A method for autonomously maneuvering a tow vehicle towards a trailer positioned behind the tow vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving one or more images from one or more cameras positioned on a back portion of the tow vehicle. The method also includes identifying a trailer representation within the one or more images. The trailer representation being indicative of the trailer positioned behind the tow vehicle. The method also includes setting a vertical center of the trailer representation as a target. The method also includes determining a first steering wheel angle to turn the tow vehicle such that the vehicle autonomously maneuvers in a direction towards the target. The method also includes transmitting instructions to a drive system causing the tow vehicle to maneuver based on the first steering wheel angle.

A parking assistance apparatus obtains a target travelling route including a forward section and a backward section and lets a vehicle move along the target travelling route such that the vehicle reaches a target parking position. The parking assistance apparatus execute a collision avoidance processing when an obstacle which is closer than a threshold distance is detected while the vehicle moves along the target travelling route. The distance between the vehicle and a specific region is kept to be larger than a clearance distance while the vehicle moves along the backward section such that the obstacle for the collision avoidance processing which cannot be detected while the vehicle moves along the forward section will not be found while the vehicle moves along the backward section. The specific region is determined on the basis of a detection region of a sensor device for detecting the obstacle and the threshold distance.

The invention provides a vehicle control method and device, a computer storage medium, and a vehicle, which are applied to the technical field of automobiles. The vehicle control method includes: determining, based on first information, second information, and third information, whether a vehicle is performing a reverse parking maneuver; comparing a reversing speed with a predetermined first speed when the vehicle is performing the reverse parking maneuver; and if the reversing speed is higher than the predetermined first speed, outputting a first control signal to adjust the reversing speed such that the reversing speed is not higher than the predetermined first speed, where the first information includes information indicating that the vehicle is in reverse gear, the second information indicates an environment surrounding the vehicle, and the third information indicates that the reversing speed is lower than a predetermined second speed, where the predetermined first speed is lower than the predetermined second speed.

In a parking assistance device for moving a vehicle from a current location to a scheduled parking location and parking the vehicle at the scheduled parking location, parking information indicated by a parking assistance code includes obstacle information which is information about obstacles in a parking area, and target location information which is information about a target parking location. A route generation unit is configured to generate a parking route from a current location to a scheduled parking location that is set to the target parking location indicated by the target location information, while avoiding the obstacles indicated by the obstacle information.

A system including vehicle and control system for a vehicle, the control system having one or more controllers and being arranged to: receive a request signal indicative of a request to move the vehicle in a first direction and sensor data indicative of one or more objects in an environment of the vehicle; and output a movement signal to cause an application of torque to one or more wheels of the vehicle to move the vehicle in the first direction in dependence on the request signal and to align the vehicle longitudinally to a detected first object in dependence on the sensor data, the aligned vehicle being positioned at least partly alongside the first object.

A parking assist system comprises: a backward position determining unit for changing, upon inputting of a notification that the travel of the vehicle has stopped in a forward route, the starting point of a reverse route to the stopping point wherein travel of the vehicle has stopped, and, if the vehicle has traveled along the backward route wherein the starting point has been changed to the stopping position, identifies a backward position wherein the vehicle can be reversed; a control information generating unit for generating control information for causing the vehicle to travel from the stopping position to the backward position; and a route generating unit for generating a second parking route, for causing the vehicle to travel to the parking position, based on the state of surroundings, acquired by a state acquiring unit, when the vehicle travels to the backward route.

A parking assist system comprises a route generating unit for generating a generating position for generating a parking route for parking a vehicle in a determined parking space and for generating a travel route for the vehicle to travel to the generating position; and a control information generating unit for generating control information for the vehicle to travel along the travel route by controlling a driving system 80 for causing the vehicle to travel, and for outputting the generated control information to a vehicle controlling unit for controlling the driving system, wherein: the route generating unit determines a generating position such that at least a portion of the back end of the vehicle will be positioned within a parking space, and, after the vehicle has arrived at the generating position, generates, at the generating position, a parking route for the vehicle to park in the parking space.

Systems and methods for coordinating steering controls between towing vehicles and towed vehicles provide more cohesive parking experiences during towing events, including bidirectional charging towing events. The towed vehicle may be controlled to provide assistive parking steering maneuvers to assist the towing vehicle when parking during the towing event. The assistive parking steering maneuver may include maneuvering a drive wheel of the towed vehicle either toward or away from a detected curb or detected traffic, for example.

A park assist system includes a controller that executes park assist control with which a vehicle is automatically parked in a parking spot. The controller is configured to set a point at a position higher than the vehicle and across the vehicle from the parking spot as a viewpoint used to generate the parking spot image, set an angle according to a parking spot distance that is an actual distance between the vehicle and a parking spot shown by the parking spot image as a depression angle used to generate the parking spot image, generate a parking spot image by using the set viewpoint and depression angle, cause a display device to display the parking spot image, and park the vehicle with the park assist control in a parking spot set by the driver as a target parking spot by way of viewing the parking spot image.

According to one embodiment, a vehicle guidance device is to be installed in a vehicle for providing path guidance to the vehicle. The device includes a plurality of receivers that receives a ranging information signal via a ultrasonic-wave ranging sensor, the ranging information signal including an ultrasonic-wave ranging signal on which path guidance information is superimposed, the ultrasonic-wave ranging signal being for measuring a distance to an object; an information extractor that extracts, for each of the receivers, the path guidance information from the ranging information signal; and a path guide that provides the path guidance on the basis of a distance corresponding to the ultrasonic-wave ranging signal and the path guidance information.