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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2011
Kazunori Kagawa, Nagoya, JP;
Yuka Sobue, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Niwa, Susono, JP;
Shin Tanaka, Susono, JP;
Akihisa Yokoyama, Susono, JP;
Kazuhiro Morimoto, Susono, JP;
Junichi Wakita, Susono, JP;
Chika Yoshioka, Susono, JP;
Yu Hiei, Toyota, JP;
Ryuji Okamura, Toyota, JP;
Kazunori Kagawa, Nagoya, JP;
Yuka Sobue, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Niwa, Susono, JP;
Shin Tanaka, Susono, JP;
Akihisa Yokoyama, Susono, JP;
Kazuhiro Morimoto, Susono, JP;
Junichi Wakita, Susono, JP;
Chika Yoshioka, Susono, JP;
Yu Hiei, Toyota, JP;
Ryuji Okamura, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A parking assistance apparatus includes a display unit that displays an image of a scene behind a host vehicle. At least when the host vehicle moves forward or when the host vehicle is stopped, the display unit displays an indication including a plurality of kinds of trajectories along which the host vehicle is able to back up from a point at which the host vehicle is currently positioned, in a manner such that the indication is superimposed on the image of the scene behind the host vehicle.