IP Library Granted Patent US 9,896,129
Granted Patent B2
US 9,896,129 · App. 15/072,524 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Driving assistant system of vehicle and method for controlling the same

Inventor: Hyun-Woo Baek (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
B62D15/0255B60Q9/008G01S13/862G01S13/867G01S13/931G06K9/00805G06K9/00818G01S2013/9332G01S2013/9378G01S2013/9385
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Patent No.
US 9,896,129
App. No.
15/072,524
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are a driving assistant system of a vehicle and a driving assistant method. The driving assistant system includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a front image of the vehicle, an obstacle detection unit that detects an obstacle at lateral and rear sides of the vehicle, a determination unit that determines whether a current vehicle is located at a junction road based on the acquired image, and a control unit that automatically changes a lane of the vehicle when it is determined that the current vehicle is located at the junction road and the obstacle is not detected at the lateral or rear side of the vehicle.

Claims (39)

1. A driving assistant system of a vehicle comprising:

an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a front image of the vehicle and provide an acquired image;

an obstacle detection unit configured to detect an obstacle at lateral and rear sides of the vehicle and provide obstacle information;

a warning unit configured to provide warning signal to a driver

a determination unit configured to

receive the acquired image from the image acquisition unit and the obstacle information from the obstacle detection unit,

determine whether the vehicle is located at a junction road based on the acquired image; and

a controller configured to,

when the vehicle is located at the junction road and the obstacle is not detected at the lateral or rear side of the vehicle, automatically change a lane of the vehicle by performing a longitudinal and lateral automatic control including accelerating, decelerating, and lane-keeping control of the vehicle, and

when the vehicle is located at the junction road and the obstacle is detected at the lateral or rear side of the vehicle, warn the driver through the warning unit and release the longitudinal and lateral automatic control of the vehicle.

2. The driving assistant system according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the vehicle is located at the junction road based on lane recognition information of the acquired image.

3. The driving assistant system according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit is configured to

recognize a junction road sign board based on the acquired image, and

determine that the vehicle is located at the junction road when the junction road sign board is recognized.

4. A driving assistant method of a vehicle, the driving assistant method performed by the vehicle comprising an image acquisition unit, an obstacle detection unit, warning unit and control unit, the driving assistant method comprising:

acquiring a front image of the vehicle from the image acquisition unit;

detecting an obstacle at lateral and rear sides of the vehicle from the obstacle detection unit;

determining whether the vehicle is located at a junction road based on lane recognition information of the acquired image; and

performing a longitudinal and lateral automatic control of the vehicle based on the front image,

wherein

when the vehicle is located at the junction road based on the lane recognition information and the obstacle is not detected at the lateral or rear side of the vehicle, the control unit automatically changes a lane of the vehicle by performing a longitudinal and lateral automatic control of the vehicle, and

when the vehicle is located at the junction road and the obstacle is detected at the lateral or rear side of the vehicle, the control unit warns a driver through the warning unit and releases the longitudinal and lateral automatic control of the vehicle.

5. The driving assistant method according to claim 4 , wherein the longitudinal and lateral automatic control includes accelerating, decelerating, and lane-keeping control of the vehicle.

6. A driving assistant system of a vehicle comprising:

a navigation unit configured to receive road information about a road on which the vehicle is traveling;

an obstacle detection unit configured to detect an obstacle at lateral and rear sides of the vehicle and provide obstacle information;

a determination unit configured to

receive the road information from the navigation unit and the obstacle information from the obstacle detection unit,

determine whether the vehicle is located at a junction road based on the road information; and

a controller configured to,

when the vehicle is located at the junction road and the obstacle is not detected at the lateral or rear side of the vehicle, automatically change a lane of the vehicle by performing a longitudinal and lateral automatic control of the vehicle, and

when the vehicle is located at the junction road and the obstacle is detected at the lateral or rear side of the vehicle, warn a driver through the warning unit and release the longitudinal and lateral automatic control of the vehicle.

7. The driving assistant system according to claim 6 , further comprising:

an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a front image of the vehicle,

wherein the determination unit is is configured to determine whether the vehicle is located at the junction road based on an acquired image received from the image acquisition unit.

8. The driving assistant system according to claim 7 , wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the vehicle is located at the junction road based on lane recognition information of the acquired image.

9. The driving assistant system according to claim 7 , wherein the determination unit is configured to

recognize a junction road sign board based on the acquired image, and

determine that the vehicle is located at the junction road when the junction road sign board is recognized.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 23, 2022
From: MANDO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: HL KLEMOVE CORP.
Reel/Frame 060874/0494 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2021
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: MANDO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058042/0328 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2016
From: BAEK, HYUN-WOO
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038177/0863 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0043170 · Mar 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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