Patent ID: 7640108

Claim:
A vehicle parking assist device comprising: a camera operable to pick up an image of an area around a vehicle; a display operable to display the image picked up by the camera; and a drive assist unit that automatically selects one of a normal parking mode and a series parking mode, the vehicle drive assist device mounted in the vehicle including a navigation device that determines a position of the vehicle, wherein the drive assist unit judges whether the vehicle is parking in a parking lot or on a road based on the position of the vehicle determined by the navigation device, and the drive assist unit selects the normal parking mode when the vehicle is parking in the parking lot or selects the series parking mode when the vehicle is parking on the road; wherein when the normal parking mode is selected, the camera is directed to backward of the vehicle so as to pick up an image of a backward area of the vehicle and the display displays the image of the backward area of the vehicle; and wherein when the series parking mode is selected, the camera is directed to sideward of the vehicle so as to pick up an image of a side area of the vehicle and the display displays the image of the side area of the vehicle.