Device and method for guiding boarding/alighting of vehicle

1 . A method for guiding boarding/alighting of an autonomous driving vehicle, the method comprising:

identifying, by a camera sensor of the autonomous driving vehicle, skeleton information of an occupant who is outside the autonomous driving vehicle;

collecting, by a processor of the autonomous driving vehicle, body information including at least one of knee vertical level information including relative vertical level information between the occupant and a vehicle entrance and shoulder width information of the occupant via the skeleton information;

determining, by the processor, an arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle based on a location of the occupant;

autonomously adjusting, by the processor, the arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle for the occupant to board the autonomous driving vehicle;

sequentially providing, by the processor, a plurality of different notifications each corresponding to different vertical level information between the occupant and the vehicle entrance;

discharging, by a wind discharger, wind to the occupant spaced apart from the autonomous driving vehicle; and

causing, by the processor, the wind discharger to increase an intensity of the wind as the occupant approaches an entrance rim of the vehicle.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle based on the location of the occupant includes:

determining, by the processor, whether there is a sidewalk at the arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

measuring, by the processor, a gap between an entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle and the sidewalk when there is the sidewalk at the arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle; and

determining, by the processor, whether the measured gap between the entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle and the sidewalk is equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

determining, by the processor, that the occupant is to board/alight the autonomous driving vehicle from/onto the sidewalk when the gap between the entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle and the sidewalk is equal to or smaller than the predetermined distance.

5 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

determining, by the processor, that the occupant is to board/alight the autonomous driving vehicle from/onto a road surface when the gap between the entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle and the sidewalk is greater than the predetermined distance.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing wind when the occupant approaches an entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle.

7 . A computer-readable storage medium for storing at least one program code including instructions for, when executed, causing at least one processor of an autonomous driving vehicle to perform operations, wherein the operations include:

an operation of collecting body information including at least one of knee vertical level information including relative vertical level information between an occupant and a vehicle entrance and shoulder width information of the occupant who is outside the autonomous driving vehicle via skeleton information of the occupant identified by a camera sensor of the autonomous driving vehicle;

an operation of determining an arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle based on a location of the occupant;

an operation of autonomously adjusting the arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle for the occupant to board the autonomous driving vehicle;

an operation of sequentially providing a plurality of different notifications each corresponding to different vertical level information between the occupant and the vehicle entrance;

an operation of discharging wind to the occupant spaced apart from the autonomous driving vehicle; and

an operation of increasing an intensity of the wind as the occupant approaches an entrance rim of the vehicle.

8 . A device for guiding boarding/alighting of an autonomous driving vehicle, the device comprising:

an object detector configured to recognize an occupant spaced apart from the autonomous driving vehicle;

a communicator configured to be in communication with a remote device;

an outputter including a wind discharger configured to discharge wind to the occupant spaced apart from the autonomous driving vehicle and a speaker; and

a processor configured to control at least one of the object detector, the communicator, and the outputter,

wherein the processor is configured to:

collect body information of the occupant;

determine an arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle based on a location of the occupant;

autonomously adjust the arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle for the occupant to board the vehicle; and

provide relative information via the outputter as a notification based on the body information of the occupant,

wherein the processor is further configured to cause the wind discharger to increase an intensity of the wind as the occupant approaches an entrance rim of the vehicle.

9 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to determine whether there is a sidewalk at the arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle.

10 . The device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:

measure a gap between an entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle and the sidewalk when there is the sidewalk at the arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle; and

determine whether the measured gap between the entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle and the sidewalk is equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance.

11 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to determine that the occupant is to board/alight the autonomous driving vehicle from/onto the sidewalk when the gap between the entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle and the sidewalk is equal to or smaller than the predetermined distance.

12 . The device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to provide a guide notification based on a vertical level difference between the entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle and the sidewalk when determining that the occupant is to board/alight the autonomous driving vehicle from/onto the sidewalk.

13 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to determine that the occupant is to board/alight the autonomous driving vehicle from/onto a road surface when the gap between the entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle and the sidewalk is greater than the predetermined distance.

14 . The device of claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to provide a guide notification based on a vertical level of the entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle when determining that the occupant is to board/alight the autonomous driving vehicle from/onto the road surface.

15 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to provide wind when the occupant approaches an entrance of the autonomous driving vehicle.

16 . An autonomous driving vehicle, comprising:

a camera sensor configured to identify skeleton information of an occupant who is outside the autonomous driving vehicle;

at least one speaker configured to output auditory feedback;

a wind discharger configured to discharge wind to the occupant spaced apart from the autonomous driving vehicle; and

a vehicle boarding/alighting guiding device configured to:

collect body information including at least one of knee vertical level information including relative vertical level information between the occupant and a vehicle entrance and shoulder width information of the occupant via the skeleton information;

determine an arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle based on a location of the occupant;

autonomously adjust the arrival location of the autonomous driving vehicle for the occupant to board the autonomous driving vehicle;

sequentially provide a plurality of different notifications each corresponding to different vertical level information between the occupant and the vehicle entrance; and

increasing an intensity of the wind as the occupant approaches an entrance rim of the vehicle.