Vehicle and method for controlling the same

• US 10,644,399 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2016
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Sung Un
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Xavier S
• Application Number:
  US15/073,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20160278153A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,510 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/34 by electrical means active lenses or reflecting arrays H01Q3/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A vehicle includes: a wireless communication device transmitting a radio signal into a surrounding area of the vehicle through beamforming and receiving sensor information, in return, from at least one other vehicle that receives the radio signal; a generator generating surrounding condition information regarding the surrounding area of the vehicle based on the received sensor information; and an indicator indicating the surrounding condition information.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a wireless communication device transmitting a radio signal into a surrounding area of the vehicle through beamforming and receiving sensor information, in return, from at least one other vehicle that receives the radio signal;

a generator generating surrounding condition information regarding the surrounding area of the vehicle based on position information of the at least one other vehicle and the received sensor information;

an indicator indicating the surrounding condition information; and

an identifying unit identifying the at least one other vehicle based on position information and speed information calculated by a sensor unit of the vehicle and position information and speed information received through the wireless communication device from the at least one other vehicle, wherein

the wireless communication device transmits the radio signal into the surrounding area of the vehicle by dividing time intervals based on a gap set according to a beam width determined based on directional characteristics of the radio signal,

the generator is configured to generate the surrounding condition information based on the sensor information received from the at least one other vehicle identified by the identifying unit, and

wherein the generator is configured to generate position information regarding the surrounding area of the vehicle by comparing the position information of the vehicle measured by the position measuring device and the received position information of the at least one other vehicle and generate surrounding condition information by combining the sensor information of the vehicle and the sensor information of the at least one other vehicle with the position information regarding the surrounding area of the vehicle.

2. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device transmits the radio signal based on a gap set according to the beam width.

3. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the wireless communication device receives a response signal from the at least one other vehicle which has received the radio signal and is located in the surrounding area of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle of claim 3, wherein the generator determines a direction of transmitting a radio signal corresponding to the received response signal and determines the position information of the at least one other vehicle based on the determined transmission direction.

5. A vehicle comprising:

a wireless communication device receiving position information and sensor information from at least one other vehicle located in a surrounding area of the vehicle through Device-to-Device (D2D) communication;

a generator generating surrounding condition information regarding the surrounding area of the vehicle based on the received position information and sensor information by combining an identification of the at least one other vehicle and the received sensor information and generating sensor information of the vehicle;

an indicator indicating the surrounding condition information;

a position measuring device configured to measure position information of the vehicle; and

an identifying unit identifying the at least one other vehicle based on position information and speed information calculated by a sensor unit of the vehicle and the position information and speed information received through the wireless communication device from the at least one other vehicle, wherein

the wireless communication device transmits a radio signal into the surrounding area of the vehicle by dividing time intervals based on a gap set according to a beam width determined based on directional characteristics of the radio signal,

the generator is configured to generate the surrounding condition information based on the sensor information received from the at least one other vehicle identified by the identifying unit, and

wherein the generator is configured to determine position information regarding the surrounding area of the vehicle by comparing the position information of the vehicle measured by the position measuring device and the received position information of the at least one other vehicle and generate surrounding condition information by combining the sensor information of the vehicle and the sensor information of the at least one other vehicle with the position information regarding the surrounding area of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle of claim 5, further comprising:

the sensor unit calculating the position information and the speed information of the at least one other vehicle located in the surrounding area of the vehicle.

7. The vehicle of claim 6, wherein the sensor unit measures relative position information and relative speed information of the at least one other vehicle located in the surrounding area of the vehicle, calculates position information of the at least one other vehicle based on the measured relative position information of the at least one other vehicle and position information of the vehicle, and calculates speed information of the at least one other vehicle based on the measured relative speed information of the at least one other vehicle and speed information of the vehicle.

8. The vehicle of claim 7, wherein the identifying unit identifies the at least one other vehicle by comparing the position information calculated by the sensor unit and the position information received through the wireless communication unit and by comparing the speed information calculated by the sensor unit and the speed information received through the wireless communication device.

9. A method for controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a wireless communicator, a radio signal into a surrounding area of the vehicle through beamforming;

receiving, by the wireless communicator, sensor information, in return, from at least one other vehicle that receives the radio signal;

generating, by a generator, surrounding condition information regarding the surrounding area of the vehicle based on position information of the at least one other vehicle and the received sensor information;

indicating, by an indicator, the surrounding condition information;

identifying, by an identifying unit, the at least one other vehicle based on position information and speed information calculated by a sensor unit of the vehicle and position information and speed information received through the wireless communicator from the at least one other vehicle, wherein

the transmitting of the radio signal comprises transmitting the radio signal into the surrounding area of the vehicle by dividing time intervals based on a gap set according to a beam width determined based on directional characteristics of the radio signal, and

the generating of the surrounding condition information comprises generating the surrounding condition information based on the sensor information received from the at least one other vehicle identified by the identifying unit; and

generating position information regarding the surrounding area of the vehicle by comparing the position information of the vehicle measured by the position measuring device and the received position information of the at least one other vehicle and generating surrounding condition information by combining the sensor information of the vehicle and the sensor information of the at least one other vehicle with the position information regarding the surrounding area of the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting of the radio signal comprises:

transmitting the radio signal based on a gap set according to the beam width.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the receiving of sensor information from the at least one other vehicle comprises:

receiving a response signal from the at least one other vehicle which has received the radio signal and is located in the surrounding area of the vehicle.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the generating of surrounding condition information comprises:

determining a direction of transmitting a radio signal corresponding to the received response signal; and

determining the position information of the at least one other vehicle based on the determined transmission direction.