APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AVAILABLE DRIVING SPACE
First Claim
1. An apparatus for determining an available driving space, the apparatus comprising:
- a laser distance sensor installed in a vehicle and configured to sense a region in front of the vehicle by a predetermined distance to generate distance information;
a signal processing unit configured to generate plane distance information by using the distance information generated by the laser distance sensor;
a curb searching unit configured to determine correlation and similarity between the generated plane distance information and previous plane distance information to search for a curb; and
a determining unit configured to determine whether the region in front of the vehicle by the predetermined distance is an available driving space depending on whether a route of a curb searched by the curb searching unit is included in a driving region.
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus for determining an available driving space, including a laser distance sensor installed in a vehicle and configured to sense a region in front of the vehicle by a predetermined distance to generate distance information, a signal processing unit configured to generate plane distance information by using the distance information generated by the laser distance sensor, a curb searching unit configured to determine correlation and similarity between the generated plane distance information and previous plane distance information to search for a curb, and a determining unit configured to determine whether the region in front of the vehicle by the predetermined distance is an available driving space depending on whether a route of a curb searched by the curb searching unit is included in a driving region.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus for determining an available driving space, the apparatus comprising:
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a laser distance sensor installed in a vehicle and configured to sense a region in front of the vehicle by a predetermined distance to generate distance information; a signal processing unit configured to generate plane distance information by using the distance information generated by the laser distance sensor; a curb searching unit configured to determine correlation and similarity between the generated plane distance information and previous plane distance information to search for a curb; and a determining unit configured to determine whether the region in front of the vehicle by the predetermined distance is an available driving space depending on whether a route of a curb searched by the curb searching unit is included in a driving region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for determining an available driving space, the method comprising:
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sensing a region in front of a vehicle by a predetermined distance by using a laser distance sensor installed in the vehicle to generate distance information; generating plane distance information by using the generated distance information; determining correlation and similarity between the generated plane distance information and previous plane distance information to search for a curb; and determining whether the region in front of the vehicle by the predetermined distance is an available driving space or an unavailable driving space depending on a searched curb. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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