Patent ID: 6483429
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B60Q,B60R,B60T,G01S,G06K

Abstract:
A parking assistance system for assisting a driver of a vehicle to park by picking up an image around the vehicle, and advising the driver of what 3D object is located therearound, said parking assistance system comprising:an image pick-up having a single camera, said image pick-up being operable to pick up, during a transition of the vehicle, a first image and a second image around the vehicle at a first location and time and a second location and time, respectively; an object specification part being operable to detect and specify the 3D object found in each of the first image and the second image; a vehicle position calculation part being operable to calculate transition data of the vehicle from the first location to the second location; an object distance calculation part being operable to calculate a distance from the vehicle to the 3D object by using a position of the 3D object in each of the first image and the second image, and the transition data of the vehicle; and an image creation part being operable to create a third image for display to the driver based on the first image and the second image picked up by said image pick-up and data calculated by said object distance calculation part.