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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2010
Jun Kadowaki, Kariya, JP;
Kazuya Watanabe, Anjo, JP;
Yu Tanaka, Nagoya, JP;
Kosuke Sato, Toyota, JP;
Atsuo Fukaya, Obu, JP;
Hiroyuki Tachibana, Kariya, JP;
Motokatsu Tomozawa, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Kodera, Chita-gun, JP;
Jun Kadowaki, Kariya, JP;
Kazuya Watanabe, Anjo, JP;
Yu Tanaka, Nagoya, JP;
Kosuke Sato, Toyota, JP;
Atsuo Fukaya, Obu, JP;
Hiroyuki Tachibana, Kariya, JP;
Motokatsu Tomozawa, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Kodera, Chita-gun, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A parking assist apparatus includes a parking target position setting section for setting a parking target position when a vehicle is to be parked by reversing, a parking pathway determining section for determining possibility/impossibility of direct parking for parking the vehicle to the parking target position without turnaround, and a report outputting section for effecting reporting to allow a driver engaged in parking to recognize the possibility/impossibility of the direct parking based on the result of determination by the parking pathway determining section.