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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2024
Applicant:
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshimasa Okabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/08 (2013.01); G01C 21/3415 (2013.01);
Abstract
A parking support method sets a parking route for parking a vehicle in a first parking slot, sets a branching point on the parking route, and sets a branching route for parking the vehicle in a second parking slot from the branching point. When a change instruction operation is detected while the vehicle is being automatically parked along the first parking route, the vehicle is automatically parked along the branching route.