A method for assisting with the parking of a motor vehicle includes detecting the position of a movement-control member able to indicate a transverse component and a longitudinal component, with respect to the motor vehicle, of a movement instruction, and analyzing the movement instruction. The method also includes classifying the movement instruction in two modes (mode 1, mode 2) according to the angle β about the transverse axis of the movement-control member with respect to its rest position and the comparison thereof with the angel βM that brings the steered wheels of the motor vehicle to the angle αM of maximum steering lock, and moving the vehicle in accordance with the movement instruction mode, with mode 2 corresponding to assisted parking mode and performing a semi-automatic parallel-parking maneuver.

A parking assistance apparatus mounted on a vehicle includes a display processor that displays an image on a right-side display disposed on a right side with respect to a driver, and displays an image on a left-side display disposed on a left side with respect to the driver located in the interior of the vehicle, and a calculator that recognizes boundary lines of a parking area located in the rear of the vehicle, and specifies a gap in a vehicle width direction between the vehicle and one of the boundary lines on each of the left side and the right side to determine a leftward off-center or a rightward off-center. The display processor displays a vehicle off-center image indicating a result determined by the calculator on each of the right-side display and the left-side display together with the image captured.

A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a camera configured to detect a target object in a parking space and a controller programmed to advance the vehicle into the parking space based on a yaw angle of the vehicle and a distance to the target object in response to the camera detecting the presence of the target object. The distance to the target object is based on a vector representing a boundary of the target object.

An imaging system and method of a trailer backup assist system is provided and includes a camera having an image sensor. The camera is mounted on the rear of a vehicle and images a target provided on a trailer. A controller is included for adjusting an image capture setting of the camera based on a status input from a vehicle lighting system, image data from the camera, and locational input from a positioning device.

A method and a device for the forward parking of a motor vehicle into a perpendicular parking space, wherein the motor vehicle includes an apparatus for detecting objects in the environment of the motor vehicle. The method includes detecting an object in the environment of the motor vehicle; determining the position of the object in relation to the motor vehicle; selecting a situation-dependent parking strategy as a function of the combination of the position of the object in relation to the motor vehicle and the turn signal position “left”, “right”, or “neutral” under the assumption of a perpendicular parking space next to the detected object; and performing a parking process on the basis of the situation-dependent parking strategy.

The invention relates to a method for assisting a driver in maneuvering a motor-vehicle combination (1) comprising, as vehicles, at least one tractor motor vehicle (2) and at least two trailers (3a, 3b) coupled thereto, wherein a target articulation angle (γ.sub.2) at least between two of the vehicles (3a, 3b) is externally specified and is adjusted by means of at least one steering actuator (5a, 5b) of at least one of the vehicles (2). The method comprises at least the following steps: a) dividing the motor-vehicle combination (1) into at least two sub-combinations (1a, 1b) in such a way that adjacent vehicles (2, 3a, 3b) form a sub-combination (1a, 1b) in pairs, in which sub-combination a first vehicle is used as a trailer unit (3a, 3b) and a second vehicle is used as a tractor vehicle unit (2, 3a), at least virtually; b) repeatedly determining a target angle (α, γ.sub.1, γ.sub.2) for a number of consecutive sub-combinations (1a, 1b) from a specified target articulation angle (γ.sub.1, γ.sub.2) between the tractor vehicle unit (2, 3a) and the trailer unit (3a, 3b), beginning with the sub-combination (1a) whose target articulation angle (γ.sub.2) was specified externally, wherein: —the determined target angle is adjusted as a target steering angle (α) for the tractor vehicle unit (2) of the sub-combination (1b) by means of the at least one steering actuator (5a, 5b) of the associated vehicle (2) if the tractor vehicle unit (2) has the at least one steering actuator (5a, 5b), or—the determined target angle is specified as the target articulation angle (γ.sub.1) for the next sub-combination (1b).

Method for supporting a driver by monitoring driving of a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle with trailer comprising a towing motor vehicle and at least one trailer coupled thereto, comprising at least the following steps: detection of image signals of a surroundings area of the motor vehicle or of the motor vehicle with trailer by at least two cameras arranged in particular on the motor vehicle or on the motor vehicle with trailer; transmission of the detected image signals of the cameras to at least one display device; display on the display device of one or more camera images based on transmitted image signals of the camera, wherein the camera images to be displayed are selected depending on the relative position and/or orientation of the driver to the motor vehicle or to the motor vehicle with trailer and/or depending on a number of driving state variables of the motor vehicle or the motor vehicle with trailer.

A method for driving a vehicle to a free parking space in a parking facility having a plurality of parking spaces, each parking space assigned a parking space marking that stores at least one piece of information about the occupancy of the parking space, includes the vehicle, when pulling into a parking space, marking the space as occupied via the parking space marking and, when pulling out of the parking space, marking the space as free again via the parking space marking. A corresponding parking facility, vehicle, and system by which to carry out such a method are also provided.

A parking steering assistance system is provided that calculates and provides a parking guide line applied with a tire dynamic radius value. The system includes an obstacle recognition unit configured to recognize an obstacle adjacent to a vehicle after parking is completed. A distance calculating unit is configured to calculate distance information between the obstacle and the vehicle, and a parking controller is configured to control a tire dynamic radius correction which is applied when calculating a parking guide line by using the distance information between the obstacle and the vehicle.

A trailer backup steering input apparatus is coupled to a vehicle. The trailer backup steering input apparatus comprises a rotatable control element (e.g., a knob) and a rotatable control element movement sensing device. The rotatable control element biased to an at-rest position between opposing rotational ranges of motion. The rotatable control element movement sensing device is coupled to the rotatable control element for sensing movement of the rotatable control element. The rotatable control element movement sensing device outputs a signal generated as a function of an amount of rotation of the rotatable control element with respect to the at-rest position, a rate movement of the rotatable control element, and/or a direction of movement of the rotatable control element with respect to the at-rest position.