Parking assistance apparatus
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1. A parking assistance apparatus comprising:
- a region detector capable of detecting a plurality of possible parking regions in which a vehicle can park in at least one side to the left or right of the vehicle;
photographic image acquisition part for acquiring a photographic image of the scene surrounding the vehicle;
a display controller for displaying the photographic image on a monitor device and superimposing graphic images showing parking target candidates in positions where the possible parking regions detected by the region detector correspond on the photographic image; and
a selection part capable of selecting one of the parking target candidates as a parking target on the basis of command input from a driving device of the vehicle,whereinthe driving device is a steering device of the vehicle, andthe selection part selects as the parking target a parking target candidate in a position that is nearer to the vehicle when, based on an operated amount of the steering device, the operated amount is greater.
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Abstract
A parking assistance apparatus has a region detector capable of detecting a plurality of possible parking regions where a vehicle can park in at least one side to the left or right of the vehicle, a photographic image of the scenery surrounding the vehicle including the possible parking regions is displayed on a monitor device, the possible parking regions detected by the region detector are superimposed on the photographic image as graphic images showing parking target candidates in all of the corresponding positions, and one of the parking target candidates can be selected as a parking target on the basis of a command input from a driving device of the vehicle.
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1. A parking assistance apparatus comprising:
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a region detector capable of detecting a plurality of possible parking regions in which a vehicle can park in at least one side to the left or right of the vehicle; photographic image acquisition part for acquiring a photographic image of the scene surrounding the vehicle; a display controller for displaying the photographic image on a monitor device and superimposing graphic images showing parking target candidates in positions where the possible parking regions detected by the region detector correspond on the photographic image; and a selection part capable of selecting one of the parking target candidates as a parking target on the basis of command input from a driving device of the vehicle, wherein the driving device is a steering device of the vehicle, and the selection part selects as the parking target a parking target candidate in a position that is nearer to the vehicle when, based on an operated amount of the steering device, the operated amount is greater. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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