METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ASSISTING WITH UNPARKING OF VEHICLE AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME

• US 20140336841A1
• Filed: 08/20/2013
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: SHIN, Ik Su, BAE, Han Wook, KWON, Jae Hee
• Application Number:
  US13/970,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20140336841A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/027 Parking aids, e.g. instruction means
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/028 Guided parking by providing commands to the driver, e.g. acoustically or optically

Abstract

The apparatus of assisting with unparking of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a receiving unit configured to receive information obtained by sensing obstacles located at the front, rear, left, and right of a vehicle parked perpendicularly which is a vehicle to be unparked; a condition determining unit configured to determine an unparking condition of the vehicle as any one of the preset conditions by using the obstacles sensing information received by the receiving unit; and a control unit configured to determine an unparking mode of the vehicle as any one of the preset unparking modes based on the condition determined by the condition determining unit and to assist with unparking of the targeted vehicle depending on the determined unparking mode.

Claims

1. An apparatus of assisting with unparking of a vehicle, comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive information obtained by sensing obstacles located at the front, rear, left, and right of a vehicle parked perpendicularly which is a vehicle to be unparked;

a condition determining unit configured to determine an unparking condition of the vehicle as any one of the preset conditions by using obstacles sensing information received by the receiving unit; and

a control unit configured to determine an unparking mode of the vehicle as any one of the preset unparking modes based on the condition determined by the condition determining unit and to assist with unparking of the targeted vehicle depending on the determined unparking mode.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the preset conditions are sixteen conditions which are discriminated by whether obstacles are present at front of the targeted vehicle, whether obstacles are present at the rear of the targeted vehicle, whether obstacles are present at the left of the targeted vehicle, and whether obstacles are present at the right of the targeted vehicle.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the preset sixteen conditions as to whether obstacles are present is discriminated by considering as being no obstacles when the obstacles are present beyond the preset distance of the vehicle to be unparked.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the preset unparking modes are three modes, and

the preset three unparking modes are an unparking disable mode, a normal unparking mode, and a simple unparking mode.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the unparking disable mode is a mode determined in the case of any one of

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front, right, and left of the targeted vehicle and

a condition in which obstacles are present at the front, rear, right, and left of the targeted vehicle.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the normal unparking mode is a mode determined in the case of any one of

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front and left of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front and right of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front and rear of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front, rear, and left of the targeted vehicle, and

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front, rear, and right of the targeted vehicle.

7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the simple unparking mode is a mode determined in the case of any one of

a condition in which obstacles are not present at the front, rear, left, and right of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at any one of the left, right, and rear of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the left and right of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the left and rear of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the right and rear of the targeted vehicle, and

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the left, right, and rear of the targeted vehicle.

8. A system of assisting with unparking of a vehicle, comprising:

a sensor configured to sense obstacles located at the front, rear, left, and right of a vehicle parked perpendicularly which is a vehicle to be unparked; and

an apparatus of assisting with unparking of a vehicle which includes;

a condition determining unit configured to determine an unparking condition of the vehicle as any one of the preset conditions by using information on obstacles sensed by the sensor; and

a control unit configured to determine an unparking mode of the vehicle as any one of the preset unparking modes based on the condition determined by the condition determining unit and to assist with unparking of the targeted vehicle depending on the determined unparking mode.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the preset conditions are sixteen conditions which are discriminated by whether obstacles are present at the front of the targeted vehicle, whether obstacles are present at the rear of the targeted vehicle, whether obstacles are present at the left of the targeted vehicle, and whether obstacles are present at the right of the targeted vehicle.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the preset sixteen conditions as to whether obstacles are present may be discriminated by considering as being no obstacles when the obstacles are present beyond the preset distance of the vehicle to be unparked.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the preset unparking modes are three modes, and

the preset three unparking modes are an unparking disable mode, a normal unparking mode, and a simple unparking mode.

12. A method of assisting with unparking of a vehicle, comprising:

receiving information obtained by sensing obstacles located at the front, rear, left, and right of a vehicle parked perpendicularly which is a vehicle to be unparked;

determining an unparking condition of the vehicle as any one of the preset conditions by using the obstacles sensing information received in the receiving; and

determining an unparking mode of the vehicle as any one of the preset unparking modes based on the condition determined in the determining of the unparking condition of the vehicle, and assisting with unparking of the targeted vehicle depending on the determined unparking mode.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the preset conditions are sixteen conditions which are discriminated by whether obstacles are present at front of the targeted vehicle, whether obstacles are present at the rear of the targeted vehicle, whether obstacles are present at the left of the targeted vehicle, and whether obstacles are present at the right of the targeted vehicle.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the preset sixteen conditions as to whether obstacles are present may be discriminated by considering as being no obstacles when the obstacles are present beyond the preset distance of the vehicle to be unparked.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the preset unparking modes is three modes, and

the preset three unparking modes are an unparking disable mode, a normal unparking mode, and a simple unparking mode.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the unparking disable mode is a mode determined in the case of any one of

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front, right, and left of the targeted vehicle and

a condition in which obstacles are present at the front, rear, right, and left of the targeted vehicle.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the normal unparking mode is a mode determined in the case of any one of

a condition in which obstacles are present at the front of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front and left of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front and right of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front and rear of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front, rear, and left of the targeted vehicle, and

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the front, rear, and right of the targeted vehicle.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the simple unparking mode is a mode determined in the case of any one of

a condition in which obstacles are not present at the front, rear, left, and right of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at any one of the left, right, and rear of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the left and right of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the left and rear of the targeted vehicle,

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the right and rear of the targeted vehicle, and

a condition in which obstacles are present only at the left, right, and rear of the targeted vehicle.