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

Claim 6:
7. 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:
a sensor 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; and
circuitry configured to:
detect a parked vehicle in the parking lot, based on the environment information obtained by the sensor;
compare a width of a space next to the detected parked vehicle with the reference parking width;
determine whether the width of the space is greater than or equal to the reference parking width;
in a case where the width of the space next to the parked vehicle is found to be 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;
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.