Parking Assistance Apparatus Automatic Space Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional parking assistance systems require users to explicitly initiate the assistance process by selecting a frame line disposition candidate, which complicates the procedure and reduces user convenience when parking in a desired space.
Innovation Solution
A parking assistance apparatus and method that includes a user setting unit, a target parking space searching and selecting unit, a parking operation assisting unit, and a parking operation assistance start determination unit, allowing users to set preferences for parking, automatically searching for and selecting suitable parking spaces based on user-defined criteria, and initiating assistance when conditions are met.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the conventional parking assistance system requires explicit user initiation by selecting a frame line disposition candidate, then the system can ensure accurate user intent, but the procedure becomes complicated and user convenience is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The parking assistance system automatically detects parking spaces and initiates assistance without requiring explicit user selection of frame line disposition candidates. The system serves itself by autonomously determining when parking assistance should be activated based on detected parking spaces, eliminating the need for complex user initiation procedures while maintaining accurate user intent through automatic detection algorithms
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection and identification of parking spaces before user interaction is required. By pre-processing the environment to identify available parking spaces and preparing assistance data in advance, the system eliminates the need for users to manually select frame line dispositions, thereby simplifying the user procedure while maintaining operational accuracy
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AI summary
A parking assistance apparatus includes: a parking space searching unit for searching for a parking-allowable parking space in which a user's vehicle can be parked; a target parking space selection unit for selecting a target parking space in which the user's vehicle is to be parked, based on an user setting information, when a plurality of parking-allowable parking spaces are detected; a parking operation assisting unit for assisting in a parking operation for parking the user's vehicle in the target parking space; and a parking operation assistance start determination unit for determining whether or not a determination condition for starting a parking operation is satisfied according to a state of the user's vehicle, and causing the parking operation assisting unit to start assisting in the parking operation when the determination condition is satisfied.