AROUND VIEW MONITOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20160129837A1
• Filed: 10/26/2015
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: ZHU, Hui Ling
• Granted Patent: US 9,840,198 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/27 providing all-round vision, e.g. using omnidirectional cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/28 with an adjustable field of view
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/306 using a re-scaling of images
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/602 with an adjustable viewpoint
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/607 from a bird's eye viewpoint
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/70 characterised by an event-triggered choice to display a specific image among a selection of captured images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

Disclosed are an around view monitor system and a method of controlling the same. The around view monitor system includes: a travel information receiving unit configured to receive gear information from a transmission of a vehicle; a touch input receiving unit configured to receive a touch signal for a display device provided in the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control an output effect to be applied to image data around the vehicle output to the display device according to the gear information transmitted from the travel information receiving unit and the touch signal transmitted from the touch input receiving unit.

Claims

1. An around view monitor system, comprising:

a travel information receiving unit configured to receive gear information from a transmission of a vehicle;

a touch input receiving unit configured to receive a touch signal for a display device provided in the vehicle; and

a control unit configured to control an output effect to be applied to image data around the vehicle output to the display device according to the gear information transmitted from the travel information receiving unit and the touch signal transmitted from the touch input receiving unit.

2. The around view monitor system of claim 1, wherein the control unit includes:

a view change effect selection unit configured to select an output effect corresponding to the touch signal among a plurality of output effects; and

a view change unit configured to apply the output effect selected by the view change effect selection unit to the image data.

3. The around view monitor system of claim 1, wherein the touch signal includes:

a first touch signal of touching the display device one time;

a second touch signal of continuously touching the display device two times;

a third touch signal of zooming in or zooming out a screen of the display device; and

a fourth touch signal of touching the display device to push and move an image in up, down, left, and right directions.

4. The around view monitor system of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the display device so as to display a screen including an around view area outputting the image data according to the touch signal, a crop-view area outputting an enlarged part of the image data output on the area view area according to the touch signal, and a button area, in which an icon selecting an output angle of the image data is generated.

5. The around view monitor system of claim 3, wherein the around view area outputs the image data according to the first touch signal or the second touch signal.

6. The around view monitor system of claim 3, wherein the crop-view area outputs the image data according to the third touch signal or the fourth touch signal.

7. A method of controlling an around view monitor system, comprising:

receiving gear information from a transmission of a vehicle;

receiving a touch signal for a display device provided in the vehicle;

selecting an output effect to be applied to image data around the vehicle output to the display device according to the gear information and the touch signal; and

applying the selected output effect to the image data and outputting the image data to the display device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the selecting of the output effect of the image data includes analyzing any one touch signal among a plurality of touch signals based on the number of times of touch or a touch method, and selecting an output effect corresponding to the analyzed touch signal among the plurality of output effects.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the touch signal includes:

a first touch signal of touching the display device one time;

a second touch signal of continuously touching the display device two times;

a third touch signal of zooming in or zooming out a screen of the display device; and

a fourth touch signal of touching the display device to push and move an image in up, down, left, and right directions.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the screen of the display device includes:

an around view area outputting the image data according to the touch signal;

a crop-view area outputting an enlarged part of the image data output on the around view area according to the touch signal; and

a button area, in which an icon selecting an output angle of the image data is generated.