IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,049,217
Granted Patent B2
US 12,049,217 · App. 17/864,801 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Parking support device

Inventor: Tatsuya Hashimoto (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W30/06B60W10/04B60W10/10B60W10/18B60W2556/45
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Patent No.
US 12,049,217
App. No.
17/864,801
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A parking support device includes a parking support control device mounted on an own vehicle. The parking support control device is configured to be able to receive an operation signal in a state where the driver gets off the own vehicle, and executes parking support control such that the own vehicle moves along a movement route according to the received operation signal. The parking support control device controls the drive device and the foot brake device such that the own vehicle travels at a speed at which a shift position can be switched to a parking position. The parking support control device can execute a shift switching process during execution of the parking support control, and when a switching destination of the shift position is a position other than the parking position, the parking brake device is operated to apply braking force to the wheels and switch the shift position.

Claims (9)

1. A parking support device comprising:

a drive device that applies drive force to a drive wheel of wheels of an own vehicle;

a foot brake device and a parking brake device that apply braking force to the wheels;

a shift switching device that switches a shift position of a transmission of the own vehicle to one of multiple positions including a forward position, a reverse position, and a parking position;

a steering device that controls steering angle of a steered wheel of the wheels; and

a parking support control device mounted on the own vehicle, the parking support control device being configured to be able to receive an operation signal generated from a mobile device a driver operates in a state where the driver gets off the own vehicle through a wireless communication line and executing parking support control for controlling the drive device, the foot brake device, the shift switching device, and the steering device such that the own vehicle moves along a movement route on which the own vehicle is able to move from a position of the own vehicle at a current point to a predetermined target position according to the received operation signal, wherein the parking support control device is configured to

be able to execute a shift switching process for switching the shift position during execution of the parking support control, and

switch the shift position after the parking brake device is operated and the braking force is applied to the wheels when a switching destination of the shift position is a position other than the parking position in the shift switching process.

2. The parking support device according to claim 1 , wherein the parking support control device is configured to switch the shift position after the parking brake device is operated and the braking force is applied to the wheels when any one of a switching operation from the forward position to the reverse position, a switching operation from the reverse position to the forward position, and a switching operation from the parking position to another position is started in the shift switching process, and a gradient is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2022
From: HASHIMOTO, TATSUYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060506/0804 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-141072 · Aug 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230066522A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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