Patent ID: 8542129
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: B62D,G06T

Abstract:
1. A parking aid system for aiding in parking a vehicle into a parking space defined by a parking space boundary, the parking aid system comprising: a parking space borderline recognition section that is configured to recognize two borderlines of the parking space based on a captured image, which is captured by an imaging device mounted to the vehicle, the two borderlines respectively being two parts of the parking space boundary and being opposite to each other in a width direction of the parking space; a displacement calculation section that is configured to calculate displacement of the vehicle in the width direction with respect to the two borderlines based on positions of the two borderlines in the captured image and an imaging range of the imaging device, the imaging range being determined by reference to the vehicle; and a notifier that is configured to notify the displacement calculated by the displacement calculation section, wherein: the displacement calculation section calculates the displacement as a distance between a center line of the parking space and a center point of the vehicle; the center line of the parking space is a line located at a same distance from the two borderlines; and the center point of the vehicle is a point located at a center of the vehicle in a front-back direction of the vehicle and located on a vehicle center line, which is at a same distance from both lateral sides of the vehicle.