Improvement of Reverse Parking Assist with Automatic Steering

This paper describes some of the technology developed to help automobile drivers perform reverse parking operations. The authors note that reverse parking requires the driver to perform complicated steering operations while verifying the safety of the maneuver all around the vehicle. An efficient high-performance reverse parking assist with automatic steering was developed and commercialized in 2003. This was followed in 2006 by the development of a function that can determine the target parking position by parking space recognition using ultrasonic sensors, and parking space line recognition using image processing. As a result, the satisfaction level and use frequency by users has dramatically improved. The authors go on to describe the improvements achieved with an ultrasonic sensor which assists in the function that informs the driver of the reverse parking starting position, and the function to improve parking accuracy by capturing and tracking the parking space lines. These systems are characterized by an audio function which in essence talks the driver through the process of reverse parking.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Kawabata, Yukiko
  • Endo, Tomohiko
  • Makino, Yasushi
  • Satonaka, Hisashi
  • Tanaka, Yu
  • Katoh, Masaya
• Conference:
  • 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and ITS America's 2008 Annual Meeting
  • Location: New York NY, United States
  • Date: 2008-11-16 to 2008-11-20
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: ITS Connections: Saving Time. Saving Lives

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Audible warning devices in vehicles; Backing (Driving); Driver support systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Optical devices; Parking; Parking facilities; Road markings; Technological innovations; Ultrasonic detectors
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01142551
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 28 2009 8:51AM