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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2003
Hiroaki Kataoka, Susono, JP;
Hisashi Satonaka, Susono, JP;
Seiji Kawakami, Susono, JP;
Mitsuhiko Morita, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Katsuhiko Iwazaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshifumi Iwata, Anjo, JP;
Yuu Tanaka, Kariya, JP;
Hiroaki Kataoka, Susono, JP;
Hisashi Satonaka, Susono, JP;
Seiji Kawakami, Susono, JP;
Mitsuhiko Morita, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Katsuhiko Iwazaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshifumi Iwata, Anjo, JP;
Yuu Tanaka, Kariya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Aishin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In a parking assist apparatus that assists with moving, by automatic steering, a vehicle from an arbitrary stopping position to a target parking position set by the driver, a setting portion (i.e., a parking assist ECU) sets both a path from the stopping position to the target parking position and a steering operation necessary to bring the vehicle along that path. When this path cannot be set with the steering angle in the stopping position set as the initial steering angle, and when the path can be set with another steering angle as the initial steering angle, an instruction portion (i.e., a monitor or a speaker) instructs the driver to turn the steering wheel to this other steering angle.