Patent ID: 7272477
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: B60W,B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle parking assisting system comprising: camera means for taking picture images outside a vehicle; image generating means for generating a birds-eye view image by subjecting the picture images to a birds-eye view conversion; motion detecting means for detecting a motion of the vehicle; combined image generating means for generating a combined birds-eye view image by combining, based on the motion of the vehicle, a past birds-eye view image generated previously by the image generating means or a past combined birds-eye view image generated previously with a present birds-eye view image generated at present; obstacle detecting means for detecting an obstacle in a fan-shaped detection area around the vehicle; and display means for displaying, on the combined birds-eye view image, both a present detection point and a past detection point of the obstacle in an overlapping manner, wherein the display means displays the present detection point as a series of marks extending from a predetermined position in the fan-shaped detection area in an arcuate shape along the detection area of the obstacle detecting means, and the past detection point as a mark located at the predetermined position in the fan-shaped detection area.