US 11,715,374 B2
Vehicle parking position notification system
Hironobu Hashiguchi, Aki-gun (JP); Takashi Iwase, Aki-gun (JP); Akira Yasutake, Aki-gun (JP); and Tsuyoshi Arinaga, Aki-gun (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/197,174.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-087615 (JP), filed on May 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0366282 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G08G 1/127 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/127 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0033 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle parking position notification system comprising:
an aircraft tethered to a vehicle by a tether that controls power supply from the vehicle to the aircraft, the aircraft including a camera, and being configured to fly outside the vehicle; and
a controller configured to control the aircraft,
wherein when a predetermined start condition is satisfied while the vehicle is parked, the controller is configured to
control the aircraft to take off from the vehicle while remaining tethered to the vehicle,
control the aircraft to be positioned such that the camera captures the vehicle and a user away from the vehicle simultaneously in an identical frame while remaining tethered to the vehicle,
control the camera to capture a position notification image including the vehicle and the user, the position notification image being indicative of a parking position of the vehicle, and
control the position notification image to be transmitted to a mobile terminal having a display and carried by the user.