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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
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, Suntou-gun, 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, Suntou-gun, JP;
Hiroaki Kataoka, Susono, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A parking assist apparatus includes an initial traveling locus calculator for calculating an initial traveling locus, a new traveling locus calculating a new traveling locus when a deviation amount of the present vehicle position from a current traveling locus is equal to or greater than a first predetermined value, and a parking assist for performing a parking assist to guide the vehicle along the traveling locus. The parking assist apparatus further includes an initial traveling locus deviation calculator for calculating the deviation amount of the present vehicle position from the initial traveling locus generated by the calculation of the initial traveling locus calculator. The parking assist stops performing the parking assist when the deviation amount calculated by the initial traveling locus deviation calculator is equal to or greater than a second predetermined value which is smaller than the fist predetermined value.