Steering assist device
First Claim
1. A steering assist device comprising:
- a camera for photographing a backward portion of a vehicle;
a monitor arranged in a driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle;
a steering angle sensor for detecting the steering angle of a steering wheel; and
display control means for displaying a picture image provided by said camera in said monitor at a retreating time of the vehicle, and superposing and displaying a guide display for supporting driving of the vehicle at a parking time on a screen of said monitor, the steering assist device being characterized in that said guide display including;
a steering start guide line fixedly displayed in a predetermined position on the screen of said monitor for guiding a steering start spot for parking;
an eye mark fixedly displayed in a predetermined position on the screen of said monitor for guiding a turning-back spot of the steering wheel; and
a steering amount guide mark moved and displayed along said steering start guide line on the screen of said monitor in accordance with the steering angle of the steering wheel detected by said steering angle sensor, said steering amount guide mark including a predicting parking area when the vehicle retreats and parking is completed with maintaining the steering angle of the steering wheel detected by said steering angle sensor, said steering amount guide mark being changed in size on the basis of far and near sense according to the steering angle.
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Abstract
When a vehicle is located in a predetermined position M, a steering amount guide mark is moved on a steering start guide line as a steering angle is increased by turning a steering wheel. The steering amount guide mark has a size according to the steering angle of the steering wheel at that time. When the steering angle becomes suitable, the steering amount guide mark has the same size as a target parking space T. Thus, a driver can more instinctively recognize the suitable steering angle of the steering wheel. Further, the driver can easily judge by observing the locus line of a left-hand forward corner portion of the vehicle whether or not the left-hand forward corner portion of the self-vehicle that particularly needed to be known in column parking on the left-hand side of a road interferes with a certain obstacle during a path until the target parking space T.
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7 Claims
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1. A steering assist device comprising:
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a camera for photographing a backward portion of a vehicle;
a monitor arranged in a driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle;
a steering angle sensor for detecting the steering angle of a steering wheel; and
display control means for displaying a picture image provided by said camera in said monitor at a retreating time of the vehicle, and superposing and displaying a guide display for supporting driving of the vehicle at a parking time on a screen of said monitor, the steering assist device being characterized in that said guide display including;
a steering start guide line fixedly displayed in a predetermined position on the screen of said monitor for guiding a steering start spot for parking;
an eye mark fixedly displayed in a predetermined position on the screen of said monitor for guiding a turning-back spot of the steering wheel; and
a steering amount guide mark moved and displayed along said steering start guide line on the screen of said monitor in accordance with the steering angle of the steering wheel detected by said steering angle sensor, said steering amount guide mark including a predicting parking area when the vehicle retreats and parking is completed with maintaining the steering angle of the steering wheel detected by said steering angle sensor, said steering amount guide mark being changed in size on the basis of far and near sense according to the steering angle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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