Apparatus and method for safe drive inducing game

• US 10,391,406 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2013
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Jin Kwon, Lee, Byoung Joon, Jung, Ho Choul, Kim, Sam Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Thai, Xuan M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zaman, Sadaruz
• Application Number:
  US14/010,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20140342790A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,192 Days
• Field of Search: 434 65
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5375 for graphically or textually suggesting an action, e.g. by displaying an arrow indicating a turn in a driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/803 Driving vehicles or craft, e.g. cars, airplanes, ships, robots or tanks

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for a safe drive inducing game that includes a controller configured to execute the safe drive inducing game when a driver attention dispersion state is detected when a vehicle is driven. In addition, the controller recognizes a target driving path from vehicle driving information when executing the safe drive inducing game and generates a path guidance display according to the recognized target driving path to display on a game screen. The controller determines whether the vehicle follows the path guidance display by comparing a driving state of the vehicle with a position of the path guidance display displayed on the game screen and calculates a score of the safe drive inducing game according to whether the vehicle follows the path guidance display.

Claims

1. An apparatus for safe drive inducing game, comprising:

a controller configured to;

execute a safe drive inducing game when a driver attention dispersion is detected while a vehicle is driven to stimulate driver attention;

recognize a target driving path from vehicle driving information when executing the safe drive inducing game;

generate a path guidance display according to the recognized target driving path to display on a game screen;

determine whether the vehicle follows the path guidance display by comparing a driving state of the vehicle with a position of the path guidance display displayed on the game screen wherein the game screen is displayed on a head up display (HUD) of the vehicle; and

calculate a score of the safe drive inducing game according to whether the vehicle follows the path guidance display,

wherein the controller is further configured to execute the safe drive inducing game and execute the safe drive inducing game based on a driver selection when the driver attention dispersion state is detected and add or subtract a score obtained from the safe drive inducing game based on whether the driving state of the vehicle corresponds to the safe driving condition, and

wherein the vehicle is driven by the driver during the execution of the safe drive inducing game.

2. The apparatus for safe drive inducing game of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to detect an attention dispersion state of the driver while the vehicle is driven.

3. The apparatus for safe drive inducing game of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to detect the driver attention dispersion state using at least one of an image, biological information, and a driving pattern.

4. The apparatus for safe drive inducing game of claim 1, the controller is further configured to detect driving information including at least one of driving road information, navigation information, control area network (CAN) data, and an inter-vehicle distance.

5. The apparatus for safe drive inducing game of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to connect to a game server via a communicator to store and manage game data for each driver and transmit the game data to the game server.

6. A method for safe drive inducing game, comprising:

executing, by a controller, a safe drive inducing game when a driver attention dispersion state is detected while a vehicle is driven to a stimulate driver attention;

recognizing, by the controller, a target driving path from vehicle driving information when executing the safe drive inducing game;

generating, by the controller, a path guidance display according to the recognized target driving path to display on a game screen;

determining, by the controller, whether the vehicle follows the path guidance display by comparing a driving state of the vehicle with a position of the path guidance display displayed on the game screen wherein the game screen is displayed on a head up display (HUD) of the vehicle;

calculating, by the controller, a score of the safe drive inducing game according to whether the vehicle follows the path guidance display;

executing, by the controller, the safe drive inducing game to the driver;

executing, by the controller, the safe driver inducing game based on a driver selection when the driver selection dispersion state is detected; and

adding or subtracting, by the controller, a score obtained from the safe drive inducing game based on whether the driving state of the vehicle corresponds to the safe driving condition,

wherein the vehicle is driven by the driver during the execution of the safe drive inducing game.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

detecting, by the controller, the driven attention dispersion using at least one of;

an image, biological information, and a driving pattern of the driver prior to execute the safe drive inducing game.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

detecting, by the controller, driving information including at least one of;

driving road information, navigation information, control area network (CAN) data, and an inter-vehicle distance when the safe drive inducing game is executed.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that execute a safe drive inducing game when a driver attention dispersion state is detected while a vehicle is driven to stimulate driver attention;

program instructions that recognize a target driving path from vehicle driving information when executing the safe drive inducing game;

program instructions that generate a path guidance display according to the recognized target driving path to display on a game screen;

program instructions that determine whether the vehicle follows the path guidance display by comparing a driving state of the vehicle with a position of the path guidance display displayed on the game screen wherein the game screen is displayed on a head up display (HUD) of the vehicle;

program instructions that calculate a score of the safe drive inducing game according to whether the vehicle follows the path guidance display;

program instructions that execute the safe drive inducing game and execute the safe drive inducing game based on a driver selection when the driver attention dispersion state is detected; and

program instructions that add or subtract a score obtained from the safe drive inducing game based on whether the driving state of the vehicle corresponds to the safe driving condition,

wherein the vehicle is driven by the driver during the execution of the safe drive inducing game.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, further comprising:

program instructions that detect the driven attention dispersion using at least one of;

an image, biological information, and a driving pattern of the driver prior to execute the safe drive inducing game.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, further comprising:

program instructions that detect driving information including at least one of;

driving road information, navigation information, control area network (CAN) data, and an inter-vehicle distance when the safe drive inducing game is executed.