VEHICULAR GLANCE LIGHTING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A vehicular glance light apparatus comprising:
- an input unit configured to generate an input signal that can be manipulated by a driver of a vehicle;
a vehicle-sensing unit configured to detect vehicle sensing information including vehicle safety information for the running of the vehicle;
a storage unit configured to store vehicle reference information including safety reference information for determining the vehicle running safety;
a control unit electrically connected to the input unit, the vehicle-sensing unit, and the storage unit, and configured to provide the driver with vehicle-running information based on the vehicle sensing information of the vehicle-sensing unit and the vehicle reference information of the storage unit; and
a glance light unit disposed at a position beyond the driver'"'"'s driving view range needing a driving attention while being located within the vehicle driver'"'"'s view range, and configured to output light corresponding to the vehicle-running information in response to a glance light control signal from the control unit to allow the vehicle driver to intuitively perceive information of light while maintaining the driver'"'"'s driving attention.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a vehicular glance lighting apparatus which provides a driver with vehicle-running information as light of a background screen and includes a driver attention function through prompt information delivery such that the driver visually recognizes as a background screen the vehicle-running information needed essentially or minimally for running the vehicle without requiring the driver'"'"'s attention to avoid dissipation of the driver'"'"'s sight, thereby preventing the driver'"'"'s driving attention from being diverted, and a method for controlling the same. The vehicle-running information related with the running of a vehicle to be outputted in the form of light as a background screen, so that a driver can perceive the vehicle-running information without diverting or obstructing the driver'"'"'s driving attention, thereby enhancing the driver'"'"'s ability to cope with a vehicle travel risk during the traveling of the vehicle.
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12 Claims
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1. A vehicular glance light apparatus comprising:
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an input unit configured to generate an input signal that can be manipulated by a driver of a vehicle; a vehicle-sensing unit configured to detect vehicle sensing information including vehicle safety information for the running of the vehicle; a storage unit configured to store vehicle reference information including safety reference information for determining the vehicle running safety; a control unit electrically connected to the input unit, the vehicle-sensing unit, and the storage unit, and configured to provide the driver with vehicle-running information based on the vehicle sensing information of the vehicle-sensing unit and the vehicle reference information of the storage unit; and a glance light unit disposed at a position beyond the driver'"'"'s driving view range needing a driving attention while being located within the vehicle driver'"'"'s view range, and configured to output light corresponding to the vehicle-running information in response to a glance light control signal from the control unit to allow the vehicle driver to intuitively perceive information of light while maintaining the driver'"'"'s driving attention. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a vehicular glance light apparatus, wherein the method comprises:
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an apparatus providing step of providing a vehicular glance light apparatus comprising an input unit configured to generate an input signal that can be manipulated by a driver of a vehicle, a vehicle-sensing unit configured to detect vehicle sensing information including vehicle safety information for the running of the vehicle, a storage unit configured to store vehicle reference information including safety reference information for determining the vehicle running safety, a control unit electrically connected to the input unit, the vehicle-sensing unit, and the storage unit, and configured to provide the driver with vehicle-running information based on the vehicle sensing information of the vehicle-sensing unit and the vehicle reference information of the storage unit, and a glance light unit disposed at a position beyond the driver'"'"'s driving view range needing a driving attention while being located within the vehicle driver'"'"'s view range, and configured to output light corresponding to the vehicle-running information in response to a glance light control signal from the control unit to allow the vehicle driver to intuitively perceive information of light while maintaining the driver'"'"'s driving attention; a sensing step of allowing the vehicle-sensing unit to detect vehicle sensing information including vehicle safety information in response to a sensing control signal from the control unit; a mode-setting step of allowing the glance light unit to set an operating mode according to the vehicle-running information to be provided to the driver based on the vehicle sensing information of the vehicle-sensing unit and the vehicle reference information of the storage unit; and a mode executing step of allowing the control unit to output the glance light control signal to the glance light unit according to the operating mode set in the mode-setting step. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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