Patent ID: 7907064
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A parking position search assisting apparatus to be mounted on a movable body having an image taking section for taking an image, the parking position search assisting apparatus comprising: an image storage section for storing one or more images taken by the image taking section; an image-taking start condition section for determining whether or not a predetermined condition related to a start of a parking operation of the movable body is satisfied; an image-taking termination condition section for determining whether or not a predetermined condition related to a termination of the parking operation of the moveable body is satisfied; an image-taking control section for causing the image storage section to start image storing of the one or more images at predetermined time intervals from when the condition related to the start of the parking operation is determined to be satisfied, and causing the image storage section to end image storing of the one or more images when the condition related to the termination of the parking operation is determined to be satisfied; and a transfer section for transferring, to a predetermined mobile terminal or to a server accessible from the mobile terminal, the one or more images stored in the image storage section.