PARKING EXIT ASSIST METHOD AND APPARATUS

• Main Authors: HAYAKAWA, Yasuhisa, SUZUKI, Yasuhiro
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 26.06.2024
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONTROLLING; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Provided is an exit assist method executed using an exit assist controller configured to control a subject vehicle (1) to move from an exit start position to a target exit position along an exit route. The exit assist method includes determining whether or not an adjacent parked vehicle (2) is present in an adjacent parking space to the exit start position; and when the adjacent parked vehicle (2) is present, setting the target exit position in accordance with an existence/nonexistence of the adjacent parked vehicle (2) in a direction of right and left side of the subject vehicle (1), a traffic direction of vehicles in a driveway on which the target exit position is set and a direction of an exit whether the subject vehicle (1) exits forward or backward.