VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20160275360A1
• Filed: 12/02/2015
• Published: 09/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: KANG, Kyunghyun, KANG, Ki Dong, RO, HeeJin, YOUN, Seok-young, KIM, Sung Un, BAEK, Bitna, KIM, Ga Hee, HEO, Jong Hyuck, KIM, Chisung
• Application Number:
  US14/957,473
• Publication Number:
  US 20160275360A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/586 of parking space
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/143 inside the vehicles

Abstract

A vehicle providing an available parking space, includes a communicator configured to receive parking information, which includes at least one of image information collected by at least one external device located within a threshold from the vehicle, and information about a location of the external device from the external device. A display is configured to display information about the available parking space, which is extracted from the parking information received from the communicator.

Claims

1. A vehicle providing an available parking space, the vehicle comprising:

a communicator configured to receive parking information, which includes at least one of image information collected by at least one external device located within a threshold from the vehicle, and information about a location of the at least one external device from the at least one external device; and

a display configured to display information about the available parking space, the information extracted from the parking information received from the communicator.

2. The vehicle of claim 1, further comprising:

an image processor configured to image the parking information.

3. The vehicle of claim 2, further comprising:

a controller configured to extract information regarding the available parking space from the parking information received from the communicator.

4. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the vehicle and the at least one external device communicates with each other through Device to Device (D2D) communication.

5. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one external device is authenticated in advance.

6. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one external device comprises an image capturer.

7. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one external device comprises at least one of a surrounding vehicle and a closed circuit television (CCTV) located within the threshold from the vehicle.

8. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the communicator is configured to simultaneously or sequentially receive the parking information from the at least one external device when there are a plurality of external devices within the threshold.

9. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the communicator is configured to receive the parking information from the at least one external device via a server.

10. The vehicle of claim 9, wherein the parking information received from the server includes priority information for a plurality of vehicles when the plurality of vehicles access the at least one external device.

11. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the communicator includes a beacon module for collecting the information about the location of the at least one external device.

12. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to display the image information of the available parking space, taking into account a size of the vehicle.

13. The vehicle of claim 1, further comprising:

a position detector configured to detect information about locations of the vehicle and the at least one external device.

14. The vehicle of claim 13, wherein the position detector includes a global positioning system (GPS) for creating GPS positioning information for the vehicle and the at least one external device.

15. A method for controlling a vehicle providing an available parking space, the method comprising:

receiving, by a communicator, parking information, which includes at least one of image information collected by at least one external device located within a threshold from the vehicle, and information about a location of the at least one external device from the at least one external device; and

displaying, by a display, information about the available parking space, which is extracted from the received parking information.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

imaging the received parking information before the step of displaying.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

extracting the information regarding the available parking space from the received parking information.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of receiving the parking information from the external device comprises:

simultaneously or sequentially receiving the parking information from the external device when there are a plurality of external devices within the threshold from the vehicle.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of receiving the parking information from the external device comprises:

receiving the parking information from the at least one external device via a server.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of receiving the parking information from the external device comprises:

receiving priority information for a plurality of vehicles via the server when the plurality of vehicles access the external device.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of displaying the information regarding the available parking space comprises:

displaying the image information of the available parking space, taking into account a size of the vehicle.

22. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

creating GPS positioning information for the vehicle and at least one external device located within the threshold from the vehicle.