PARKING MODE SELECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD
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Abstract
A parking mode selection apparatus selects one parking mode among from plural parking modes including at least a perpendicular parking or a parallel parking. The parking mode selection apparatus includes a steer angle detector that detects a steer angle of a steering wheel, an operation detector that detects, based on the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector, a predetermined operation in which the steering wheel is returned to a neutral position after rotated to a right or a left, and a parking mode selector. The parking mode selector selects, when the predetermined operation is detected by the operation detector, a parking mode that coincides with a steered direction to the right or the left of the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector and is associated with said steer angle.
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41 Claims
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21. A parking mode selection apparatus for selecting one parking mode among from a plurality of parking modes including at least a perpendicular parking and a parallel parking, the apparatus comprising:
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a steer angle detector that detects a steer angle of a steering wheel; an operation detector that detects, based on the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector, a predetermined operation in which the steering wheel is returned to a neutral position after rotated to a right or a left; and a parking mode selector that selects, when the predetermined operation is detected by the operation detector, one parking mode to a right side of a vehicle or a left side of a vehicle that coincides with a steered direction to the right or the left of the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector in the predetermined operation and is associated with the steer angle in the predetermined operation, among from the plurality of parking modes. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41)
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37. A parking mode selection apparatus for selecting one parking mode among from a plurality of parking modes including at least a perpendicular parking and a parallel parking, the apparatus comprising:
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a steer angle detection means that detects a steer angle of a steering wheel; an operation detection means that detects, based on the steer angle detected by the steer angle detection means, a predetermined operation in which the steering wheel is returned to a neutral position after rotated to a right or a left; and a parking mode selection means that selects, when the predetermined operation is detected by the operation detection means, one parking mode to a right side of a vehicle or a left side of a vehicle that coincides with a steered direction to the right or the left of the steer angle detected by the steer angle detection means in the predetermined operation and is associated with the steer angle in the predetermined operation, among from the plurality of parking modes.
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38. A parking mode selection method for selecting one parking mode among from a plurality of parking modes including at least a perpendicular parking and a parallel parking, the method comprising:
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detecting a steer angle of a steering wheel; detecting, based on the detected steer angle, a predetermined operation in which the steering wheel is returned to a neutral position after rotated to a right or a left; and selecting, when the predetermined operation is detected, one parking mode to a right side of a vehicle or a left side of a vehicle that coincides with a steered direction to the right or the left of the detected steer angle in the predetermined operation and is associated with the steer angle in the predetermined operation, among from the plurality of parking modes.
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