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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Toshiaki Kakinami, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shoji Kawata, Aichi-ken, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A parking assist apparatus which enables even an inexperienced driver to park with no difficulty or anxiety assists the parking operation by taking an image rearwardly of a vehicle during the parking operation by a camera, indicating an estimated locus of the vehicle overlapping with the rearward images on a display, indicating a first estimated locus in accordance with a steering angle of the vehicle at an initial stage of the parking operation on the display, fixing the first estimated locus at a predetermined condition to have the locus as an target locus, indicating the second estimated locus varied in accordance with the change of the steering angle during the parking operation on the display, and guiding the second estimated locus to be in accord with a fixed target locus.