SMART VEHICLE

• US 20160357262A1
• Filed: 06/05/2015
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bao Tran
• Original Assignee: Arafat M.A. Ansari
• Inventors: ANSARI, ARAFAT M.A.
• Application Number:
  US14/732,347
• Publication Number:
  US 20160357262A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00742 by detection of the vehicle occupants' presence; by detection of conditions relating to the body of occupants, e.g. using radiant heat detectors
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0224 Non-manual adjustments, e.g. with electrical operation
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/73 responsive to movement or presence of persons or objects
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 2015/767 using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/55 Windows
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3626 Details of the output of route guidance instructions traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3638 including 3D objects and buildings three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects G06T17/00; geographic models G06T17/05
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/59 inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/28 Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language static hand signs G06V40/113
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0133 for classifying traffic situation
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0141 for traffic information dissemination
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/015 with provision for distinguishing between two or more types of vehicles, e.g. between motor-cars and cycles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096758 : where no selection takes place on the transmitted or the received information
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 : where the origin of the information is another vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 : where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096844 : where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/143 : inside the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/147 : where the parking area is within an open public zone, e.g. city centre
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/162 : event-triggered
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/163 : involving continuous checking
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/165 : for passive traffic, e.g. including static obstacles, trees
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 : for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/167 : Driving aids for lane monitoring, lane changing, e.g. blind spot detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 : Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

A vehicular gesture control system includes a plurality of cameras mounted in a cabin to detect edges of an object; and a processor to translate the edges as mouse movement and mouse clicks to control the vehicle by moving hands. In implementations, the smart vehicle has a number of sensors such as IoT (internet of things) sensors that can share data with other vehicles and that can communicate with the cloud to provide intelligent handling of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicular gesture control system, comprising:

one or more cameras mounted in a cabin to capture hand images;

a processor to control a vehicle by moving hands, wherein the processor determines a gesture over a predetermined region of the vehicle and the processor determines an extent of the gesture over the region based on space and time, wherein the extent indicates a vehicular operational parameter, wherein the gesture is identified from a group of hand motions selected from a group consisting of a swipe, a tap, a covering of a region, a thumb motion, a thumb and one or more finger motions; and

one or more cameras coupled to the processor for capturing images of objects outside the cabin, wherein the processor includes an inter-vehicle distance alarm module, a preceding vehicle following module and a collision reducing brake module and wherein the processor modifies a planned path when an obstacle is encountered, when weather affects the operation, or when traffic condition requires a change in the planned path and speed.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for controlling a car window position using an arm gesture and finger gesture and exiting by forming a fist.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for controlling a seat position using an arm gesture and a finger gesture, comprising moving the seat as specified by an arm angular movement.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for unlocking a hood or a trunk using an arm gesture and a finger gesture, wherein to open the trunk a driver makes a right angular movement and an opposite movement for unlocking the hood.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for controlling temperature of a driver and front passenger seats using an arm gesture and a finger gesture, wherein the number of fingers affect a seat temperature.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for performing a left arm gesture based navigation control for a car.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for activating a positioning system and selecting start and destination using gestures.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for controlling a mirror position with gesture based control.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for controlling music using hand gesture.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for controlling vehicle temperature with a hand gesture.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for controlling sound volume using a gesture.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for controlling sun roof opening and closure using a gesture.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for controlling wind shield wipers with a gesture.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for controlling operation of a rear view mirror.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for gesturing on a steering wheel to make calls, receive and respond to texts, launch apps, get turn-by-turn directions, find the nearest other local businesses, play music, or search the Internet while driving.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for controlling an air conditioning system.

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising code for recognizing a combination of gestures to create a custom gesture control.

18. The system of claim 1, comprising ultrasonic sensors to detect gestures.

19. The system of claim 1, comprising a display or sound or tactile feedback for a detected gesture.

20. The system of claim 1, comprising a heads-up display to provide feedback on a detected gesture.