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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Satoru Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Ryotaro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuaki Akaza, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A parking support device is provided for extracting detection point data corresponding to a corner portion of a parked vehiclefrom detection point data showing a series of detection points at each of which the distance to the parked vehicleis detected, performing a noise component removing process and a data complementing process using a curve approximation of the series of detection points on the extracted detection point data, estimating reflection points of a detection wave in the corner portion from the detection point data and sensor position data showing a moving path of a distance sensor, and measuring the length of a parking space adjacent to the parked vehicleaccording to a corner position which is determined from the positions of the estimated reflection points to determine if a vehiclecan be parked in the parking space.