DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND VEHICLE

• US 20180056996A1
• Filed: 04/07/2017
• Published: 03/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Jinkyo
• Application Number:
  US15/481,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20180056996A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2201/083 using active brake actuation
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2201/087 using active steering actuation
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2201/16 Curve braking control, e.g. turn control within ABS control algorithm
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2210/32 Vehicle surroundings
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/17557 specially adapted for lane departure prevention road vehicle drive control systems for lane keeping otherwise than by controlling a particular sub-unit B60W30/12
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/18 including control of braking systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/20 including control of steering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/207 Oversteer or understeer
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2530/20 Tyre data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/12 Brake pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/18 Steering angle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/801 Lateral distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/09 Taking automatic action to avoid collision, e.g. braking and steering

Abstract

A driver assistance apparatus for a vehicle includes a camera configured to photograph an image of surroundings of a vehicle; an interface; and a processor. The processor is configured to detect, based on the image photographed by the camera, a lane in which the vehicle travels; acquire braking state information of the vehicle; and provide, to a steering apparatus, a signal for steering the vehicle or provide, to a brake apparatus, a signal for one-sided braking through the interface to maintain the vehicle within the lane in which the vehicle travels during a braking of the vehicle based on the acquired braking state information.

Claims

1. A driver assistance apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a camera configured to photograph an image of surroundings of a vehicle;

an interface; and

a processor configured to;

detect, based on the image photographed by the camera, a lane in which the vehicle travels;

acquire braking state information of the vehicle; and

provide, to a steering apparatus, a signal for steering the vehicle or provide, to a brake apparatus, a signal for one-sided braking through the interface to maintain the vehicle within the lane in which the vehicle travels during a braking of the vehicle based on the acquired braking state information.

2. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to acquire the braking state information based on the image of the surroundings of the vehicle or based on receiving the braking state information through the interface.

3. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a degree of swerving of the vehicle from the lane in which the vehicle travels;

acquire position information of the vehicle, the position information corresponding to the degree of swerving of the vehicle from the lane in which the vehicle travels; and

provide the signal for steering or the signal for one-sided braking based on the acquired position information of the vehicle.

4. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to calculate the position information of the vehicle by:

determining an angle between the left line or the right line of the lane in which the vehicle travels;

determining a heading of the vehicle; and

calculating the position information of the vehicle based on the angle between the heading of the vehicle and the left line or the right line of the lane in which the vehicle travels.

5. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a virtual centerline of the lane in which the vehicle travels;

determine a line corresponding to a center of the width of the vehicle;

determine an angle between the virtual centerline of the lane in which the vehicle travels and a line corresponding to a center of a width of the vehicle; and

calculate the position information of the vehicle based on the angle between the virtual centerline of the lane in which the vehicle travels and the line corresponding to the center of the width of the vehicle.

6. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to:

determine whether the degree of swerving of the vehicle from the lane in which the vehicle travels is less than a threshold value; and

based on a determination that the degree of swerving of the vehicle from the lane in which the vehicle travels is less than the threshold value, provide the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus.

7. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to:

determine whether the degree of swerving of the vehicle from the lane in which the vehicle travels exceeds a threshold value; and

based on a determination that the degree of swerving of the vehicle from the lane in which the vehicle travels exceeds the threshold value, provide the signal for steering to the steering apparatus.

8. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire information about a speed of the vehicle; and

provide the signal for steering to the steering apparatus or provide the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus based on the acquired speed information.

9. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to:

provide the signal for steering to the steering apparatus based on a determination that the speed of the vehicle exceeds a threshold speed; and

provide the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus based on a determination that the speed of the vehicle is less than the threshold speed.

10. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire distance information regarding a distance between the vehicle and an object ahead of the vehicle that is located within the lane in which the vehicle travels; and

provide the signal for steering to the steering apparatus or provide the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus based on the acquired distance information.

11. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to:

provide the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus based on a determination that the distance between the vehicle and the object ahead of the vehicle exceeds a threshold distance; and

provide the signal for steering to the steering apparatus based on a determination that the distance between the vehicle and the object ahead of the vehicle is less than the threshold distance.

12. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire information regarding a time to collision (TTC) with an object ahead of the vehicle that is located within the lane in which the vehicle travels; and

provide the signal for steering to the steering apparatus or provide the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus based on the acquired information regarding the TTC.

13. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to:

provide the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus based on a determination that the TTC exceeds the threshold time; and

provide the signal for steering to the steering apparatus based on a determination that the TTC is less than the threshold time.

14. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, from a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) and through the interface, tire pressure information of the vehicle; and

provide the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus based on the received tire pressure information of the vehicle.

15. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether an air pressure of a first tire on a first wheel of the vehicle is less than an air pressure of a second tire on a second wheel of the vehicle; and

based on the determination that the air pressure of the first tire on the first wheel of the vehicle is less than the air pressure of the second tire on the second wheel of the vehicle, provide the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus such that a braking power applied to the first wheel of the vehicle is less than a braking power applied to the second wheel of the vehicle.

16. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire information regarding a curve of the lane in which the vehicle travels; and

provide the signal for steering to the steering apparatus or provide the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus based on the acquired information regarding the curve of the lane in which the vehicle travels.

17. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire information regarding a curvature of the curve of the lane in which the vehicle travels;

determine whether the curvature of the curve exceeds a threshold curvature; and

based on a determination that the curvature of the curve exceeds the threshold curvature, provide both the signal for steering to the steering apparatus and the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus.

18. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire information regarding a curvature of the curve of the lane in which the vehicle travels;

determine whether the curvature of the curve is less than a threshold curvature; and

based on a determination that the curvature of the curve is less than the threshold curvature, provide the signal for steering to the steering apparatus based on the determination that the curvature of the curve is less than the threshold curvature.

19. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a virtual centerline of the lane in which the vehicle travels; and

provide the signal for steering to the steering apparatus or the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus such that a center of a width of the vehicle corresponds to the virtual centerline of the lane in which the vehicle travels.

20. The driver assistance apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether a driver intervention event has occurred; and

based on a determination that the driver intervention event has occurred, stop a supply of the signal for steering to the steering apparatus or stop a supply of the signal for one-sided braking to the brake apparatus.