Patent ID: 7940193
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: B60W,B62D

Abstract:
1. A parking assist apparatus assisting a parking operation of a vehicle, comprising: an image capturing portion capturing an image of a backward view of the vehicle; a displaying portion displaying the image captured by the image capturing portion at an inside of the vehicle; a guiding portion guiding the vehicle to a target parking space when the vehicle reverses with at least a turning movement based on a predetermined steering angle held by an operator of the vehicle; and a superimposing portion superimposing a first assist line arranged in the target parking space to be in parallel to a front-rear direction of the target parking space and a second assist line extending to a backward area of the vehicle to be in parallel to a front-rear direction of the vehicle on the image captured by the image capturing portion, the first assist line and the second assist line both being overlapped with respect to each other when a vehicle reverse movement with the turning movement is completed and before a reverse movement in a straight manner into the target parking space; wherein the first assist line is displayed so as to be static with respect to the target parking space on the screen in accordance with the turning movement of the vehicle, and the second assist line is displayed so as to be static on the screen during the turning movement of the vehicle.