US 11,984,031 B2
Parking control apparatus for vehicle and method thereof
Sun Woo Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Yong Joon Lee, Incheon (KR); and Jin Ho Park, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,776.
Application 17/685,776 is a division of application No. 16/654,379, filed on Oct. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,302,192.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0077580 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0189306 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/14 (2006.01); B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC G08G 1/143 (2013.01) [B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A parking control apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to search for at least one parking space when a vehicle is automatically parked, calculate an estimated route and a required parking time for each of the at least one parking space, and perform parking control into a target parking space which is one parking space selected from the at least one parking space by a user; and
a display configured to display the estimated route and the required parking time for each of the at least one parking space; and
wherein the processor is configured to calculate an estimated route and a required parking time for realigning a parking space in which the vehicle is currently parked based on a parking realignment mode selected by the user from among parking alignment modes, after manual parking of the vehicle is completed and control a parking realignment; and
wherein the parking alignment modes comprise a pillar/wall proximity parking mode, a center alignment parking mode, a driver seat convenience parking mode, and a passenger seat convenience parking mode.