A parking assistance apparatus has a region detector capable of detecting a plurality of possible parking regions where a vehicle can park in at least one side to the left or right of the vehicle, a photographic image of the scenery surrounding the vehicle including the possible parking regions is displayed on a monitor device, the possible parking regions detected by the region detector are superimposed on the photographic image as graphic images showing parking target candidates in all of the corresponding positions, and one of the parking target candidates can be selected as a parking target on the basis of a command input from a driving device of the vehicle.

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›1.independentA parking assistance apparatus comprising:na region detector capable of detecting a plurality of possible parking regions in which a vehicle can park …+5

›2.↳ 1The parking assistance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection part is capable of selecting one of a plurality of the parking target can…d2

›3.↳ 1The parking assistance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection part selects, as the parking target, the parking target candidate located…d2+1

›5.↳ 1The parking assistance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection part, when the region detector has detected the possible parking regions …d2

›6.↳ 1The parking assistance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operated amount of the steering device when the parking target is selected is treat…d2

Classifications

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section B — Performing operations; transporting

B62D15/02
B60R1/00
B60Q1/48

Section G — Physics

G05D1/00

USPC · US Patent Classification

701/36340/932.2

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related publication	US 20130060421 A1	7 Mar 2013

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