate position on the basis of an orientation of the vehicle and the candidate position vehicle orientation; and determine one of the ranked at least one candidate position as the target position.

Claims (12)

1. A parking assist system comprising

a central processing unit configured to:

set at least one candidate position that is a candidate for a target position by selecting the at least one candidate position from positions on a right side and a left side of a vehicle on the basis of at least one of a detection result of an obstacle and a detection result of a parking boundary;

set an orientation of the vehicle at each of the at least one candidate position, as a candidate position vehicle orientation, on the basis of at least one of the detection result of the obstacle and the detection result of the parking boundary;

rank each of the at least one candidate position on the basis of an orientation of the vehicle and the candidate position vehicle orientation; and

determine one of the ranked at least one candidate position as the target position,

the central processing unit being further configured to set, when a first candidate position on one of the right side and the left side of the vehicle and a second candidate position on the other of the right side and the left side of the vehicle are set as the at least one candidate position and a turning angle from a position of the vehicle to the first candidate position is larger than a turning angle from the position of the vehicle to the second candidate position, a rank of the first candidate position and a rank of the second candidate position such that the rank of the first candidate position is lower than the rank of the second candidate position;

wherein the central processing unit is configured to:

when a plurality of candidate positions are set as the at least one candidate position, control a display device such that an image including first images corresponding to the plurality of the candidate positions and a second imane that indicates a candidate position selectable as the target position displayed; and

before an input signal that indicates a command to change the candidate position corresponding to the second image is acquired, control the display device such that the second image is displayed corresponding to a candidate position having a high rank;

wherein the central tnrocessina unit is configured to adjust,when the second image corresponding to a candidate position located on one of a right side and a left side of the vehicle is displayed, one of a condition and a parameter that is used to determine ranks of the plurality of candidate position such that a rank of a candidate position located on the one of right side and the left side tends to be higher than a rank of a candidate position located on the other of the right side and the left side; and

wherein the central processing unit is configured to invalidate the adjusted one of the condition and the parameter when the vehicle has turned a nredetermined angle or more.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2015
From: KIYOKAWA, YUSUKE; YAMASHITA, TOMOHISA; OBAYASHI, MOTONARI; ISHIJIMA, HIRONOBU
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036533/0360 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-186827 · Sep 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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