Wearable glasses, control method thereof, and vehicle control system

• US 10,162,998 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2015
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Park, Sung Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Walker, Jared
• Application Number:
  US14/954,482
• Publication Number:
  US 20160173865A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,121 Days
• Field of Search: 348112
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/171 Local features and components; Facial parts eye characteristics G06V40/18; Occluding parts, e.g. glasses; Geometrical relationships
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/18 Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2213/008 Aspects relating to glasses for viewing stereoscopic images

Abstract

Wearable glasses include a first capturer for photographing a front part, a second capturer for tracking a gaze direction of a user, and a controller for matching a target image captured by the first capturer with a three-dimensional (3D) interior map of a vehicle, corresponding to the target image, and determining a head direction of the user. The controller specifies an object corresponding to user gaze in the target image based on the determined head direction and the tracked gaze direction of the user. Accordingly, user convenience is enhanced.

Claims

1. A vehicle control system comprising:

a vehicle communicator configured to transmit three-dimensional (3D) interior map information to wearable glasses, and for receiving information regarding controllable substance from the wearable glasses; and

a controller configured, when an operation command regarding the controllable substance is inputted, to control the controllable substance according to the operation command,

wherein when user'"'"'s sight is fixed on the controllable substance for a predetermined time and the controllable substance is specified through the wearable glasses, the controller receives the operation command regarding the specified controllable substance from the wearable glasses.

2. The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle communicator is included in an audio-video-navigation (AVN) terminal.

3. The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the controllable substance includes at least one of a side mirror, a room mirror, a rear mirror and a headlight.

4. The vehicle control system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a sound command receiver configured to receive the operation command related to the controllable substance.

5. The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to provide an alert message, when receiving a signal of informing deviation out of a driving gaze region.

6. The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional (3D) interior map information includes a 3D image or video signal.

7. The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to receive the information about the controllable substance from the wearable glasses through the vehicle communicator, when the user'"'"'s sight is focused on the controllable substance for the predetermined time.

14. The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to specify the controllable substance information when the user'"'"'s sight is focused on the controllable substance for the predetermined time.

8. A vehicle control system comprising:

a vehicle communicator for receiving a view data related to user head and eye moving; and

a controller for, based on the view data and pre-stored three-dimensional (3D) interior map information, specifying a controllable substance and for controlling the controllable substance according to an operation command when the operation command regarding the controllable substance is inputted,

wherein when user'"'"'s sight is fixed on the controllable substance for a predetermined time and the controllable substance is specified through the wearable glasses, the controller receives the operation command regarding the specified controllable substance from the wearable glasses.

9. The vehicle control system according to claim 8, wherein the vehicle communicator is included in an audio-video-navigation (AVN) terminal.

10. The vehicle control system according to claim 8, wherein the controllable substance includes at least one of a side mirror, a room mirror, a rear mirror and a headlight.

11. The vehicle control system according to claim 8, the vehicle control system further comprising:

a sound command receiver is configured to receive an operational command related to substance.

12. The vehicle control system according to claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to provide an alert message, when receiving a signal of informing deviation out of a driving gaze region.

13. The vehicle control system according to claim 8, wherein three-dimensional (3D) interior map information includes 3D image.