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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2024
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshimasa Okabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Michiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yudai Ishibashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kantaro Matsuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Tsuji, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Nagaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a driving assistance apparatus that makes it possible to correctly estimate an inclination angle of a slope inclined in any direction and perform more accurate automatic parking by performing inclination direction estimation in which an inclination direction is estimated by analyzing a movement amount of a feature point on an image caused by traveling and then performing inclination angle estimation. The driving assistance apparatus includes an inclination detector that detects an inclination direction of a slope or a road surface around a vehicle on the basis of a camera image showing surroundings of the vehicle taken by a camera mounted on the vehicle, and assists driving of the vehicle on the basis of the inclination direction.