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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Yukiko Kawabata, Toyota, JP;
Yasushi Makino, Mishima, JP;
Yuichi Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Takuya Itou, Kuwana, JP;
Inventors:
Yukiko Kawabata, Toyota, JP;
Yasushi Makino, Mishima, JP;
Yuichi Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Takuya Itou, Kuwana, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A parking assisting apparatus that can reduce a burden of a driver at a preliminary stage of parking. The parking assisting apparatus assists parking of a vehicle and includes an obstacle detector that detects an obstacle near the vehicle and an information outputting mechanism that informs the driver of a parking space adjacent to the obstacle detected by the obstacle detector.