A parking assist system includes a control device configured to control screen display of a display device, to set a parking position candidate selected by an occupant as a target parking position, and to control an autonomous parking operation to autonomously move the vehicle to the target parking position. When a number of the parking position candidates detected by a parking position candidate detector exceeds a predetermined upper limit number, the control device selects, from among the detected parking position candidates, the upper limit number of parking position candidates to be displayed on the display device according to a predetermined rule and causes the display device to display the parking position candidates that have been selected.

A system of estimating ambient light includes an image sensor that captures an image; a region of interest (ROI) selector that determines at least one ROI on the image; an occupancy detector that determines existence status of an object disposed on the at least one ROI; and an ambient light estimator that estimates illumination of ambient light of the at least one ROI according to luminance of the at least one ROI on the image.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle having a positioning system for determining the position (and for example the orientation) of the motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a communication interface for reading in parking space information (via a wireless communication system), wherein the parking space information comprises the position of the parking space and for example the size of the parking space, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a tracking module for determining the position of the parking space in relation to the position (as well as for example the orientation) of the motor vehicle as well as an image generator for determining the position of a virtual image component on a transparent display (of the motor vehicle) depending on the position of the parking space in relation to the position (as well as for example the orientation) of the motor vehicle.

A method for a sensor-based and memory-based representation of a surroundings of a vehicle. The vehicle includes an imaging sensor for detecting the surroundings. The method includes: detecting a sequence of images; determining distance data on the basis of the detected images and/or of a distance sensor of the vehicle, the distance data comprising distances between the vehicle and objects in the surroundings of the vehicle; generating a three-dimensional structure of a surroundings model on the basis of the distance data; recognizing at least one object in the surroundings of the vehicle on the basis of the detected images, in particular by a neural network; loading a synthetic object model on the basis of the recognized object; adapting the generated three-dimensional structure of the surroundings model on the basis of the synthetic object model and on the basis of the distance data; and displaying the adapted surroundings model.

A vehicle includes a sensor circuit configured to detect an obstacle in a first region which is located on the predetermined traveling route and in a second region which is adjacent to the first region on the predetermined traveling route, the second region being farther than the first region. The vehicle enters the first region in a case where: there is no obstacle in the first region; and there is no obstacle in the second region, and does not enter the first region and stops before the first region in a case where: there is no obstacle in the first region; and there is an obstacle in the second region.

Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for managing parking monitoring and enforcement. Parking at a meter or in a parking lot or ramp can be provided as a subscription. A registration and verification process for the subscription service can be provided as a multi-step process that combines the smart parking meter with a QR code, a mobile parking app for a smartphone, a central parking management system, and digital images of the parked vehicle(s). The registration process verifies that only vehicles owned by the subscriber are associated with the subscriber's account. Steps can also be employed to ensure that subscribers are not incorrectly issued parking citations by determining whether license plate data for a vehicle initially determined to be in violation matches an active subscription parker's roster of registered vehicles.

A method and an apparatus for detecting a parking space, a device and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a top-view image of a scene; performing a learning process on the top-view image to obtain a center-point probability map and four inner-angular-point probability maps, and the center-point probability map includes a predicted probability of each pixel in the top-view image being a center point, each of the inner-angular-point probability maps includes a predicted probability of each pixel in the top-view image being an inner angular point, and the four inner-angular-point probability maps correspond to different types of inner angular points of a parking space; and obtaining a parking space detection result for the top-view image based on the center-point probability map and four inner-angular-point probability maps.

A parking assistance device is configured to assist parking of a vehicle. The parking assistance device includes: a communication interface; a processor; and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the parking assistance device to perform operations. The operations include: obtaining an image of a parking frame through the communication interface, the image being captured by the image capturing device provided in the vehicle; and determining, based on a number of one or more occupants in the vehicle, a correction value of a position of each of at least one end point of the parking frame detected from the image.

A parking assistance device includes an obstacle detection unit configured to detect an obstacle around a vehicle, a boundary detection unit configured to detect a boundary of a parking section, and a target position determination unit configured to determine a target position of a movement route of the vehicle based on the detected boundary. The target position determination unit recognizes, as a wheel stopper, the obstacle detected in a detection area that is set at a position in the parking section on a back side of an entrance and exit of the parking section based on the detected boundary, regardless of a height of the obstacle.

A driving assistance device that provides assistance to a vehicle including a sensor, collecting peripheral information, includes a detection unit that detects an obstacle and a parking area at a vehicle periphery; a road width calculation unit that calculates an area between first and second boundary lines as a road width; a route calculation unit that calculates a movement route through the area and the parking area to a target position; and a movement control unit that moves the vehicle along the movement route; where when a second obstacle is detected on the inside of the first and second boundary lines and on the second boundary line side with respect to the vehicle, and the second obstacle is continuously detected when the vehicle reaches a predetermined timing, an area between a third boundary line extending in the predetermined direction and the first boundary line is detected as new road width.