ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20200133282A1
• Filed: 12/31/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHOI, Sunghwan, JUNG, Dukyung, YI, Nayoung, YOON, Chongook
• Granted Patent: US 11,256,262 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/167 Vehicle dynamics information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/175 Autonomous driving
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/176 Camera images
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/177 Augmented reality
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/179 Distances to obstacles or vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/191 Highlight information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/4045 Intention, e.g. lane change or imminent movement
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/4048 Field of view, e.g. obstructed view or direction of gaze
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/65 Data transmitted between vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/09 Taking automatic action to avoid collision, e.g. braking and steering
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/0956 the prediction being responsive to traffic or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 60/0027 using trajectory prediction for other traffic participants
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0214 in accordance with safety or protection criteria, e.g. avoiding hazardous areas monitoring the location of vehicles within a certain area, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas, in traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/13
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0221 involving a learning process
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0246 using a video camera in combination with image processing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/25 : Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/176 : Urban or other man-made structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/56 : exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle

Abstract

Provided are an electronic apparatus and a method for recognizing, based on ambient road information of a vehicle and field of view information of the vehicle, a hidden region that is a region where another vehicle is possibly present in an area hidden from a field of view of the vehicle by an external object In the present disclosure, one or more of an electronic apparatus, a vehicle, a vehicular terminal, and the autonomous driving vehicle may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a 5G service-related device, and the like.

Claims

1. An operation method of an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

acquiring ambient road information of a vehicle and field of view information of the vehicle; and

based on the acquired information, recognizing, as a hidden region, a region where another vehicle is possibly present in an area hidden from a field of view of the vehicle by an external object.

2. The operation method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing comprises:

recognizing a position and a size of the external object based on the acquired information; and

recognizing the hidden region based on the recognized position and the recognized size of the external object.

3. The operation method of claim 1, wherein:

the ambient road information comprises information regarding a nearby lane in which the external object is present, and

the recognizing comprises determining, based on the information regarding the nearby lane, whether at least one lane is present in the area hidden from the field of view of the vehicle by the external object.

4. The operation method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether it is possible to acquire information on presence of any external vehicle in the hidden region; and

based on a result of the determination, recognizing a dangerous region that is nearby the hidden region in a driving scheduled route of the vehicle.

5. The operation method of claim 4, further comprising providing information regarding the dangerous region.

6. The operation method of claim 4, wherein the recognizing of the dangerous region comprises, when it is possible to acquire the information on presence of any external vehicle in the hidden region, recognizing the dangerous region that is nearby the hidden region in the driving scheduled route of the vehicle.

7. The operation method of claim 4, wherein:

the determining comprises determining whether any external vehicle is present in the hidden region, and, when any external vehicle is present in the hidden region, determining whether it is possible to acquire information on a driving scheduled route of a corresponding external vehicle, and

the recognizing of the dangerous region comprises, when it is not possible to acquire the information on the driving scheduled route of the corresponding external vehicle, recognizing a region nearby the hidden region in the driving scheduled route of the vehicle as the dangerous region.

8. The operation method of claim 1, further comprising:

recognizing a dangerous region that is nearby the hidden region in a driving scheduled route of the vehicle;

determining a level of danger of the dangerous region; and

controlling the vehicle according to the level of danger.

9. The operation method of claim 8, wherein the controlling of the vehicle comprises controlling driving of the vehicle by setting a first standby position and a second standby position in the driving scheduled route of the vehicle.

10. The operation method of claim 9, wherein the first standby position is a position from which an external vehicles enters from the hidden region into the field of view of the vehicle, and the second standby position is a position from which the vehicles enters into a field of view of the external vehicle.

11. The operation method of claim 1, displaying, on a display provided in the vehicle, at least one of:

information regarding the hidden region, information regarding an external vehicle present in the hidden region, information on a driving scheduled route of the vehicle, and information on a driving scheduled route of the external vehicle.

12. The operation method of claim 11, wherein the display is a Head Up Display (HUD) to provide an augmented reality.

13. A computer-readable non-volatile recording medium for storing a program to implement the method according to claim 1 in a computer.

14. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

an interface configured to acquire ambient road information of a vehicle and field of view information of the vehicle; and

a processor configured to, based on the acquired information, recognize, as a hidden region, a region where another vehicle is possibly present in an area hidden from a field of view of the vehicle by an external object.

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

determine whether it is possible to acquire information on presence of any external vehicle in the hidden region; and

based on a result of the determination, recognize a dangerous region that is a region nearby the hidden region in a driving scheduled route of the vehicle.

16. The electronic apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when it is possible to acquire the information on presence of any external vehicle in the hidden region, recognize the dangerous region that is a region nearby the hidden region in the driving scheduled route of the vehicle.

17. The electronic apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether any external vehicle is present in the hidden region;

when any external vehicle is present in the hidden region, determine whether it is possible to acquire information on a driving scheduled route of a corresponding external vehicle; and

when it is not possible to acquire the information on the driving scheduled route of the corresponding external vehicle, recognize a region nearby the hidden region in the driving scheduled route of the vehicle as the dangerous region.

18. The electronic apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

recognize a dangerous region that is nearby the hidden region in a driving scheduled route of the vehicle;

determine a level of danger of the dangerous region; and

control the vehicle according to the level of danger.

19. The electronic apparatus of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to control driving of the vehicle by setting a first standby position and a second standby position in the driving scheduled route of the vehicle.

20. A vehicle, comprising:

a sensor configured to sense field of view information of the vehicle; and

an electronic apparatus configured to acquire ambient road information of a vehicle and field of view information of the vehicle and, based on the acquired information, recognize, as a hidden region, a region where another vehicle is possibly present in an area hidden from a field of view of the vehicle by an external object.