Vehicle and method of controlling the same

• US 10,289,919 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2015
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Park, Jung Mi, Lee, Jia
• Primary Examiner(s): Fujita, Katrina R
• Application Number:
  US14/958,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20160217332A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,258 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/02 related to ambient conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30252 Vehicle exterior; Vicinity of vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/56 exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A vehicle includes an image capturer configured to acquire a driving image of surrounding environment of the vehicle, and a processor configured to acquire additional information related to the driving image and to store the driving image and the additional information.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

an image capturer configured to acquire a driving image of a surrounding environment of the vehicle;

a processor configured to acquire additional information related to the driving image, store the driving image and the additional information, and perform tagging on the driving image by using the additional information;

a microphone configured to receive the additional information through user'"'"'s speech;

a speech recognizing processor configured to receive a speech and recognize a control command from a user;

a display configured to provide a user with the driving image with the tagged additional information; and

a communicator configured to transmit the driving image with the tagged additional information to an external apparatus;

wherein the processor controls the acquiring of the driving image according to a result of speech recognition of the speech recognizing processor, performs tagging on the driving image with a voice memo received from the microphone, edits the driving image associated with the voice memo, and transmits the edited driving image associated with the voice memo to the external apparatus.

2. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the image capturer includes at least one of a front camera acquiring a front view image of the vehicle, a rear camera acquiring a rear view image of the vehicle, a side camera acquiring a side view image of the vehicle, and a black box camera for the vehicle.

3. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the additional information includes at least one of image capturing environment information about the surrounding environment in which the driving image is captured and vehicle state information about a state in which the driving image is captured.

4. The vehicle of claim 3, wherein the image capturing environment information includes at least one of a location in which the driving image is captured and a time in which the driving image is captured.

5. The vehicle of claim 3, wherein the vehicle state information includes at least one of a revolutions per minute (RPM) of an engine, a state of a transmission, a vehicle speed, an on/off state of a lamp, a temperature of coolant, fuel information, travel distance information, a tire pressure, and oil state information.

6. The vehicle of claim 1,

wherein the processor stores the speech of the user received through the microphone together with the driving image.

7. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the processor monitors a sign of abnormalcy in the vehicle, and

wherein when the sign of abnormalcy is detected, the processor captures the driving image of the vehicle.

8. The vehicle of claim 7, wherein the processor transmits the driving image and the additional information to a service server.

9. The vehicle of claim 1,

wherein the communicator comprises at least one of a wired communication module, a wireless communication module and a short range communication module.

10. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the voice memo is played together with the driving image when the driving image associated with the voice memo is selected.

11. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the processor edits the driving image displaying the tagged additional information and transmits the edited driving image displaying the tagged additional information to the external apparatus.

12. A vehicle comprising:

an image capturer configured to capture a driving image of the vehicle when a sign of abnormalcy is detected;

a processor configured to acquire additional information related to the driving image, store the acquired additional information together with the driving image, and perform tagging on the driving image by using the additional information;

a microphone configured to receive the additional information through user'"'"'s speech;

a speech recognizing processor configured to receive a speech and recognize a control command from a user;

a display configured to provide a user with the driving image with the tagged additional information; and

a communicator configured to transmit the driving image with the tagged additional information to an external apparatus;

wherein the processor controls the acquiring of the driving image according to a result of speech recognition of the speech recognizing processor, performs tagging on the driving image with a voice memo received from the microphone, edits the driving image associated with the voice memo, and transmits the edited driving image associated with the voice memo to the external apparatus.

13. A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising steps of:

acquiring a driving image of a surrounding environment of the vehicle;

acquiring additional information related to the driving image;

recognizing the speech of the user;

initiating acquiring the driving image according to a result of the step of recognizing;

storing the driving image and the additional information;

performing tagging on the driving image by using the additional information,

displaying the driving image with the tagged additional information; and

transmitting the driving image with the tagged additional information to an external apparatus,

wherein the step of performing comprises tagging on the driving image with a voice memo recognized from the speech of the user,

wherein the step of transmitting comprises editing the driving image associated with the voice memo and transmitting the edited driving image associated with the voice memo to the external apparatus.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of acquiring the driving image comprises at least one of steps of:

acquiring, by using a front camera, a front view image of a surrounding environment of the vehicle;

acquiring, by using a rear camera, a rear view image of the surrounding environment;

acquiring, by using a side camera, a side view image of the surrounding environment; and

acquiring an image of the vehicle on driving by using a black box camera provided in a black box.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of acquiring the additional information comprises at least one of:

acquiring image capturing environment information obtained when the driving image is captured; and

acquiring vehicle state information obtained when the driving image is captured.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein:

the step of storing the driving image and the additional information comprises storing the received speech of the user together with the driving image.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising steps of:

monitoring a sign of abnormalcy in the vehicle; and

initiating the capturing the driving image when the sign of abnormalcy is detected.