A method for providing a driver of a vehicle towing a trailer with reversing information, comprising the steps of: capturing image data of a region behind the trailer; measuring an angle between the vehicle and the trailer; generating auxiliary data 5 comprising reversing aid information at least in part in accordance with the angle; generating display data in accordance with the image data and the auxiliary data; and presenting the display data on a display.

In a parking assistance system comprising: a power transmission device provided on a ground side and configured to transmit power; and a power receiving device provided in a vehicle and configured to receive the power transmitted by the power transmission device and supply the power to an electric load, the power transmission device includes: a power transmission coil configured to transmit the power; imaging means for imaging the power transmission coil; and sending means for sending the power receiving device an image captured by the imaging means, and the power receiving device includes: a power receiving coil configured to receive the power transmitted by the power transmission coil; receiving means for receiving the image; and display control means for displaying the image received by the receiving means on display means.

Disclosed is a system of providing a parking guidance service of a vehicle including a sensor unit including a plurality of sensors configured to sense an environment around the vehicle and a parking space, a database unit configured to store parking pattern data of a driver, a controller configured to determine a parking difficulty of the parking space based on information sensed by the sensor unit and parking pattern data of the driver, stored in the database unit, and an output unit configured to provide information on the parking difficulty of the parking space, determined by the controller.

A vehicle 2 includes a power receiving unit 11 which receives electrical power sent from a power supply unit 4; a relative position acquisition unit 21 which acquires a relative position of the power receiving unit 11 relative to the power supply unit 4; and an alignment aid unit 22 which aids in alignment of the power receiving unit 11 relative to the power supply unit 4, by notifying to the driver of information relative to displacement of the power receiving unit 11 relative to the power supply unit 4, based on the relative position acquired by the relative position acquisition unit 21. The alignment aid unit 22 is switchable between a first notification which notifies the information relative to displacement by way of an image display device 12, and a second notification which notifies the information relative to displacement by way of a vehicle information presenting device 14.

A parking aid system 1 includes: a plurality of power supply devices installed at every parking space, and a parking aid device 5 which is built into a vehicle 2. The parking aid device 5 includes an on-board communication device 21 which acquires a first positional information sent from a power supply device, and an alignment aid unit 23 which aids in alignment to a power supply unit of the power supply device based on the first positional information. The alignment aid unit 23 calculates a path of the vehicle 2, specifies a power supply unit on the path of the vehicle 2 from among the power supply units of the plurality of power supply devices based on the first positional information, and executes authentication which permits transmission of electrical power with the power supply device of this specified power supply unit.

A method for assisting bay parking maneuvers of a vehicle includes locating, by a sensor system of the vehicle, an unoccupied parking space in a bay parking area. The method includes acquiring, by the sensor system, parking data on the unoccupied parking space, the parking data including information on positions of vehicles parking laterally adjacent to the unoccupied parking space in the bay parking area. The method includes deciding, by a decision unit of the vehicle, based on the parking data, if the vehicle fits into the unoccupied parking space side-to-side with at least one of the other vehicles, wherein a predefined lateral clearance is taken into account on both lateral sides of the vehicle. The method includes providing, by a steering assistant unit of the vehicle, steering instructions for steering the vehicle into the unoccupied parking space adjacent to the respective parking vehicle in observance with the predefined lateral clearance.

A vehicle sensing and guidance system for a vehicle wash, and a vehicle wash, are provided. The system includes a first vehicle sensing system having at least one sensor configured to detect a vehicle and generate sensor data, a storage storing computer readable instructions, at least one processor that, when executing the computer readable instructions, determines a pose of the first vehicle using the sensor data, and at least one output device configured to present at least one of a first vehicle positioning marker and a vehicle positioning signal at least partially based on the pose of the first vehicle.

To assist a vehicle operator in performing turning maneuvers in an appropriate manner under all conditions, a vehicle driving assist system includes: an external environment acquiring unit configured to acquire information on external environment surrounding a vehicle; a display unit having a screen displaying the information on the external environment; a steering state acquiring unit configured to acquire a steering status of the vehicle; and an image processing unit configured to determine a predicted trajectory of the vehicle according to the steering status of the vehicle, and superimpose the predicted trajectory on the information on the external environment displayed on the screen, wherein in case the predicted trajectory happens to be a full circle, the image processing unit removes a far end part of the trajectory to be displayed so as not to be connected to a start point of the trajectory on the screen.

A method of displaying parking assist information is used in a parking assist apparatus comprising a display and a control device. The control device detects a first parking space that satisfies a predefined parking condition. When information of selecting a second parking space other than the first parking space is input, the control device re-detects a parking space that satisfies the predefined parking condition as the first parking space.

A vehicular trailer guidance system includes an electronic control unit (ECU), a plurality of vehicle cameras and at least one trailer camera including a rear trailer camera disposed at a rear portion of a trailer hitched to the vehicle. A display screen is disposed in the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle. The display screen displays video images derived from captured image data, with the displayed video images including bird's-eye view images of a region at least partially surrounding the vehicle and trailer including an area rearward of the trailer hitched to the vehicle. During a reversing maneuver, and via processing of captured image data, an instruction for maneuvering the vehicle and trailer in reverse toward a target location is generated by the ECU. The generated instruction includes at least an instruction pertaining to steering of the vehicle during the reversing maneuver.