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US 9,994,148 · App. 15/648,450 · Granted Jun 12, 2018

Pedestrian warning device of vehicle

Inventor: Ki-Man Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: MANDO HELLA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
B60Q5/006G08G1/166
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Patent No.
US 9,994,148
App. No.
15/648,450
Granted
Jun 12, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

A pedestrian warning device of a vehicle is disclosed. The pedestrian warning device includes a pedestrian detector configured to detect a position of a pedestrian walking around a vehicle, an in-vehicle warning sound outputter configured to output warning sounds through a plurality of internal speakers arranged at different positions in the vehicle, and a controller configured to generate pedestrian movement information including a movement direction of the pedestrian based on the detected position of the pedestrian, determine a moved position of the pedestrian based on the generated pedestrian movement information, control an operation of the in-vehicle warning sound outputter according to the determined moved position to operate an internal speaker corresponding to the moved position of the pedestrian among the plurality of internal speakers as the pedestrian moves, and notify a driver of the moved position of the pedestrian by change of a direction of the output warning sound.

Claims (11)

1. A pedestrian warning device of a vehicle comprising:

a pedestrian detector configured to detect a position of a pedestrian walking around a vehicle;

an in-vehicle warning sound outputter configured to output warning sounds through a plurality of internal speakers arranged at different positions in the vehicle; and

a controller configured to generate pedestrian movement information including a movement direction of the pedestrian based on the detected position of the pedestrian, determine a moved position of the pedestrian based on the generated pedestrian movement information, control an operation of the in-vehicle warning sound outputter according to the determined moved position to operate an internal speaker corresponding to the moved position of the pedestrian among the plurality of internal speakers as the pedestrian moves, and notify a driver of the moved position of the pedestrian by change of a direction of the output warning sound.

2. The pedestrian warning device according to claim 1 , further comprising: an out-vehicle warning sound outputter configured to output warning sounds through a plurality of external speakers oriented to various directions of the outside of the vehicle,

wherein the controller comprises operating an external speaker corresponding to the moved position of the pedestrian among the plurality of external speakers according to the determined moved position and notifying the pedestrian of a position of the vehicle by change of a direction of the output warning sound.

3. The pedestrian warning device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller notifies the pedestrian of the position of the vehicle by change of a volume of the output warning sound when operating the external speaker corresponding to the moved position of the pedestrian among the plurality of external speakers as the pedestrian moves.

4. The pedestrian warning device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller notifies the driver of the moved position of the pedestrian by change of a volume of the output warning sound when operating the internal speaker corresponding to the moved position of the pedestrian among the plurality of internal speakers as the pedestrian moves.

5. The pedestrian warning device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller controls the volume of the output warning sound according to a distance between the pedestrian and the vehicle.

6. The pedestrian warning device of claim 1 , wherein the controller changes the direction of the output warning sound in response to the moved position of the pedestrian.

7. The pedestrian warning device of claim 1 , wherein the controller changes the direction of the output warning sound by controlling the operation of the internal speaker corresponding to the moved position of the pedestrian or volume of the output warning sound outputted from at least one of the plurality of internal speakers in response to the moved position of the pedestrian.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2022
From: MANDO-HELLA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: HL KLEMOVE CORP.
Reel/Frame 059041/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: KIM, KI-MAN
To: MANDO HELLA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042999/0461 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0170051 · Dec 14, 2016 · national