ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150278614A1
• Filed: 03/30/2015
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Corp.
• Original Assignee: Thinkware Corporation
• Inventors: LEE, Han Woo
• Granted Patent: US 10,147,001 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/00 Input parameters relating to objects
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/588 Recognition of the road, e.g. of lane markings; Recognition of the vehicle driving pattern in relation to the road

Abstract

An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit configured to receive image data including a driving image of a vehicle, a driving line information generation module configured to identify a line region from the image data, and generate driving line information, corresponding to a currently-driving lane of the vehicle in the driving image, from image data corresponding to the identified line region, and a controller configured to perform necessary processing according to the driving line information.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving image data including a driving image of a vehicle;

identifying a line region from the image data;

generating driving line information, corresponding to a currently-driving lane of the vehicle in the driving image, on the basis of image data corresponding to the identified line region; and

performing necessary processing according to the driving line information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the driving line information comprises line type information corresponding to each of lines located at both sides of the currently-driving lane of the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the driving line information comprises:

performing binary coding for the image data of the identified line region; and

acquiring line type information from the binary-coded image data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the acquiring of the line type information comprises:

analyzing the binary-coded image data by using at least one of time continuity information and velocity information both related to each line, and identifying whether or not a type of each line of the currently-driving lane of the vehicle is a dashed line or a solid line.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the driving line information comprises line color information corresponding to each line located at both sides of the currently-driving lane of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the necessary processing according to the driving line information further comprises:

identifying a position of the currently-driving lane of the vehicle in the driving image on the basis of the driving line information; and

outputting lane guide information on the basis of the position of the currently-driving lane.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the necessary processing according to the driving line information further comprises:

identifying a position of the currently-driving lane of the vehicle in the driving image on the basis of the driving line information; and

outputting a lane change notification according to a navigating route of the vehicle and the position of the currently-driving lane.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the necessary processing according to the driving line information further comprises:

selecting an appropriate line departure warning for output, according to a type of each line at both sides of the currently-driving lane of the vehicle, identified based on the driving line information.

19. A storage medium having a program recorded therein, the program provided to execute in a computer a method disclosed in claim 1.

9. A method for controlling an augmented reality-based vehicle information notification apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving image data including a driving image of a vehicle;

identifying a line region from the image data;

generating driving line information related to the vehicle from image data of the identified line region;

generating a line information interface overlaid on the augmented reality according to the driving line information; and

outputting the line information interface through the augmented reality.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising performing a lane change notification using the line information interface, according to the driving line information and navigating route information.

11. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive image data including a driving image of a vehicle;

a driving line information generation module configured to identify a line region from the image data, and generate driving line information, corresponding to a currently-driving lane of the vehicle in the driving image, from image data corresponding to the identified line region; and

a controller configured to perform necessary processing according to the driving line information.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the driving line information comprises line type information corresponding to each line located at both sides of the currently-driving lane of the vehicle.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the driving line information generation module performs binary coding for the image data of the identified line region, and acquires line type information from the binary-coded image data.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the driving line information generation module analyzes the binary-coded image data by using at least one of time continuity information and velocity information both related to each line, and identifies whether or not a type of each line of the currently-driving lane of the vehicle is a dashed line or a solid line.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the driving line information comprises line color information corresponding to each line located at both sides of the currently-driving lane of the vehicle.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller identifies a position of the currently-driving lane of the vehicle in the driving image on the basis of the driving line information, and

wherein the apparatus further comprises an output unit configured to output lane guide information on the basis of the position of the currently-driving lane.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller identifies a position of the currently-driving lane of the vehicle in the driving image on the basis of the driving line information, and

wherein the apparatus further comprises an output unit configured to output a lane change notification according to a navigating route of the vehicle and the position of the currently-driving lane.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller selects an appropriate line departure warning according to a type of each line at both sides of the driving lane of the vehicle, identified based on the driving line information, and

wherein the apparatus further comprises an output unit configured to output the line departure warning.