Patent ID: 11900694
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A parking assist system to be applied to a vehicle, the parking assist system being configured to guide the vehicle to a parking space in a parking lot, the parking assist system comprising:
an environment information obtainer configured to obtain environment information on an environment around the vehicle;
a storage configured to store a reference parking width to be used for parking the vehicle;
a parked vehicle detector configured to detect a parked vehicle in the parking lot, based on the environment information obtained by the environment information obtainer;
a space determiner configured to compare a width of a space next to the parked vehicle detected by the parked vehicle detector with the reference parking width and to determine whether the width of the space is greater than or equal to the reference parking width; and
a parking possibility determiner configured to:
in a case where the space determiner has determined that the width of the space next to the parked vehicle is greater than or equal to the reference parking width, determine whether a target object is detected at a back side of the space, based on the environment information obtained by the environment information obtainer;
determine that parking in the space is prohibited in a case where the target object is not detected; and

determine that parking in the space is allowed in a case where the target object is detected.