Patent ID: 7486203
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: B60Q,B60W,B62D,G08G

Abstract:
1. A parking assist apparatus for a vehicle, comprising; a vehicle speed-detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed; a steering angle-detecting means for detecting a steering angle of the vehicle; a recognizing means for recognizing a target position for parking the vehicle; a calculating means for calculating different current vehicle positions on the basis of information collected from the vehicle speed-detecting means and the steering angle-detecting means, and successively and repeatedly calculating a correct course for parking the vehicle from the different current vehicle positions to the target position on the basis of the calculated different current vehicle positions and the target position recognized by the recognizing means, during a forward movement of the vehicle; a determining means for determining whether or not the correct course for parking the vehicle from one of the current vehicle positions to the target position has been calculated by the calculating means, and an informing means for informing a user of the vehicle that the vehicle is permitted to be parked at the recognized target position when the determining means determines that the correct course for parking the vehicle from the one of the current vehicle positions to the target position has been calculated.