APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PARKING ASSISTANCE

A control system () for a vehicle () includes one or more processors collectively configured to: identify, using one or more sensors () of the vehicle, a parking space () in proximity to the vehicle; determine a region of interest () of the identified parking space; determine, using one or more sensors, that the vehicle is at least partially located within the region of interest; while the vehicle is determined to be at least partially located within the region of interest: determine that one or more conditions are satisfied for outputting an automated parking operation prompt, the one or more conditions comprising a predetermined number of directional changes performed by a user of the vehicle; and output the automated parking operation prompt.