Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Corporation

Minchul Kang

Junho Yang

Taejin Jang

Inmook Kim

A method and an apparatus for providing autonomous parking assistance by considering a rear parking space being vacated is provided. The apparatus for autonomous parking assistance includes a range setting unit for determining information related to a target parking space for executing parking of an ego car in a parking lot, a rear environment detection unit for detecting whether an existing parked vehicle in a rear parking space located rearwardly of the ego car is leaving, and an automatic parking control unit for controlling parking of the ego car based on the information related to the target parking space and whether the existing parked vehicle is leaving.

Method and apparatus for autonomous parking assistance considering an available rear parking space

An embodiment vehicle includes an image recording device, an ultrasonic sensor, and a controller configured to operate the ultrasonic sensor in response to parking of the vehicle, operate the image recording device to a standby mode, switch the image recording device to an active mode based on a detection of an object located around the vehicle by the ultrasonic sensor, and control the image recording device to store an image of surroundings of the vehicle obtained by the image recording device.

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Uiwang-si, South Korea

Minchul Kang