AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEM HAVING SAME

• US 20180216958A1
• Filed: 07/20/2016
• Published: 08/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: PARK, Hyungmin
• Granted Patent: US 10,704,921 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/04 including control of propulsion units
• 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 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/408 Radar; Laser, e.g. lidar
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/043 Identity of occupants
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/21 Voice
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18 Propelling the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3602 Input other than that of destination using image analysis, e.g. detection of road signs, lanes, buildings, real preceding vehicles using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0088 characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours using knowledge based models G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0212 with means for defining a desired trajectory involving a plurality of land vehicles G05D1/0287
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0238 using obstacle or wall sensors G05D1/0246 and G05D1/0289 take precedence; lidar systems designed for anti-collision purposes G01S17/93
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0246 using a video camera in combination with image processing means
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0257 using a radar radar systems designed for anti-collision purposes between land vehicles or between land vehicle and fixed obstacles G01S13/931
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 : Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0265 : Vehicular advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0266 : based on the position of the vehicle

Abstract

The present invention relates to an autonomous vehicle and an autonomous vehicle system having the same. The autonomous vehicle according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of cameras; a radar; a communication unit; a display; an audio output unit; and a processor which, in an autonomous driving mode, controls the autonomous vehicle so as to select any one of a plurality of routes toward a destination and perform autonomous driving along the selected route, to receive advertisement information from the outside when driving along the selected route, and to output the received advertisement information through at least one of a display or an audio output unit, the received advertisement information being variable for each of the plurality of routes. Due to this feature, it is possible to provide different advertisements for each route to the destination during autonomous driving.

Claims

1. An autonomous vehicle comprising:

a plurality of cameras;

a radar;

a communication unit;

a display;

an audio output unit; and

a processor to select any one of a plurality of routes to a destination in an autonomous mode, to control the vehicle to autonomously travel along the selected route, to receive advertisement information from the outside while the vehicle travels along the selected route, and to perform control to output the received advertisement information through at least one of the display or the audio output unit,

wherein the received advertisement information is changed according to the plurality of routes.

2. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the processor performs control to selectively output some of the received advertisement information based on driver information of the vehicle, passenger information or vehicle information.

3. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the processor performs control to transmit, to the outside, advertisement output time information, advertisement viewing time information of a passenger in the vehicle or viewing response information of the passenger in the vehicle upon advertisement output.

4. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, wherein cost required to travel to the destination or a parking fee after arriving at the destination or service related to advertisement or goods price provided by a service provider is changed according to advertisement output time information, advertisement viewing time information of the passenger or viewing response information of the passenger.

5. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the processor selects the destination and any one of a plurality of routes according to input of a driver or a passenger.

6. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the processor sets the destination according to input of a driver or a passenger, and

wherein any one of a plurality of routes is selected according to information on the driver or the passenger.

7. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the processor performs control to output information indicating whether to move to a position related to the advertisement information through at least one of the display or the audio output unit after outputting the advertisement information.

8. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the received advertisement information is changed according to a vehicle speed or a road condition.

9. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the processor changes the advertisement information output through at least one of the display or the audio output unit among the received information, according to a vehicle speed or a road condition.

10. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the processor receives advertisement information from the outside when the vehicle travels along the selected route, performs control to output the received advertisement information through at least one of the display or the audio output unit when the vehicle travels at a first point, and performs control to end advertisement output when the vehicle travels at a second point.

11. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the advertisement information is received from an adjacent vehicle or a transmission apparatus of a store located near a road on which the vehicle travels.

12. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising an audio input unit,

wherein, when driver voice is received through the audio input unit, the processor recognizes the driver voice and extracts destination information based on the recognized driver voice.

13. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the communication unit receives schedule information of a driver from a mobile terminal of the driver, and

wherein the processor extracts destination information based on the schedule information.

14. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 3, further comprising:

an internal camera;

a driver sensor to sense body information of a driver,

wherein the processor calculates the advertisement viewing time information of the passenger or the viewing response information of the passenger based on an image from the internal camera and the body information of the driver from the driver sensor.

15. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the communication unit receives route state information of a route along which the vehicle travels, and

wherein, when information indicating that a vehicle accident occurs ahead is received as the received route state information or when a difference between an estimated time of arrival and a target time is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the processor searches for a detour route based on at least one of a road type, a speed limit, a current speed, curvature of a road, a crossroads, traffic and presence/absence of a construction zone, selects any one of the searched detour routes, changes the route, and controls the vehicle to autonomously travel along the changed route.

16. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising:

a steering drive unit to drive a steering apparatus;

a brake drive unit to drive a brake apparatus; and

a power supply drive unit to drive a power supply,

wherein the processor controls at least one of the steering drive unit, the brake drive unit or the power supply drive unit when the vehicle autonomously travels, based on images from the plurality of cameras and distance information of an object located near the vehicle, which is received from the radar.

21. The autonomous vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when the advertisement information of different stores is received simultaneously or consecutively within a predetermined time, the processor performs control to output advertisement information having highest priority among a plurality of store advertisements through at least one of the display or the audio output unit according to driver preference, passenger preference or the discount rate of the store.

17. An autonomous vehicle comprising:

a plurality of cameras;

a radar;

a communication unit;

a display;

an audio output unit; and

a processor to select any one of a plurality of routes to destination when any one of a plurality of pieces of advertisement information received through the communication unit is selected in an autonomous mode and to control the vehicle to autonomously travel along the selected route.

18. (canceled)

19. An autonomous vehicle system comprising:

a vehicle to select any one of a plurality of routes to a destination in an autonomous mode, to control the vehicle to autonomously travel along the selected route, to receive advertisement information from the outside while the vehicle travels along the selected route, and to perform control to output the received advertisement information through at least one of a display or an audio output unit;

an advertisement provider server to transmit the advertisement information to the vehicle; and

a service provider server to receive cost information from the advertisement provider server and to provide a service corresponding to the cost information to the vehicle or a terminal of a driver of the vehicle.

20. The autonomous vehicle system according to claim 19, further comprising an advertiser terminal to receive advertisement output time information, viewing time information of a passenger or viewing response information of the passenger from a terminal of a passenger or the vehicle and to provide promotion information corresponding to the received information to the terminal of the passenger or the vehicle.