Patent ID: 6326887
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B60Q,B60T

Abstract:
A parking aid system for a vehicle, comprising means for measuring the instantaneous distance of a predetermined portion of the vehicle from an obstacle located in the path of at least prospective movement of such a portion, and for generating at least one output signal having an instantaneous actual distance value indicative of such a measured distance; means for issuing warning signals; and evaluating means interposed between said measuring means and said issuing means and operative for dynamically determining, as a predetermined function of a movement condition of the vehicle, an instantaneous distance limit value representative of a far limit of a range in said path, comparing said actual distance value with said distance limit value, and activating said issuing means when said comparison reveals that said actual distance value is smaller than said distance limit value to alert the driver of the vehicle to the presence of the obstacle within said range.