US 12,311,920 B2
Parking assistance device, parking assistance method, and computer program product
Taishi Fujita, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/050,893.
Application 18/050,893 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/007922, filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-081439 (JP), filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0091505 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/06 (2013.01) [B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02); B60W 2554/20 (2020.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A parking assistance device comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium; and
a set of computer-executable instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that cause the processor to:
calculate a size of a blind spot area of a subject vehicle created when the subject vehicle is parked at a specific position in a parking space scheduled for the subject vehicle;
determine, as a parking position, the specific position where a predetermined condition related to the size of the blind spot area is satisfied; and
assist parking of the subject vehicle at the determined parking position,
wherein
assistance of the parking of the subject vehicle includes a traveling control of the subject vehicle.