Patent ID: 6487481
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: B60T,B62D

Abstract:
A parking assisting apparatus for assisting a driver in a parking operation of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is moved with a steering device rotated in a first direction and the vehicle is then moved with the steering device rotated in a second direction opposite to that of the first direction, said parking assisting apparatus comprising:a display, located in a passenger compartment, that displays an image of a view acquired by a camera, as viewed in a direction in which the vehicle moves, and a control means which assumes a path along which the vehicle is moved during the parking operation, wherein the control means determines an initial steering angle of the steering device, the initial steering angle corresponding to the steering angle of the steering device when initiating the parking operation, the control means assumes the path of the vehicle based on the assumption that the parking operation with the steering device rotated in the first direction is performed with the initial steering angle and the parking operation with the steering device rotated in the second direction is performed with the steering angle maintained at a predetermined value after the steering device is rotated in the second direction, and the control means instructs the display to indicate steering information that informs the driver of a timing at which the steering device must be rotated in the second direction in accordance with the assumed path.