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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Taku Oikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 1/0236 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A projection apparatus for use with a movable body is provided. The projection apparatus includes a parking controller configured to cause the movable body to automatically move to a parking space, and a projector configured to project light onto a road surface in vicinity of the movable body. When the parking controller causes the movable body to automatically park in the parking space, the projector projects the light onto the road surface located within a predetermined distance from the movable body.