IP Library Granted Patent US 9,677,898
Granted Patent B2
US 9,677,898 · App. 14/742,004 · Granted Jun 13, 2017

Electronic apparatus and control method thereof

Inventor: Suk Pil Ko (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: THINK WARE CORPORATION
G01C21/3602G06K9/00798G06T7/73G06T2207/30256
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Patent No.
US 9,677,898
App. No.
14/742,004
Granted
Jun 13, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein is control method of an electronic apparatus, comprising: identifying a line region from a driving-related image data of a vehicle; generating a line information corresponding to a lane where the vehicle is located from an image data of the identified line region portion; generating a position information of a lane where the vehicle is located, using at least one of the generated line information and the lane information of a road where the vehicle is located; and performing a driving-related guide of the vehicle using the generated lane position information.

Claims (49)

1. A control method of an electronic apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus includes a processor, comprising:

identifying a line region from a driving-related image data of a vehicle;

generating, by the processor, line information corresponding to a lane where the vehicle is located from an image data of the identified line region portion, wherein the line information includes information of a line which defines both sides of the lane;

generating, by the processor, lane position information, using at least one of the generated line information and lane information of a road where the vehicle is located; and

guiding the vehicle, by the processor, with a driving-related guide of the vehicle in augmented reality using the generated lane position information,

wherein the lane position information identifies the lane where the vehicle is located, and

wherein the lane position information identifies at least one lane of the road.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the line information includes a line shape and a line color each side of the lane where the vehicle is located.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

outputting an appropriate line departure guide based at least partly on the line information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the lane position information includes:

obtaining the lane information of the road where the vehicle is located from a map data;

determining whether or not the vehicle is located on a first lane or a last lane of the road using the generated line information; and

generating the position information of the lane where the vehicle is located by using the lane information of the road, when the vehicle is located on the first lane or the last lane.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the generating the lane position information further includes:

wherein when the lane where the vehicle is located changes to the lane positioning between the first lane and the last lane according to the lane change of the vehicle, updating the generated lane position information with the changed lane position information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein when the lane where the vehicle is located changes from the lane which is located between the first and last lane to the first lane or the last lane according to the lane change of the vehicle, regenerating the position information of the lane where the vehicle is located by using the lane information of the road where the vehicle is located.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the guiding the vehicle with the driving-related guide of the vehicle includes:

outputting a lane change guide using a navigation route of the vehicle and the lane position information.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the guiding the vehicle with the driving-related guide of the vehicle includes:

outputting a lane guide where the vehicle is located using the lane position information.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the outputting comprises:

generating an indicator for performing the driving-related guide; and

outputting the generated indicator through the augmented reality.

10. An electronic apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus includes a processor, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a control device configured to:

identify a line region from a driving-related image data of a vehicle and generates line information corresponding to a lane where the vehicle is located from the image data of the identified line region portion, wherein the line information includes information of a line which defines both sides of the lane,

generate a position information of a lane where the vehicle is located, using at least one of the generated line information and the lane information of the road where the vehicle is located, and

guide the vehicle with a driving-related guide of the vehicle in augmented reality using the generated lane position information,

wherein the lane position information identifies the lane where the vehicle is located, and

wherein the lane position information identifies at least one lane of the road.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the line information includes a line shape and a line color for each side of the lane where the vehicle is located.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the control device is configured to select and output an appropriate line departure guide based at least partly on the line information.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the control device is configured to:

obtain a lane information of the road where the vehicle is located from a map data,

determine, using the generated line information, whether or not the vehicle is located on a first lane or a last lane of the road, and

when the vehicle is located on the first lane or the last lane, generate a position information of the lane where the vehicle is located by using the lane information of the road.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein when the lane where the vehicle is located changes to the lane between the first lane and the last lane according to the lane change of the vehicle, the control device is configured to update the generated lane position information with the changed lane position information.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein when the lane where the vehicle is located changes from the lane which is located between the first and last lanes to the first lane or the last lane according to the lane change of the vehicle, the control device is configured to regenerate the position information of the lane where the vehicle is located, by using the lane information of the road where the vehicle is located.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the control device is configured to output a lane change guide using a navigation route of the vehicle and the lane position information.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the control device is configured to generate an indicator for performing to perform the driving-related guide and output the generated indicator through augmented reality.

18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the control device is configured to output a lane guide where the vehicle is located using the lane position information.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

identifying a line region from a driving-related image data of a vehicle;

generating line information corresponding to a lane where the vehicle is located from an image data of the identified line region portion, wherein the line information includes information of a line which defines both sides of the lane;

generating lane position information, using at least one of the generated line information and lane information of a road where the vehicle is located; and

guiding the vehicle with a driving-related guide of the vehicle in augmented reality using the generated lane position information,

wherein the lane position information identifies the lane where the vehicle is located, and

wherein the lane position information identifies at least one lane of the road.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2021
From: THINKWARE CORPORATION
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057102/0051 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2015
From: KO, SUK PIL
To: THINKWARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035853/0598 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2014-0073727 · Jun 17, 2014 · national
KR 10-2014-0154597 · Nov 7, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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