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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Kazunori Shimazaki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hisashi Kuriya, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
Steering assist apparatus displays vehicle locus guide lines used to assist the steering wheel handling during parking on a monitor screen in which the rear side of a vehicle is image-picked up. The vehicle locus guide lines include a basic length part which links points B B B and B and an extension length part which links the points B E E and B and a middle point EM, and the curved amount and the extension amount of extension length part are determined in accordance with a steering angle. In addition, the extension length part is divided into stages in order to be recognized, and the extension length part is shortened one stage by one stage as a vehicle comes nearer a target parking space.