Patent ID: 8232893
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: B60R,B60W,B62D,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
1. A parking assisting apparatus for assisting parking a vehicle, comprising: an imaging device mounted on the vehicle, the imaging device being configured to capture an image of surroundings; an obstacle detecting device configured to detect an obstacle; and a parking section line detecting device configured to detect a parking section line painted on a ground, the parking section line detecting device being configured to determine a region of interest within the image captured by the imaging device based on a detection result of the obstacle detecting device and based on a position of the obstacle detected by the obstacle detecting device, the parking section line detecting device being configured to process only the region of interest within the image captured by the imaging device to detect the parking section line, and the apparatus being configured to calculate a target parking position based on the detected parking section line if the parking section line is detected by the parking section line detecting device.