A vehicle parking assisting system detects an obstacle by sonar devices,
and displays it as a present detection position and a past detection
point on a display device in an overlapping manner with a combined
birds-eye view image. The present detection point is displayed as a
series of dots extending from a predetermined position in a fan-shaped
detection area in an arcuate shape along a detection area of the sonar
devices, and the past detection point is displayed as a single dot
located at the predetermined position in the fan-shaped detection area.