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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2013
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Provided is an apparatus for determining an available parking space. The apparatus includes: an ROI setter setting an ROI for a parking space based on an entrance region of a searched parking space when searching for the corresponding parking space for parking a vehicle; a sensed value processor extracting sensed values measured in the set ROI from sensed values measured by an ultrasonic wave sensor and projecting the extracted sensed values upon an end of the corresponding parking space; a weight applier identifying a shape of the parking space and an output direction of the ultrasonic wave sensor and applying a weight to the projected sensed values according to the shape of the parking space and the output direction of the ultrasonic wave sensor; and a space occupancy determiner determining whether the corresponding parking space is occupied based on the applied weight to the projected sensed values.