DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME

• US 20170054946A1
• Filed: 02/23/2016
• Published: 02/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Kihyeon, LEE, Jaeho
• Granted Patent: US 10,200,656 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 2300/301 combining image information with other obstacle sensor information, e.g. using RADAR/LIDAR/SONAR sensors for estimating risk of collision
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/303 using joined images, e.g. multiple camera images
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/607 from a bird's eye viewpoint
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8026 in addition to a rear-view mirror system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/804 for lane monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/806 for aiding parking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A display apparatus with an around-view monitor function includes a camera configured to acquire an image by capturing an image of a view around a vehicle, a memory configured to store the captured image, and a processor. The processor is configured to, based on the captured image of the view around the vehicle, fix a view point for the around-view monitor function, designate a viewing area at the fixed view point for the around-view monitor function, and generate a fixed around-view monitor image representing the viewing area at the fixed view point. The display apparatus also includes a display unit configured to display the fixed around-view monitor image.

Claims

1. A display apparatus having an around-view monitor function, the display apparatus comprising:

a camera configured to acquire an image by capturing an image of a view around a vehicle

a memory configured to store the captured image;

a processor configured to, based on the captured image of the view around the vehicle;

fix a view point for the around-view monitor function;

designate a viewing area at the fixed view point for the around-view monitor function; and

generate a fixed around-view monitor image representing the viewing area at the fixed view point; and

a display unit configured to display the fixed around-view monitor image.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a distance sensor configured to measure a distance between the vehicle and an object outside of the vehicle,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the distance to the object based on the distance sensor; and

detect a moving object based on the determined distance to the object.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to, based on detecting the moving object, update a motion of the moving object on the fixed around-view monitor image.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a position change of the vehicle; and

update an image of the vehicle on the fixed around-view monitor image according to the determined position change of the vehicle.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a likelihood of collision according to a driving direction of the vehicle and the motion of the moving object; and

include, in the fixed around view monitor image and based on the determined likelihood of collision, an additional image that includes an indication of the moving object that is likely to collide with the vehicle.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

match a currently captured image of the view around the vehicle, a stored previously captured image, and an image of the vehicle; and

generate the fixed around-view monitor image based on matching the currently captured image of the view around the vehicle, the stored previously captured image, and the image of the vehicle.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that the vehicle is parking or changing lanes;

automatically fix the view point based on the determination that the vehicle is parking or changing lanes; and

generate the fixed around view monitor image based on the automatically fixed view point.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to maintain the fixed view point and the designated viewing area while the vehicle moves.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect a parking space in a vicinity of the vehicle; and

fix the view point to a point located over the vehicle based on detecting the parking space.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine sensor information comprising at least one of steering, acceleration pedal, or gear shift change;

determine a prediction for a movement position of the vehicle according to the determined sensor information;

determine, based on the prediction for the movement position of the vehicle, whether the vehicle is expected to park within the parking space; and

include, in the fixed around-view monitor image, an additional image according to a determination that the vehicle is expected to park within the parking space.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a distance sensor configured to measure a distance between the vehicle and an object within the designated viewing area,

wherein the processor is further configured to include, in the fixed around-view monitor image, an additional image representing the distance between the object within the viewing area and the vehicle.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that the image of the vehicle is not within the viewing area; and

reset the fixed view point and the designated viewing area based on the determination that the image of the vehicle is not within the viewing area.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect, from the fixed around-view monitor image, an input for selecting a parking space; and

generate a signal for executing an automatic parking function of the vehicle in the parking space based on detecting the input for selecting the parking space.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a communication unit configured to receive a top view image of the vehicle,

wherein the processor is further configured to generate the fixed around view monitor image based on the received top view image of the vehicle.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine an image representing a door open area of the vehicle; and

include, in the image of the vehicle, the image representing the door open area of the vehicle.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine an image representing a relationship between the door open area of the vehicle and an object outside of the vehicle; and

include, in the image of the vehicle, the image representing the relationship between the door open area of the vehicle and the object outside of the vehicle.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a driving lane of the vehicle; and

move the fixed view point according to the determined driving lane of the vehicle.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

fix the view point to the determined driving lane of the vehicle; and

maintain the fixed view point and the designated viewing area while the vehicle changes from the driving lane to another lane.

19. The display apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a lane change of the vehicle while providing the around-view monitor image; and

fix the view point to the driving lane of the vehicle based on sensing the lane change of the vehicle.

20. The display apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that the lane change of the vehicle has been completed; and

update the around-view monitor image based on a determination that the lane change of the vehicle has been completed.

21. The display apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising a distance sensor configured to measure a distance between the vehicle and an object within the designated viewing area,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a distance to another vehicle that drives in a destination lane;

determine whether the distance to the other vehicle that drives in the destination lane is smaller than a threshold distance; and

determine, from the fixed around-view monitor image and based on the determination of whether the distance to the other vehicle that drives in the destination lane is smaller than the threshold distance, a recommendation of whether to change lanes into the destination lane.

22. The display apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine an image representing the recommendation of whether to change lanes into the destination lane; and

include, in the fixed around-view monitor image, the image representing the recommendation of whether to change lanes into the destination lane.

23. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to display the image of the vehicle such that the image of the vehicle is located off-center in the image of the viewing area.

24. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to change a position of the image of the vehicle in the image of the viewing area according to movement of the vehicle.

25. A vehicle comprising the display apparatus according to claim 1.