Parking assist system using light projections
First Claim
1. A parking assist system for a vehicle, said parking assist system comprising:
- a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle;
an image processor operable to process image data captured by said camera;
wherein said image processor, via processing of image data captured by said camera, is operable to determine presence of a wall or object present in the field of view of said camera;
a light projecting device disposed at the vehicle and operable to project a visual pattern;
wherein, during a parking maneuver of the vehicle and responsive to determination, via image processing by said image processor of captured image data, that the vehicle is approaching the determined wall or object, said parking assist system controls said light projecting device to project the visual pattern onto the determined wall or object;
wherein the projected visual pattern is viewable at the determined wall or object by a driver of the vehicle during the parking maneuver;
wherein a distance measuring system of the vehicle is operable to determine distance between the vehicle and the determined wall or object; and
wherein the projected visual pattern is indicative of the determined distance.
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Abstract
A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. An image processor processes image data captured by the camera to determine presence of a wall or object present in the field of view of the camera. A light projecting device is disposed at the vehicle and operable to project a visual pattern toward an area encompassed by the field of view of the camera. During a parking maneuver, and responsive to determination that the vehicle is approaching the wall or object, the parking assist system controls the light projecting device to project the visual pattern toward the determined wall or object. The projected visual pattern is viewable by a driver of the vehicle during the parking maneuver, and the projected visual pattern is indicative of distance between the vehicle and the determined wall or object.
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20 Claims
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1. A parking assist system for a vehicle, said parking assist system comprising:
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a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said camera; wherein said image processor, via processing of image data captured by said camera, is operable to determine presence of a wall or object present in the field of view of said camera; a light projecting device disposed at the vehicle and operable to project a visual pattern; wherein, during a parking maneuver of the vehicle and responsive to determination, via image processing by said image processor of captured image data, that the vehicle is approaching the determined wall or object, said parking assist system controls said light projecting device to project the visual pattern onto the determined wall or object; wherein the projected visual pattern is viewable at the determined wall or object by a driver of the vehicle during the parking maneuver; wherein a distance measuring system of the vehicle is operable to determine distance between the vehicle and the determined wall or object; and wherein the projected visual pattern is indicative of the determined distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A parking assist system for a vehicle, said parking assist system comprising:
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a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view forward of the vehicle; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said camera; wherein said image processor, via processing of image data captured by said camera, is operable to determine presence of a wall present in the field of view of said camera; a light projecting device disposed at the vehicle and operable to project a visual pattern forward of the vehicle; wherein, during a parking maneuver of the vehicle, and responsive to determination, via image processing by said image processor of captured image data, that the vehicle is approaching the determined wall, said parking assist system controls said light projecting device to project the visual pattern onto the determined wall; wherein the projected visual pattern is viewable at the determined wall by a driver of the vehicle during the parking maneuver; wherein a distance measuring system of the vehicle is operable to determine distance between the vehicle and the determined wall or object; wherein the projected visual pattern is indicative of the determined distance; and wherein a degree of illumination of the projected visual pattern is responsive to the determined distance between the vehicle and the determined wall or object, and wherein greater illumination of the projected visual pattern is provided as the vehicle approaches closer to the determined wall. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A parking assist system for a vehicle, said parking assist system comprising:
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a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view forward of the vehicle; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said camera; wherein said image processor, via processing of image data captured by said camera, is operable to determine presence of a wall present in the field of view of said camera; a light projecting device disposed at the vehicle and operable to project a visual pattern forward of the vehicle; wherein, during a parking maneuver of the vehicle, and responsive to determination, via image processing by said image processor of captured image data, that the vehicle is approaching the determined wall, said parking assist system controls said light projecting device to project the visual pattern onto the determined wall; wherein the projected visual pattern is viewable at the determined wall by a driver of the vehicle during the parking maneuver; wherein a distance measuring system of the vehicle is operable to determine distance between the vehicle and the determined wall or object; wherein the projected visual pattern is indicative of the determined distance; and wherein the projected visual pattern comprises a plurality of bars, and wherein an amount of the bars that are filled in is responsive to the determined distance between the vehicle and the determined wall, and wherein more bars are filled in as the vehicle approaches closer to the determined wall. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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