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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2004
Hideyuki Iwakiri, Tajimi, JP;
Hisashi Satonaka, Susono, JP;
Yuichi Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Akira Matsui, Toyota, JP;
Toru Sugiyama, Toyota, JP;
Seiji Kawakami, Susono, JP;
Katsuhiko Iwazaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroaki Kataoka, Susono, JP;
Yuu Tanaka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshifumi Iwata, Anjo, JP;
Hideyuki Iwakiri, Tajimi, JP;
Hisashi Satonaka, Susono, JP;
Yuichi Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Akira Matsui, Toyota, JP;
Toru Sugiyama, Toyota, JP;
Seiji Kawakami, Susono, JP;
Katsuhiko Iwazaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroaki Kataoka, Susono, JP;
Yuu Tanaka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshifumi Iwata, Anjo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
Parking assist apparatus and method cause a vehicle driver to set a target parking position in which the vehicle is to be parked by prompting the driver to specify the position of a parking space frame in the screen of a touch display by touch-operating arrow button switches shown in the screen, and then calculate a path to the target parking position. If a path to the target parking position is not generated by calculation, the arrow button switches for moving the parking space frame in such directions that a path will not be generated (i.e., the vehicle cannot be parked), among all the arrow button switches, are made non-displayed or are displayed dimmer than the other arrow button switches, and are disabled.