US 12,322,291 B2
Parking assist apparatus, parking assist system, and parking assist method
Kenji Kohara, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,887.
Application 17/935,887 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/004243, filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-066822 (JP), filed on Apr. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017805 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 1/14 (2006.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/0968 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/143 (2013.01) [B60W 30/06 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01); G08G 1/096827 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A A parking assist apparatus assisting a parking of a vehicle, the parking assist apparatus 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:
detecta level difference existing around the vehicle;
determine whether the level difference is a passing target level difference or an avoidance target level difference, the passing target level difference being a level difference that is to be passed over without avoidance, and the avoidance target level difference being a level difference that is to be avoided; and
control a notification apparatus to output a notification inside of a compartment of the vehicle, the notification indicating a plan to pass over the level difference in response to determining that the level difference existing on a traveling route to be traveled by the vehicle within a parking area for parking purpose is the passing target level difference,
wherein
the notification indicates indicating the plan to pass over the level difference in a notification mode that distinguishes the passing target level difference from the avoidance target level difference,
the vehicle is capable of automatic parking within the parking area where the vehicle is to be parked by automated driving, and the vehicle is controlled to perform to pass over the level difference or avoid the avoidance target level difference while performing automatic parking, and
in a case where a turning back of a steering wheel of the vehicle is required while performing automatic parking to avoid the avoidance target level difference, the notification apparatus is controlled to (i) display the avoidance target level difference at a position where the turning back of the steering wheel is required and (ii) display the passing target level difference in a different mode that is distinguishable from the avoidance target level difference.