IP Library Granted Patent US 11,245,874
Granted Patent B2
US 11,245,874 · App. 15/914,296 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Display system of vehicle and method of driving the same

Inventor: Min-Gwan Jo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Mando Corporation
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Patent No.
US 11,245,874
App. No.
15/914,296
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are a display system of a vehicle and a method of driving the same. The display system includes a plurality of camera modules configured to capture a front side, a rear side, a rear left side, and a rear right side relative to the vehicle and generate image data, a plurality of display panels configured to receive the image data and display front side images, rear side images, rear left side images, and rear right side images relative to the vehicle, a driver pupil detection sensor configured to sense a pupil of a driver and generate pupil position data, a driver posture detection sensor configured to sense a position of the driver, a body direction thereof, and a head height thereof and generate posture data, a calculator configured to calculate a position of a field of view of the driver on the basis of the pupil position data and the posture data and generate a display correction value on the basis of the position of the field of view, and a display correction device configured to adjust a horizontal tilt and a vertical tilt of each of the plurality of display panels on the basis of the display correction value.

Claims (44)

1. A display system of a vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of camera modules configured to capture a front side, a rear side, a rear left side, and a rear right side relative to the vehicle and generate image data;

a plurality of display panels configured to receive the image data and display a front side image, a rear side image, a rear left side image, and a rear right side image relative to the vehicle;

a driver pupil detection sensor configured to sense a pupil of a driver and generate pupil position data;

a driver posture detection sensor comprising a weight distribution sensor and configured to sense a position of the driver, a body direction thereof, and a head height thereof and generate posture data;

a calculator configured to calculate a position of a field of view of the driver on the basis of the pupil position data, the posture data, and an interorbital width, and generate a display correction value on the basis of the position of the field of view; and

a display correction device configured to adjust a horizontal tilt and a vertical tilt of each of the plurality of display panels on the basis of the display correction value,

wherein the driver posture detection sensor is configured to sense how far a body of the driver is inclined to a left side or a right side,

the display correction value is generated on the basis of how far the body of the driver is inclined to the left side or the right side, and

the display correction device further adjusts the horizontal tilt of each of the plurality of display panels in a left direction or a right direction on the basis of the display correction value.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of display panels includes:

a first display panel configured to display the front side image relative to the vehicle;

a second display panel configured to display the rear side image relative to the vehicle;

a third display panel configured to display the rear left side image relative to the vehicle; and

a fourth display panel configured to display the rear right side image relative to the vehicle.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the display correction device adjusts a vertical tilt of each of the first to fourth display panels in an upward direction or a downward direction on the basis of the display correction value.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the calculator includes a memory configured to store driver learning result data, which is obtained by learning a height, a body type, a posture, a face size, the interorbital width, and an eye shape of each of a plurality of people, and calculates an absolute position of the field of view of the driver on the basis of the learning result data.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the driver pupil detection sensor comprises an image sensor disposed to face the driver, and the weight distribution sensor comprises a plurality of weight detection sensors disposed at different locations in a driver seat to determine a weight distribution of the driver.

6. A display system of a vehicle, comprising:

a camera module configured to capture vehicle surroundings;

a display panel configured to display an image captured through the camera module;

a driver pupil detection sensor configured to sense a pupil of a driver;

a driver posture detection sensor configured to sense a posture of the driver;

a calculator configured to calculate a display correction value of the display panel on the basis of a position of a field of view of the driver determined based on the sensed pupil of the driver, an interorbital width, and the sensed posture of the driver; and

a display correction device configured to adjust a horizontal tilt and a vertical tilt of the display panel according to the calculated display correction value,

wherein the driver posture detection sensor is configured to sense how far a body of the driver is inclined to a left side or a right side,

the display correction value is calculated on the basis of how far the body of the driver is inclined to the left side or the right side, and

the display correction device further adjusts the tilt of the display panel in a left direction or a right direction on the basis of the display correction value.

7. The display system of claim 6 , wherein the driver pupil detection sensor comprises an image sensor disposed to face the driver, and the driver posture detection sensor comprises a weight detection sensor.

8. The display system of claim 7 , wherein the driver posture detection sensor comprises a plurality of weight detection sensors disposed at different locations in a driver seat to determine a weight distribution of the driver.

9. A method of driving a display system of a vehicle, comprising:

sensing a pupil of a driver and generating pupil position data;

sensing a weight distribution of the driver in a driver seat, a body direction thereof, and a head height thereof and generating driver posture data;

calculating a position of a field of view of the driver on the basis of the pupil position data, the driver posture data, and an interorbital width;

generating a display correction value on the basis of the position of the field of view of the driver; and

adjusting a horizontal tilt and a vertical tilt of each of a plurality of display panels disposed at the vehicle on the basis of the display correction value,

wherein the sensing comprises sensing how far a body of the driver is inclined to a left side or a right side,

the display correction values are generated on the basis of how far the body of the driver is inclined to the left side or the right side, and

the adjusting comprises adjusting the horizontal tilt of each of the plurality of display panels in a left direction or a right direction on the basis of the display correction value.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising adjusting the vertical tilt of each of the plurality of display panels in an upward direction or a downward direction on the basis of the display correction value.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

storing driver learning result data, which is obtained by learning a height, a body type, a posture, a face size, the interorbital width, and an eye shape of each of a plurality of people, in a memory; and

calculating an absolute position of the field of view of the driver on the basis of the driver learning result data.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the sensing the pupil of the driver comprises detecting a position of the pupil using an image sensor disposed to face the driver, and the sensing the weight distribution of the driver comprises detecting weights at a plurality of different locations in the driver seat to determine the weight distribution of the driver.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 15, 2022
From: MANDO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: HL KLEMOVE CORP.
Reel/Frame 061148/0166 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2021
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: MANDO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058598/0480 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: JO, MIN-GWAN
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045132/0665 →
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