Patent ID: 7053795
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: B60Q,B60R,B60T,B62D

Abstract:
1. A parking assistance apparatus for assisting a driver to park a vehicle at a target parking position, the parking assistance apparatus comprising: at least one camera for mounting on the vehicle to enable capturing of an image from a right side or left side of the vehicle; an image display unit for displaying the image captured by the camera; an image information control unit for controlling image information on the image display unit, an instruction unit that gives a start instruction of the parking assistance, wherein the image information control unit provides superimpose indicators on the image for guiding the vehicle to a reference position at which the target parking position is viewable laterally of the vehicle, wherein at the reference position at least one of the superimpose indicators is superimposed on an image of a vehicle parked adjacent to the target parking position captured by the camera, and wherein the image information control unit superimposes the superimpose indicators on the image on the image display unit when the instruction unit gives a start instruction of the parking assistance.