A vehicle guidance and parking system that continuously guides the
operator of a vehicle to a pre-determined parking position by using two
laser beams impinging on a forward or rearward surface. The two lasers
beams project to a substantially vertical surface to which a vertical
line has been applied and the vehicle is guided by the operator such that
the two laser beams are kept equidistantly horizontally centered around
the line during the vehicle approach to maintain the correct lateral
position in the pre-determined parking position. When the two laser beams
converge on the vertical line, the vehicle is longitudinally positioned
to the pre-determined parking position. Temperature compensation, due to
the wide temperature of potential use range, is provided by the laser
emitting device used in the vehicle guidance and parking system. A light
blocking shroud is used around the vertical line in bright sunlight
conditions when necessary to improve the visibility of the two laser beam
outputs for vehicle maneuvering.