Parking assist apparatus, parking assist system, and parking assist method

Abstract

A parking assist apparatus is configured to: detect a level difference existing around the vehicle; determine whether the detected level difference is a passing target level difference required to be passed without avoidance or an avoidance target level difference required to be avoided; and control a notification apparatus to output, toward an inside of a compartment of the vehicle, a notification indicating a passing plan of the passing target level difference in response to the detected level difference, which exists on a traveling route to be traveled by the vehicle within a parking area for parking purpose, being determined as the passing target level difference. The notification apparatus is controlled to output the notification indicating the passing plan of the passing target level difference in a notification mode that distinguishes the passing target level difference from the avoidance target level difference.