Patent ID: 6476730
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B60Q,B60R,B60T,B62D,H04N

Abstract:
An assistant apparatus for a vehicle in reverse motion comprising:a camera for taking an image rearwardly of a vehicle during a parking operation; an indication means for showing images from the camera as rearward images; a vehicle condition detecting means for detecting the vehicle condition; an estimated locus calculating means for calculating an estimated locus for a vehicle path based on information from the vehicle condition detecting means and the vehicle performance to indicate the estimated locus on the indication means superimposed on the rearward images; a locus fixing means indicating a first estimated locus in accordance with a steering angle at the initial stage of parking and fixing the first estimated locus at a predetermined condition; a target locus setting means setting the first estimated locust as a target locus for a vehicle path for parking in a parking space when the first estimated locus is fixed by the locus fixing means; and a guiding means indicating a second estimated locus varied in accordance with changes of the steering angle during A the parking operation on the indication means, superimposed on the target locus and the rearward images, to guide the second estimated locus to the target locus.