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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A camera unit is mounted on a vehicle . When an attempt is made to park the vehicle in a parking lot, a predicted path 5 and guidelines 5 are displayed on an information display together with an image. Data to be used for displaying the predicted path 5 and the guidelines 5 are stored beforehand in internal memory of an image processing circuit provided in a parking assist ECU so that the data can be selected in accordance with specifications, such as the type of the vehicle . The predicted path 5 is computed on the basis of a steering angle detected by a steering angle sensor provided in an exposed portion of the steering shaft . The length or color of the predicted path 5 is changed in accordance with the speed of the vehicle . Further, a vehicle driving support system is provided with a back sonar , and hence the length or color of the predicted path 5 is also changed in accordance with the result of detection of an obstacle.