Parking assist apparatus for vehicle and control method of same
First Claim
1. A parking assist apparatus for a vehicle, which assists a driver with moving the vehicle from an arbitrary stopping position to a target parking position by automatic steering, the parking assist apparatus comprising:
- a setting portion which sets a path from the stopping position to the target parking position and a steering wheel operation necessary for guiding the vehicle along that path; and
an instruction portion which, when the setting portion determines that the path cannot be set with a steering angle in the stopping position and the path can be set with another steering angle in the stopping position, instructs the driver to turn the steering wheel to the other steering angle in a state where the vehicle is stopped.
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Abstract
In a parking assist apparatus that assists with moving, by automatic steering, a vehicle from an arbitrary stopping position to a target parking position set by the driver, a setting portion (i.e., a parking assist ECU) sets both a path from the stopping position to the target parking position and a steering operation necessary to bring the vehicle along that path. When this path cannot be set with the steering angle in the stopping position set as the initial steering angle, and when the path can be set with another steering angle as the initial steering angle, an instruction portion (i.e., a monitor or a speaker) instructs the driver to turn the steering wheel to this other steering angle.
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10 Claims
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1. A parking assist apparatus for a vehicle, which assists a driver with moving the vehicle from an arbitrary stopping position to a target parking position by automatic steering, the parking assist apparatus comprising:
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a setting portion which sets a path from the stopping position to the target parking position and a steering wheel operation necessary for guiding the vehicle along that path; and
an instruction portion which, when the setting portion determines that the path cannot be set with a steering angle in the stopping position and the path can be set with another steering angle in the stopping position, instructs the driver to turn the steering wheel to the other steering angle in a state where the vehicle is stopped. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A control method of a parking assist apparatus for a vehicle, which assists a driver with moving the vehicle from an arbitrary stopping position to a target parking position by automatic steering, the control method comprising the steps of:
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determining whether a path to the target parking position can be set with a current steering angle;
calculating, when the path cannot be set, another steering angle in the stopping position that can be set; and
instructing the driver to turn a steering wheel to the other steering angle that can be set in a state where the vehicle is stopped. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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