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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2019
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Shinya Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Seimiya, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masato Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Naoyuki Tashiro, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
Unfortunately, even when a new area, which cannot be recognized from the parking start position, is detected in the surrounding area as the vehicle travels on the parking route, the new area cannot be used effectively as the parking route. In step S, when there is an area for extending the parking route in the newly detected area, the route is determined to be extensible. In step S, it is determined whether the vehicle can be parked with one turnabout without extending the route, and when it is determined that the vehicle cannot be parked with one turnabout, the process proceeds to step Sto perform the route extension process. When the posture of the vehicle at the turning point does not exceed a predetermined value in step S, the process also proceeds to step S. In step S, route information for extending the parking route from the turning point in the route information toward the newly detected available area is generated based on the route information output in step S, the surrounding area information and the own-vehicle position information output in step S