Patent ID: 8205704
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A parking assist apparatus comprising: a guidance mode setting portion specifying a forward turning guidance controlling portion to perform a control when determining, on a basis of a stop position of a vehicle and a positional relationship with a target parking position previously specified, that a direct guidance control for driving the vehicle rearward to the target parking position without once driving the vehicle forward is unachievable, the forward turning guidance controlling portion including an auxiliary guidance controlling device performing a guidance control for driving the vehicle rearward from the stop position to approach the target parking position, the auxiliary guidance controlling device generating an auxiliary guidance path for guiding the vehicle to a position adjoined to the target parking position based on the stop position and the target parking position, the auxiliary guidance controlling device driving the vehicle rearward by an automatic steering along the auxiliary guidance path as the guidance control, the forward turning guidance controlling portion including a guidance possibility determining device determining whether or not the vehicle is directly guided rearward to the target parking position based on a position and a steering angle of the vehicle while the vehicle is moving forward by a manual steering after the vehicle is stopped at the position adjoined to the target parking position, the guidance possibility determining device informing a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that a direct guidance of the vehicle to the target parking position is achievable, the forward turning guidance controlling portion including a final guidance controlling device guiding the vehicle to the target parking position after the guidance possibility determining device informs the driver.