Patent ID: 11935307
Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle control apparatus for detecting an obstruction existing around a target parking position of a vehicle, the vehicle control apparatus comprising:
a memory;
a display;
an obstruction detector comprising a camera and a sonar; and
a processor that is communicatively coupled to the memory, the display, and the obstruction detector,
wherein the processor is configured to
store, in the memory, information on an obstruction detected by the obstruction detector,
determine a type of the obstruction from the information on the obstruction,
determine that the obstruction is a moving body when the camera recognizes a license plate of the obstruction, and that the obstruction is a stationary body when the camera recognizes no license plate of the obstruction,
wherein the determination by the processor whether the obstruction is the moving body or the stationary body is changeable by an operator via the display device,

perform an obstruction storage process comprising
setting an identification indication for identifying the determined type of the obstruction, and
storing the identification indication with the information on the obstruction in the memory, and

display the information on the obstruction and the identification indication on the display.