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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroki Inagaki, Okazaki, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A parking support apparatus includes: a host vehicle positional information acquisition unit acquiring host vehicle positional information indicating a current position of a vehicle; an obliqueness calculation unit calculating obliqueness between a vehicle length direction and a longitudinal direction of the parking space, based on the host vehicle positional information; an obliqueness correction path calculation unit calculating an obliqueness correction path along which a position of the vehicle reaches a front end of the parking space, based on the obliqueness when the vehicle travels forward from a stop position at a steering angle; and a centering path calculation unit calculating a centering path which has a width at a central portion of the parking space in a width direction and along which the vehicle travels forward toward a central region set in the longitudinal direction, after a position of the vehicle reaches the front end of the parking space.