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Automatic parking device for automobile

  • US 4,931,930 A
  • Filed: 04/05/1988
  • Issued: 06/05/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for assisting a vehicle operator to park a vehicle, comprising:

  • displacement-sensing means for measuring the moving distance of the car and providing a signal indicative thereof;

    obstacle-sensing means including several distance-measuring units mounted at suitable parts of the vehicle and pointing in certain directions for measuring distances between a body of the vehicle and obstacles along those directions, and providing signals indicative thereof;

    mode selection means for allowing the vehicle operator to select a desired parking mode from left-side parallel, left-side perpendicular, right-side parallel and right-side perpendicular, and providing a signal indicative thereof; and

    a microcomputer for receiving said signals from said displacement-sensing means, said obstacle-sensing means and said mode selection means, for sensing a parking space at one side of the vehicle during forward movement of the vehicle, for calculating parameters needed in executing said parking mode, and for providing instruction signals to display on an indicating unit for informing the operator how to manipulate controls of the vehicle to park it, the instruction signals including signals for a steering operation, a transmission operation, remaining displacement of the vehicle, and parking space conditions.

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