Patent ID: 8144031
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: B60R,B62D,G06K

Abstract:
1. A parking assisting device, comprising: an ambient area detecting unit that detects an obstacle or a parking frame in an ambient area surrounding a vehicle; and a guiding unit that guides the vehicle to a parking initial position after a parking space is detected and the parking initial position is determined, the parking initial position being a starting position at which a running path to the parking space is generated and from which parking of the vehicle in the parking space commences, and the parking space being adjacent to a detected obstacle or a detected parking frame, wherein a guidance mode of the guiding unit, in which the guiding unit guides the vehicle to the parking initial position, is based on a distance between the vehicle and the detected obstacle or the detected parking frame, the distance being measured in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, where the vehicle width direction is a direction transverse to a running direction of the vehicle extending from a side of the vehicle, and wherein an amount of movement of the vehicle to the parking initial position varies depending on the distance measured in the vehicle width direction.