Vehicle navigation and method for inducing normal black box position in navigation system

• US 9,134,132 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2011
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thinkware Systems Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Heungwon, Woo, Seungwan, Lee, Wonkeun, Lee, Haeil
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Calvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): WEEKS, MARTIN A
• Application Number:
  US13/519,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20120323449A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,706 Days
• Field of Search: 701/49, 701/523
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 41/00 Fittings for identifying vehicles in case of collision; Fittings for marking or recording collision areas
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers

Abstract

A vehicle navigation of the present invention comprises: a storage unit which stores normal posture data of a vehicle black box; a communication unit which communicates with the vehicle black box; and a controller which obtains current posture data by analyzing data received from the vehicle black box, and determines whether the stored normal posture data is matched with the obtained current posture data. According to the present invention, the driver is notified in advance that the position of a camera is out of shape due to the repeated vibration or acceleration or the like of a vehicle. Thus, the driver can correct the vehicle black box, the camera equipped in the vehicle black box or the camera provided in the vehicle to the normal positions.

Claims

1. A vehicle navigation apparatus, comprising:

a memory configured to store normal posture data of a vehicle black box;

a transceiver configured to communicate with the vehicle black box; and

a controller configured to acquire present posture data by analyzing data received from the vehicle black box, determine whether the stored normal posture data corresponds with the acquired present posture data, and control the vehicle black box to have a normal posture according to the stored normal posture data based on the acquired present posture data not matching to the stored normal posture data.

2. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an output driver configured to output data.

3. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to output guidance data on whether the stored normal posture data corresponds with the acquired present posture data to the output driver.

4. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to output the guidance data according to a preset reference, and

the preset reference comprises at least one of a preset time point, a preset time interval, vehicle engine starting, and event occurrence.

5. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control a pan/tilt drive module provided in the vehicle black box to control the vehicle black box according to the stored normal posture.

6. A vehicle navigation apparatus, comprising:

an output driver configured to output data;

a transceiver configured to communicate with a vehicle black box; and

a controller configured to control a first sensor for determining a slope of the vehicle black box to acquire slope data and control the slope data to output to the output driver,

wherein the controller is further configured to control the vehicle black box to have a normal posture by adjusting the slope of the vehicle black box to be in parallel with a slope of vehicle navigation apparatus.

7. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to acquire an angle necessary for enabling the vehicle black box to have a normal posture from the slope data and to output guidance data comprising the angle data.

8. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to guide the slope data and/or the angle data according to a preset reference, and

the preset reference comprises at least one of a preset time point, a preset time interval, vehicle engine starting, and event occurrence.

9. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to control to display a graphic element on the output driver,

wherein the graphic element visually reflects the slope data acquired from the first sensor.

10. A vehicle navigation apparatus, comprising:

a display unit;

a transceiver configured to communicate with a vehicle black box; and

a controller configured to receive an image from the vehicle black box and to acquire a first reference line from a specific object included in the received image and to display the first reference line on the display unit, and to display a second reference line for acquiring a slope from the first reference line to be adjacent to the first reference line,

wherein the controller is further configured to control the vehicle black box to have a normal posture by adjusting the first reference line to be in parallel with the second reference line.

11. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to recognize the predetermined specific object using object recognition algorithm for recognizing at least one object included in the received image.

12. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to display the first reference line and the second reference line on the received image, or to display the first reference line and the second reference line on a background screen for replacing the received image.

13. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to output a signal for controlling a pan/tilt drive module provided in the vehicle black box to the vehicle black box in order to make the first reference line and the second reference line in parallel.

14. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to control a second sensor for acquiring speed data and/or outside impact data of the vehicle and to display, if the acquired speed data and/or outside impact data are larger than or equal to a reference, the first reference line and the second reference line on the display unit.

15. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to output guidance data comprising an angle necessary for making the first reference line and the second reference line in parallel.

16. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to guide the slope data by determining a slope of the first reference line and the second reference line according to a predetermined reference.

17. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 16, wherein the predetermined reference comprises at least one of a preset time point, a preset time interval, vehicle engine starting, and event occurrence.