Parking assistance device and control method of parking assistance device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11498552-B2
Application number	US-202016832826-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2020
Priority date	Apr 22, 2019
Publication date	Nov 15, 2022
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022

Abstract

A parking assistance ECU is a device that assists parking of a subject vehicle and includes a route generation unit that generates a travel route on which the subject vehicle travels, a selection unit that selects, based on the travel route, a camera used for detection of an obstacle among a front camera, a right side camera, a left side camera, and a rear camera which capture an image of a surrounding of the subject vehicle, in a case where a turning action of the subject vehicle is included in the travel route, and an obstacle detection unit that detects an obstacle which possibly contacts with the subject vehicle from a captured image captured by the camera selected by the selection unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A parking assistance device that assists parking of a vehicle, the parking assistance device comprising: a processor that
generates a travel route on which the vehicle travels;
selects, based on an advancing direction of the travel route, a camera used for detection of an obstacle among plural cameras which capture an image of a surrounding of the vehicle, in a case where a turning action of the vehicle is included in the travel route; and
detects an obstacle which possibly contacts with the vehicle from a captured image captured by the selected camera,
wherein the processor sets a plurality of reference points at preset intervals on the travel route between a present position as a start position of the travel route and a stop position at which the vehicle stops travel,
calculates an attitude angle of the present position as the start position of the travel route based on an output of an attitude angle sensor,
calculates an attitude angle of the vehicle at each of the reference points based on the attitude angle of the vehicle at the start position of the travel route and a position coordinate of each of the reference points,
calculates a change amount which is difference in the attitude angle between neighboring reference points, and
determines whether or not the change amount in the attitude angle is greater than a threshold value in each of the neighboring reference points, and determines that a turning action is included in the travel route between the reference points where the calculated change amount in the attitude angle is greater than the threshold value.

2. The parking assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor detects an obstacle that possibly collides with the vehicle from a captured image captured by the selected camera, before a start of the turning action, in a case where the vehicle is in a stop state.

3. The parking assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor selects a front area camera that captures an image of a front area of the vehicle and a left area camera that captures an image of a left area of the vehicle among the plural cameras in a case where the vehicle performs forward travel and where the turning action is a left turn.

4. The parking assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor selects a front area camera that captures an image of a front area of the vehicle and a right area camera that captures an image of a right area of the vehicle among the plurals cameras in a case where the vehicle performs forward travel and where the turning action is a right turn.

5. The parking assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor selects a rear area camera that captures an image of a rear area of the vehicle and a right area camera that captures an image of a right area of the vehicle among the plurals cameras in a case where the vehicle performs backward travel and where the turning action is a left turn.

6. The parking assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor selects a rear area camera that captures an image of a rear area of the vehicle and a left area camera that captures an image of a left area of the vehicle among the plurals cameras in a case where the vehicle performs backward travel and where the turning action is a right turn.

7. A control method of a parking assistance device that assists parking of a vehicle, the control method comprising:
a step of generating a travel route on which the vehicle travels;
a step of selecting a camera used for detection of an obstacle among plural cameras mounted on the vehicle based on an advancing direction of the travel route in a case where a turning action of the vehicle is included in the travel route; and
a step of detecting an obstacle that possibly contacts with the vehicle from a captured image captured by the selected camera,
wherein the step of selecting includes the steps of selecting a plurality of reference points at preset intervals on the travel route between a present position as a start position of the travel route and a stop position at which the vehicle stops travel,
calculating an attitude angle of the present position as the start position of the travel route based on an output of an attitude angle sensor,
calculating an attitude angle of the vehicle at each of the reference points based on the attitude angle of the vehicle at the start position of the travel route and a position coordinate of each of the reference points,
calculating a change amount which is difference in the attitude angle between neighboring reference points, and
determining whether or not the change amount in the attitude angle is greater than a threshold value in each of the neighboring reference points, and determining that a turning action is included in the travel route between the reference points where the calculated change amount in the attitude angle is greater than the threshold value.

Assignees

• Clarion Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kurosawa Daiki
• Murayama Junya

Classifications

• B60W30/06 Primary

  Automatic manoeuvring for parking · CPC title

• B60W60/0011

  involving control alternatives for a single driving scenario, e.g. planning several paths to avoid obstacles · CPC title

• G06V20/586

  of parking space · CPC title

• B62D15/0285

  Parking performed automatically · CPC title

• G06V20/58

  Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads · CPC title