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Granted Patent B2
US 11,562,578 · App. 16/484,048 · Granted Jan 24, 2023

Method for controlling autonomous driving vehicle

Inventors: Sungil Cho (Seoul, KR); Inyoung Hwang (Seoul, KR); Kyoungha Lee (Seoul, KR); Kangmin Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
G06V20/59B60K35/00B60W40/08G06F3/013G06F3/017G06V20/56G06V40/18G06V40/20B60K2370/1464B60K2370/193
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Patent No.
US 11,562,578
App. No.
16/484,048
Granted
Jan 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method for controlling an autonomous driving vehicle. The vehicle control method includes detecting an eye level of an occupant adjacent to the window through a first camera which captures an image of an inside of the vehicle, setting an area of the window corresponding to the eye level of the occupant to a first area and setting the other remaining area of the window to a second area, and adjusting light transmittance of the window such that light transmittance of the first area is lower than light transmittance of the second area.

Claims (37)

1. A vehicle control method for controlling light transmittance of a window installed in a vehicle, the vehicle control method comprising:

detecting an eye level of an occupant adjacent to the window through a first camera which captures an image of an inside of the vehicle;

setting an area of the window corresponding to the eye level of the occupant to a first area and setting the other remaining area of the window to a second area;

adjusting light transmittance of the window such that light transmittance of the first area is lower than light transmittance of the second area;

setting a third area in the first area;

displaying an image in the third area while moving the third area in a direction opposite to a movement direction of the vehicle;

detecting a direction of a gaze of the occupant through the first camera; and

stopping moving the third area based on the gaze of the occupant detected to be directed to the third area.

2. The vehicle control method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying the image to be enlarged based on the gaze of the occupant detected to be directed to the third area.

3. The vehicle control method of claim 1 , wherein light transmittance of the third area is higher than the light transmittance of the first area.

4. The vehicle control method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting an object outside the vehicle through a second camera which captures an image of the outside of the vehicle; and

displaying an image related to the object in the third area based on detecting the object outside the vehicle.

5. The vehicle control method of claim 1 , further comprising:

increasing light transmittance of the image based on the gaze of the occupant detected to be not directed to the image for a predetermined period of time.

6. The vehicle control method of claim 1 , wherein

the occupant is a first occupant,

wherein the vehicle control method further comprising:

detecting a direction of a gaze of a second occupant located farther from the window than a distance between the first occupant and the window;

setting a fourth area in the first area or the second area based on the gaze of the second occupant detected to be directed to the window; and

displaying an image in the fourth area.

7. The vehicle control method of claim 6 , wherein

the fourth area is spaced apart from the third area and is smaller than the third area.

8. The vehicle control method of claim 1 , wherein

the occupant is a first occupant,

wherein the vehicle control method further comprising:

detecting a direction of a gaze of a second occupant located farther from the window than a distance between the first occupant and the window;

setting a fourth area in the first area based on the gaze of the second occupant detected to be directed to the first area; and

increasing light transmittance of the fourth area to be higher than light transmittance of the first area.

9. The vehicle control method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting brightness of an outside of the vehicle; and

adjusting a size of the first area on the basis of the detected brightness.

10. The vehicle control method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting a gesture input from the occupant;

setting a fifth area in the first area based on the gesture input being a predetermined gesture input; and

increasing light transmittance of the fifth area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2020
From: CHO, SUNGIL; HWANG, INYOUNG; LEE, KYOUNGHA; KIM, KANGMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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