VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME

• US 20170101056A1
• Filed: 10/07/2016
• Published: 04/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: PARK, Sangha
• Granted Patent: US 10,479,274 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/085 due to special conditions, e.g. adverse weather, type of road, badly illuminated road signs or potential dangers B60Q1/10, B60Q1/12, B60Q1/1423 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/525 automatically indicating risk of collision between vehicles in traffic or with pedestrians, e.g. after risk assessment using the vehicle sensor data
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2300/45 Special conditions, e.g. pedestrians, road signs or potential dangers
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/008 for anti-collision purposes
• 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 1/31 providing stereoscopic vision
• 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 2300/304 using merged images, e.g. merging camera image with stored images
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/308 by overlaying the real scene, e.g. through a head-up display on the windscreen
• 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: B60R 2300/8093 for obstacle warning
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/00 Input parameters relating to objects
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/04 using optical or ultrasonic detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/162 event-triggered
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes

Abstract

Disclosed are a vehicle and a control method for the same. The vehicle includes a display unit configured to display information, a sensing unit configured to detect a moving object in the vicinity of the vehicle, and a controller configured to judge the motion characteristics of the moving object based on sensing information regarding the moving object provided from the sensing unit, the motion characteristics of the moving object including a speed and a movement direction of the moving object, to set a dangerous area for the moving object based on the motion characteristics of the moving object, the dangerous area having a size and a shape corresponding to the motion characteristics of the moving object, and to display an image indicating the dangerous area on the display unit.

Claims

1. A vehicle surround monitoring device comprising:

a display unit;

a sensing unit configured to detect (i) a moving object within a first distance from a vehicle and (ii) movement of the moving object; and

a controller configured to;

obtain motion characteristics of the moving object based on the movement of the moving object detected by the sensing unit, the motion characteristics of the moving object including speed of the moving object and a moving direction of the moving object;

determine a visual image associated with the moving object based on the motion characteristics of the moving object, wherein a size and a shape of the visual image are associated with the motion characteristics of the moving object; and

provide the visual image to the display unit for displaying.

2. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the sensing unit includes a camera, a radar, a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor, or an ultrasonic sensor.

3. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to provide the visual image in an augmented-reality mode or a top-view mode to the display unit.

4. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to:

merge the visual image into a map, and

provide the map that is merged with the visual image to the display unit, the map presenting a geographical area that the vehicle locates.

5. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to determine a scale of the map based on traffic information for the geographical area.

6. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine one or more tracking points of the moving object;

obtain tracking data for the one or more tracking points, the tracking data including a position, speed, or a moving direction of each tracking point;

determine a predicted moving direction of the moving object based on the tracking data; and

adjust the visual image based on the predicted moving direction.

7. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to identify a type of the moving object.

8. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to:

store a plurality of types of a moving object in a memory;

associate the identified type of the moving object with one of the plurality of types stored in the memory; and

determine the visual image based on the association between the identified type and the one of the plurality of types stored in the memory.

9. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the visual image includes one or more sub-areas.

10. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 9, wherein each of the one or more sub-areas indicates a route that the moving object will pass at a certain time period.

11. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to provide the one or more sub-areas to the display unit for displaying, the one or more sub-areas being distinguishable from each other based on visual characteristics.

12. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to determine a predicted route of the vehicle that the vehicle will pass at a first time period based on the motion characteristics of the vehicle.

13. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine a first visual image corresponding to the predicted route of the vehicle, and

provide, to the display unit, the first visual image with the visual image associated with the moving object.

14. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to determine whether one of the one or more sub-areas overlaps the predicted route of the vehicle.

15. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 14, wherein the controller is configured to, based on (i) the determination that one of the one or more sub-areas overlaps the predicted route of the vehicle and (ii) illumination outside the vehicle, provide an audio alert or a visual alert to the moving object.

16. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 14, wherein the controller is configured to, based on the determination that one of the one or more sub-areas overlaps the predicted route of the vehicle, perform one or more of operations including (i) providing a warning to a driver of the vehicle, (ii) generating speed control information for the vehicle, (iii) generating steering control information for the vehicle, and (iv) generating light control information for the vehicle.

17. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to perform a first operation, among the one or more operations, for the sub-area that overlaps the predicted route of the vehicle.

18. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to adjust control parameters for the warning, the speed control information, the steering control information, and the light control information based on a distance between the vehicle and the sub-area that overlaps the predicted route of the vehicle.

19. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine which sub-area of the one or more sub-areas overlaps the predicted route of the vehicle; and

determine an operation, from the operations, for the sub-area that overlaps the predicted route of the vehicle based on the determination as to which sub-area of the one or more sub-areas overlaps the predicted route of the vehicle.

20. The vehicle surround monitoring device of claim 1, further comprising a communication unit that is configured to receive travel information from the moving object,

wherein the controller is configured to determine the visual image associated with the moving object based on the travel information received from the moving object.