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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2010
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Yasushi Makino, Mishima, JP;
Yukiko Kawabata, Toyota, JP;
Takuya Itoh, Kuwana, JP;
Atsuko Nakanishi, Okazaki, JP;
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Yasushi Makino, Mishima, JP;
Yukiko Kawabata, Toyota, JP;
Takuya Itoh, Kuwana, JP;
Atsuko Nakanishi, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a parking assist apparatusused for a vehicle which has a four-wheel steering mode in which front wheels and rear wheels can be steered independently, comprising: traveling path calculation means for calculating a traveling path for guiding the vehicle to a target position; and assist means for assisting traveling of the vehicle to the target position, based on the traveling path calculated by the traveling path calculation means. In the four-wheel steering mode, the traveling path calculated by the traveling path calculation means includes a traveling path in which the front wheels and the rear wheels are steered in reverse directions, and said traveling path includes a section in which a constant point, which is an intersection of a center line of the vehicle in a back-and-forth direction and a line perpendicular to the center line from a turning center, creates a trajectory of a clothoid curve.