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Parking space detector

  • US 9,613,533 B2
  • Filed: 11/13/2013
  • Issued: 04/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A parking space detecting device comprising:

  • a parking space existence determiner configured to determine whether or not a parking space for a driver'"'"'s own vehicle exists; and

    a relative velocity detector configured to detect a relative velocity of an object that the driver'"'"'s own vehicle passes by when the driver'"'"'s own vehicle is traveling,wherein the parking space existence determiner judges whether or not the object that the traveling driver'"'"'s own vehicle passes by, is a stationary object, and if the object is judged to be stationary, the parking space existence determiner determines that there is a possibility for the parking space to exist in at least one of front and rear of the object that is judged to be stationary, whereas if the object is judged to be moving, the parking space existence determiner determines that there is no possibility for the parking space to exist in front or rear of the object that is judged to be moving, andwherein the parking space existence determiner judges whether or not the passing object is stationary, based on the relative velocity that is detected by the relative velocity detector, and a driver'"'"'s own vehicle velocity which is a velocity at which the driver'"'"'s own vehicle is traveling.

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