LANE DEPARTURE WARNING DEVICE AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A lane departure warning device comprising:
- a lane recognizing unit configured to recognize a lane line of a lane on which a vehicle is traveling by using image information captured by a camera;
a fail-safe unit configured to determine whether a camera has a functional failure, and to deactivate a lane departure warning function when it is determined that the camera has a functional failure;
a lane departure warning unit configured to determine whether the vehicle departs from the lane line according to a relative position between the vehicle and the recognized lane line; and
a first warning limit unit configured to confirm at least one of a road junction region and a road branch region in front of the vehicle by using at least one of the image information captured by the camera and navigation map information, and then, to limit the lane departure warning when the vehicle enters into the road junction region or the road branch region.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a lane departure warning device or the like that limits a lane departure warning in a special road environment, in a case where it is confirmed that a driver has a lane departure intention, and so on. It is possible to secure the reliability of a lane departure warning system and to provide a driver'"'"'s convenience by limiting the lane departure warning in the case where the vehicle enters into a special road region, such as a road junction/branch region by comprehensively considering information captured by a camera of the vehicle, navigation map information, and so on while using a general lane departure warning, and also limiting the lane departure warning even in the case where the driver'"'"'s lane departure intention is confirmed.
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17 Claims
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1. A lane departure warning device comprising:
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a lane recognizing unit configured to recognize a lane line of a lane on which a vehicle is traveling by using image information captured by a camera; a fail-safe unit configured to determine whether a camera has a functional failure, and to deactivate a lane departure warning function when it is determined that the camera has a functional failure; a lane departure warning unit configured to determine whether the vehicle departs from the lane line according to a relative position between the vehicle and the recognized lane line; and a first warning limit unit configured to confirm at least one of a road junction region and a road branch region in front of the vehicle by using at least one of the image information captured by the camera and navigation map information, and then, to limit the lane departure warning when the vehicle enters into the road junction region or the road branch region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A lane departure warning method comprising:
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a lane recognizing step of recognizing a lane line around a lane on which a vehicle is traveling by using image information captured by a camera; a lane departure warning step of determining whether the vehicle departs from the lane line according to a relative position between the vehicle and the recognized lane line; and
,a first warning limit step of confirming at least one of a road junction region and a road branch region in front of the vehicle by using at least one of the image information captured by the camera and navigation map information, and then, limiting the lane departure warning when the vehicle enters into the road junction region or the road branch region. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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