Patent attributes
A parking assistance device includes: imaging means mounted on a vehicle to image a periphery of the vehicle; a coil for a vehicle installed on a bottom surface of the vehicle; a displaying means that displays an image; and a controlling means that performs a display control on the displaying means. The controlling means stores a parking initial image, simultaneously showing a power transmission coil installed on a road surface in a parking space and ground marks provided at a predetermined distance from the power transmission coil, displays the power transmission coil on the displaying means with reference to the ground marks imaged by the imaging means and the parking initial image when a distance between the vehicle and a target parking position falls below a predetermined value, and superposes and displays an image indicating the coil for a vehicle on the displaying means.