System and method to provide driving assistance
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1. A system for driving assistance, said system comprising:
- circuitry in an electronic control unit in a first vehicle, said circuitry configured to;
detect an action associated with said first vehicle based on a signal generated by a sensor embedded in said first vehicle; and
control activation of a camera located on said first vehicle based on said detected action,wherein said camera captures an image in a forward-facing direction of said first vehicle,wherein said camera is located on said first vehicle at a first side opposite to a second side of a driver of said first vehicle,wherein said activation of said camera corresponds to rotation of said camera from a rearward-facing direction of said first vehicle to said forward-facing direction of said first vehicle based on said detected action, andwherein said detected action corresponds to a first change in a steering angle of said first vehicle above a first threshold angle.
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Abstract
Various aspects of a system and method to provide driving assistance are disclosed herein. The system comprises one or more circuits in an electronic control unit used in a vehicle configured to detect one or more actions associated with the vehicle based on one or more signals generated by one or more sensors embedded in the vehicle. The electronic control unit may be further configured to control the activation of an imaging device located on the vehicle at an opposite side of a driver of the vehicle, based on the detected one or more actions. The imaging device is operable to capture one or more images in a forward-facing direction of the vehicle.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for driving assistance, said system comprising:
circuitry in an electronic control unit in a first vehicle, said circuitry configured to; detect an action associated with said first vehicle based on a signal generated by a sensor embedded in said first vehicle; and control activation of a camera located on said first vehicle based on said detected action, wherein said camera captures an image in a forward-facing direction of said first vehicle, wherein said camera is located on said first vehicle at a first side opposite to a second side of a driver of said first vehicle, wherein said activation of said camera corresponds to rotation of said camera from a rearward-facing direction of said first vehicle to said forward-facing direction of said first vehicle based on said detected action, and wherein said detected action corresponds to a first change in a steering angle of said first vehicle above a first threshold angle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for driving assistance, said method comprising:
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detecting, by an electronic control unit in a first vehicle, an action associated with said first vehicle based on a signal generated by a sensor embedded in said first vehicle; and controlling, by said electronic control unit in said first vehicle, activation of a camera located on said first vehicle based on said detected action, wherein said camera captures an image in a forward-facing direction of said first vehicle, wherein said camera is located on said first vehicle at a first side opposite to a second side of a driver of said first vehicle, wherein said activation of said camera corresponds to rotation of said camera from a rearward-facing direction of said first vehicle to said forward-facing direction of said first vehicle based on said detected action, and wherein said detected action corresponds to a change in a steering angle of said first vehicle above a threshold angle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer to execute operations, said operations comprising:
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detecting, by an electronic control unit in a vehicle, an action associated with said vehicle based on a signal generated by a sensor embedded in said vehicle; and controlling, by said electronic control unit in said vehicle, activation of a camera located on said vehicle based on said detected action, wherein said camera captures an image in a forward-facing direction of said vehicle, wherein said camera is located on said vehicle at a first side opposite to a second side of a driver of said vehicle, wherein said activation of said camera corresponds to rotation of said camera from a rearward-facing direction of said vehicle to said forward-facing direction of said vehicle based on said detected action, and wherein said detected action corresponds to a change in a steering angle of said vehicle above a threshold angle.
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21. A vehicle, comprising:
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a battery; a sensor configured to generate a signal associated with said vehicle; a camera configured to be powered by said battery and capture an image in a forward-facing direction of said vehicle, wherein said camera is located on said vehicle at a first side opposite to a second side of a driver of said vehicle, and wherein activation of said camera corresponds to rotation of said camera from a rearward-facing direction of said vehicle to said forward-facing direction of said vehicle based on an action associated with said vehicle, and wherein said action corresponds to a change in a steering angle of said vehicle above a threshold angle; a display configured to render said image; and circuitry in an electronic control unit (ECU), said circuitry configured to; detect said action associated with said vehicle based on said signal generated by said sensor embedded in said vehicle; and control said activation of said camera located on said vehicle based on at least one of said detected action or said image.
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