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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2013
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Takashi Hiramaki, Nagoya, JP;
Jun Adachi, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Tachibana, Okazaki, JP;
Tomohisa Yamashita, Toyohashi, JP;
Kazuya Watanabe, Anjo, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a parking assistance device that can obtain information regarding the height from a parking road surface of an object without acquiring height information of an object in advance. The parking assistance device includes: an emission unit configured to emit ultrasonic waves in at least an outward lateral direction of a vehicle; a reception unit configured to receive reflection waves from an object reflecting the emitted ultrasonic waves; and an object determination unit configured to receive the reflection waves from an object existing on a far side of a target parking region as the vehicle enters the target parking region, and determine a feature relating to the height of the object based on a change in a detection state of the object, which was specified based on the obtained reflection wave data.