Patent ID: 7257486

Claim:
A parking assisting device with which a driver parks a vehicle into a target parking space by performing driving operations in accordance with guidance information, comprising: image capturing means for capturing at least an image behind the vehicle; a monitor arranged near a driver seat of the vehicle for displaying the image obtained by the image capturing means; yaw angle detecting means for detecting a yaw angle of the vehicle; guiding means for outputting the guidance information regarding the driving operations to the driver; and a controller for comparing a pre-set prescribed yaw angle corresponding to a predetermined vehicle position with the yaw angle of the vehicle detected by the yaw angle detecting means to identify a current position of the vehicle, providing the guidance information for guiding a predetermined parking path to the target parking space by driving the vehicle while maintaining a predetermined steering angle via the guiding means, and displaying on the monitor at least one of a predetermined predicted path and a predetermined predicted parking position on the parking path guided by the guidance information so as to overlap the image obtained by the image capturing means to enable the driver to confirm whether or not the vehicle can be parked into the target parking space by continuing the driving operations in accordance with the guidance information, the predetermined predicted path and the predetermined predicted parking position being available by the controller in advance of when the driver operates the vehicle in accordance with the guidance system.