PARKING ASSISTANT AND PARKING ASSISTING METHOD
First Claim
1. A parking assistant, comprising:
- a camera for taking a vehicle surroundings image;
an overhead view image generator for generating an overhead view image from the vehicle surroundings image taken by the camera;
a parking target area setter for setting a parking target area in the overhead view image generated by the overhead view image generator;
a parking target area image generator for generating a parking target area image denoting a partial area in the parking target area set by the parking target area setter, where a solid object is not present in the partial area; and
a display for displaying the overhead view image generated by the overhead view image generator and displaying the parking target area image generated by the parking target area image generator.
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Abstract
When a parking assistant assists a driver in carrying out a parking operation, the parking assistant takes an image of vehicle surroundings to generate vehicle surroundings images, converts coordinates of the vehicle surroundings images to generate an overhead view image, and sets a parking target area in the overhead view image. On the overhead view image, the parking assistant superposes a parking target area image which denotes the parking target area. Thereby, the parking assistant generates the parking target area image denoting a partial area in the parking target area, where a solid object is not present in the partial area even when another vehicle included in the overhead view image falls in the set parking target area image. Then, the parking assistant displays the overhead view image and the parking target area image.
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10 Claims
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1. A parking assistant, comprising:
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a camera for taking a vehicle surroundings image; an overhead view image generator for generating an overhead view image from the vehicle surroundings image taken by the camera; a parking target area setter for setting a parking target area in the overhead view image generated by the overhead view image generator; a parking target area image generator for generating a parking target area image denoting a partial area in the parking target area set by the parking target area setter, where a solid object is not present in the partial area; and a display for displaying the overhead view image generated by the overhead view image generator and displaying the parking target area image generated by the parking target area image generator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A parking assisting method, comprising:
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setting a parking target area in an overhead view image generated from a vehicle surroundings image; generating a parking target area image denoting a partial area in the parking target area, where a solid object is not present in the partial area; and displaying the overhead view image and the parking target area image.
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