VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20160084669A1
• Filed: 12/06/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Sung Un
• Granted Patent: US 9,354,075 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00

Abstract

A vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle using voice guidance is provided. The vehicle includes a body that defines an appearance of the vehicle and a vehicle sensor that is configured to sense various driving-related situations of the vehicle. A driving guide system is then configured to analyze vehicle driving data including vehicle sensing information received form the vehicle sensor and driving-related information and prioritize the vehicle driving data. In addition, the driving guide system is configured to generate driving guide information in a scenario format based on a priority and output the driving guide information by voice guidance.

Claims

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a body that defines an appearance of the vehicle;

a vehicle sensor configured to sense vehicle driving data that includes vehicle sensing information and driving-related information; and

a driving guide system configured to;

analyze the vehicle driving data received from the vehicle sensor,

prioritize the vehicle driving data,

extract driving situation data acquired by classifying the vehicle driving data based on a driving situation,

classify the driving situation data into static situation data and dynamic situation data,

prioritize the classified driving situation data by assigning marks thereto based on the driving situation,

generate driving guide information in a scenario format based on the prioritized data, and

output the driving guide information through voice.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the driving guide system is configured to prioritize the driving situation data in descending or ascending order of distance from the vehicle.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the driving guide system is configured to assign higher marks and higher priorities to the static situation data of fixed objects in descending order of distance from the vehicle.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the static situation data includes location-based information comprising destination, route, intersection, driving lane, building name, traffic sign, traffic congestion information, and construction information.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the driving guide system is configured to assign higher marks and higher priorities to the dynamic situation data of moving objects in ascending order of distance from the vehicle.

8. The vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the dynamic situation data includes vehicle speed of the vehicle and other vehicles, distance from adjacent vehicles, distance from fence and median strip, information regarding a right-turn and a left-turn of the vehicle, and sudden braking information.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the driving guide system is configured to generate driving guide information in a scenario format based on the priority to rank the static situation data before the dynamic situation data.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the driving guide system is configured to generate driving guide information based on the dynamic situation data when a destination is not set.

11. The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising:

a navigation system configured to provide route driving information from a starting point of the vehicle toward a destination,

wherein the vehicle driving data includes the route driving information received from the navigation system.

12. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle sensor includes a radar sensor, an ultrasound sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, an imaging device, and a global positioning system sensor.

2. (canceled)

4. (canceled)

13. A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising:

collecting, by a controller, vehicle driving data that includes vehicle sensing information and driving-related information using a sensor;

prioritizing, by the controller, the vehicle driving data by analyzing the vehicle driving data;

extracting, by the controller, driving situation data acquired by classifying the vehicle driving data based on a driving situation;

classifying, by the controller, the driving situation data into static situation data and dynamic situation data;

prioritizing, by the controller, the classified driving situation data by assigning marks thereto based on the driving situation;

generating, by the controller, driving guide information in a scenario format based on the prioritized data; and

outputting, by the controller, the driving guide information as a voice guidance.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein in the prioritization of the vehicle driving data, priority is assigned to the driving situation data based on a distance from the vehicle.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein higher marks and higher priorities are assigned to the static situation data of fixed objects in descending order of distance from the vehicle.

18. The method according to claim 13, wherein higher marks and higher priorities are assigned to the dynamic situation data of moving objects in ascending order of distance from the vehicle.

19. The method according to claim 13, wherein in the generation of driving guide information, the driving guide information is generated based on the priority to rank the static situation data before the dynamic situation data.

20. The method according to claim 13, wherein in the generation of driving guide information, the driving guide information is generated based on the dynamic situation data when a destination is not set by a user.

21. The method according to claim 13, wherein the vehicle driving data includes location-based static situation data comprising destination, route, intersection, driving lane, building name, traffic sign, traffic congestion information, and construction information and dynamic situation data includes vehicle speed of the vehicle and other vehicles, distance from adjacent vehicles, distance from fence and median strip, information regarding a right-turn and a left-turn of the vehicle, and sudden braking information.

22. The method according to claim 13, wherein in the collection of vehicle driving data, route driving information of a navigation system is collected as the vehicle driving data.

14. (canceled)

16. (canceled)

23. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that collect vehicle driving data that includes vehicle sensing information and driving-related information using a sensor;

program instructions that prioritize the vehicle driving data by analyzing the vehicle driving data;

program instructions that extract driving situation data acquired by classifying the vehicle driving data based on a driving situation;

program instructions that classify the driving situation data into static situation data and dynamic situation data;

program instructions that prioritize the classified driving situation data by assigning marks thereto based on the driving situation;

program instructions that generate driving guide information in a scenario format based on the prioritized data; and

program instructions that output the driving guide information as a voice guidance.

24. (canceled)