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PARKING SUPPORT DEVICE

  • US 20110102196A1
  • Filed: 05/08/2009
  • Published: 05/05/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A parking support device comprising an image acquisition portion for acquiring an image peripheral to a vehicle captured by a vehicle-mounted image pickup device;

  • an image display portion, provided within a vehicle chamber, for displaying the peripheral image; and

    an indicator output portion for superimposedly displaying an indicator, comprising a pair of left and right vehicle width extension lines extending rearwards of the vehicle, on the peripheral image in order to guide a driver during a parking operation by the driver;

    the parking support device supporting parallel parking, comprising a first turning step, in which the vehicle is reversed while being turned and driven into a parking area, and a second turning step, in which the vehicle is aligned in a parallel direction while being turned in a direction opposite to that in the first turning step;

    the indicator output portion superimposedly displaying, during the second turning step, only the vehicle width extension line that is on an outside of the turn out of the left and right vehicle width extension lines.

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