Auto-parking device

Details Auto-parking device Auto-parking device

2007-09-27

2010-06-15

Blount, Eric M (Department: 2612)

Communications: electrical

Vehicle parking indicators

C340S435000, C340S937000, C701S049000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07737866

ABSTRACT:
An auto-parking device installed on a vehicle comprises a vehicle status sensing unit for detecting a state of a vehicle, an image acquisition unit for capturing vehicle outside image, a range sensing unit for measuring the space, a processing unit for receiving states of the vehicle from the vehicle status sensing unit, receiving environmental states from the image acquisition unit and range sensing unit, calculating a parking path based on parallel parking or back-in parking and then controlling the vehicle steering, throttle and brake via a driving control unit to automatically park the car into the space as per the planned parking path.

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