Shock sensing device for vehicle and method for controlling thereof

• US 10,003,773 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2013
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yeungnam University
• Original Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yeungnam University
• Inventors: Jang, Dal Hyun, Lee, Seung Hwan, Kim, Young Tak, Suh, Sang Woon, Jung, Ho Youl, Park, Chang Hyeon
• Primary Examiner(s): Perungavoor, Sathyanaraya V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Young, Patricia I
• Application Number:
  US14/422,063
• Publication Number:
  US 20150244994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,768 Days
• Field of Search: 347148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/002 specially adapted for covering the peripheral part of the vehicle, e.g. for viewing tyres, bumpers or the like integrated in the windows B60R1/001; combined with rear-view mirrors B60R1/08
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/101 using cameras with adjustable capturing direction
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/102 using 360 degree surveillance camera system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/307 virtually distinguishing relevant parts of a scene from the background of the scene
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/404 triggering from stand-by mode to operation mode
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/50 characterised by the display information being shared, e.g. external display, data transfer to other traffic participants or centralised traffic controller
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8073 for vehicle security, e.g. parked vehicle surveillance, burglar detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/58 Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/584 of vehicle lights or traffic lights
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/60 Control of cameras or camera modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

The present invention relates to a shock sensing device for vehicle and method for controlling thereof. The present invention can minimize battery consumption with faster handling of occurred accident more than prior art when camera was installed at a side of a vehicle to film a blind spot since the present invention can film information of a vehicle blind spot with camera of only 1 channel or 2 channel.

Claims

1. A shock sensing controlling device for a vehicle comprising:

a plurality of shock sensing sensors installed in a vehicle;

at least one camera rotating to a predetermined direction when a shock sensing signal is generated from the shock sensing sensors;

an image processing unit recognizing front and back direction of a crashed vehicle and crash point where a crash occurred based on image information collected from the rotating camera, the crash point is divided into front, center and back of the crashed vehicle according to the shock sensing sensor which outputs the shock sensing signal;

a manual operating unit which films image information of an other crashed vehicle with a direct button input;

a control unit sensing filming direction of the camera and stopping the camera when the camera'"'"'s filming direction is directed and controls to store image information regarding crash vehicle, the control unit controls the at least one camera to rotate according to the crash point, and

a communication unit transmitting image information relating to the crashed vehicle filmed by the at least one camera;

wherein image information collected from the camera includes information of RGB value corresponding with brightness of a front light of the vehicle or RGB value corresponding with a red color of a tail light of the vehicle, the image processing unit determines the crash point and front and back direction of the crashed vehicle using the information of RGB value corresponding with brightness of the front light of a vehicle or the RGB value corresponding with the red color of the tail light of the vehicle.

2. A shock sensing control method for vehicle comprising:

a camera rotating step of a control unit rotating at least one camera installed in a vehicle when a vehicle crash is detected;

a recognition step of recognizing image information collected from the rotating camera based on a crash point wherein crash occurred;

a recording step of the control unit stopping the camera rotating with a direct button input and filming an other crashed vehicle when the crash point is recognized and,

a transmitting step of transmitting image information recorded or filmed with the camera to an external terminal device through a communication unit,

wherein the recognition step detecting a RGB value which corresponds with a front light or a tail light of the crash vehicle at night and wherein the recognition step determines front and back direction of the crashed vehicle according to the RGB value and recognizes the crashed vehicle as a forwarding vehicle when the RGB value of a head light is detected and recognizes the crashed vehicle as a reversing vehicle when the RGB value of a tail light is detected and the recording step stores an image filmed until the detected RGB value is not detected anymore when the head light or the tail light is detected.