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Granted Patent B2
US 11,558,559 · App. 17/075,776 · Granted Jan 17, 2023

System and method with vehicle camera

Inventors: Tae Hoon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Joon Seok Chae (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
H04N5/247B60R1/00H04N5/2259H04N5/23216H04N5/23238H04N5/23245B60R2300/105B60R2300/20B60R2300/607B60R2300/802
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Patent No.
US 11,558,559
App. No.
17/075,776
Granted
Jan 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle camera system includes: an around view camera device including a front camera, a left camera, a right camera, and a rear camera, and configured to vary a field of view of one or more of the cameras in response to a control signal; and a control device configured to control the field of view by generating the control signal, in response to an operating mode.

Claims (51)

1. A vehicle camera system, comprising:

a camera device including a front camera, a left camera, a right camera, and a rear camera, and configured to vary a field of view of one or more of the front camera, the left camera, the right camera, and the rear camera in response to a control signal; and

a control device configured to control the field of view by generating the control signal based on a determined driving speed of a vehicle, in response to an operating mode,

wherein the one or more of the front camera, the left camera, the right camera, and the rear camera is a variable moving lens camera including a movable lens portion configured to move in response to the control signal to vary the field of view,

wherein, for the controlling of the field of view, the control device is further configured to:

change the operating mode based on the determined driving speed, in response to a change condition of the operating mode being satisfied; and

control the field of view to be a field of view corresponding to the changed operating mode.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein, for the controlling of the field of view, the control device is configured to control the field of view to be a field of view corresponding to an around view mode, in response to the operating mode being the around view mode.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein, for the controlling of the field of view, the control device is configured to control the field of view to be a field of view corresponding to a driving mode, in response to the operating mode being the driving mode.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein, for the controlling of the field of view, the control device is configured to control the field of view to be a field of view corresponding to a black box mode, in response to the operating mode being the black box mode.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein, for the controlling of the field of view, the control device is configured to control the field of view to be a field of view corresponding to a mirror mode, in response to the operating mode being the mirror mode.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising either one or both of a first input device and a second input device configured to input the operating mode to the control device.

7. A processor-implemented vehicle camera method, comprising:

receiving an operating mode signal;

determining whether there is a change in an operating mode based on the operating mode signal;

maintaining the operating mode in response to the operating mode not being changed; and

changing the operating mode in response to the operating mode being changed, and controlling a change in a field of view of one or more cameras among a front camera, a left camera, a right camera, and a rear camera to be a field of view corresponding to the changed operating mode based on a received driving speed of a vehicle,

wherein each of the one or more cameras is a variable moving lens camera including a movable lens portion configured to move in response to the operating mode being changed to change the field of view, and

wherein, for the controlling of the field of view, the control device is further configured to:

change the operating mode based on the determined driving speed, in response to a change condition of the operating mode being satisfied; and

control the field of view to be a field of view corresponding to the changed operating mode.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein, in response to the changed operating mode being an around view mode, the controlling comprises controlling the field of view to be a field of view corresponding to the around view mode.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein, in response to the changed operating mode being a driving mode, the controlling comprises controlling the field of view to be a field of view corresponding to the driving mode.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein, in response to the changed operating mode being a black box mode, the controlling comprises controlling the field of view to be a field of view corresponding to the black box mode.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein, in response to the changed operating mode being a mirror mode, the controlling comprises controlling the field of view to be a field of view corresponding to the mirror mode.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein

the determining of whether there is a change in the operating mode is based on the received driving speed, and

the changing of the operating mode and the controlling of the change in the field of view to be the field of view corresponding to the changed operating mode is in response to a change condition of the operating mode being satisfied.

13. A vehicle, comprising:

an input device configured to receive an input from a user of the vehicle;

one or more cameras disposed on a periphery of the vehicle;

a control device configured to determine an operating mode of the one or more cameras based on the input received from the user, and control a field view of the one or more cameras based on the determined operating mode dependent on a driving speed of the vehicle; and

a display configured to output information corresponding to the determined operating mode,

wherein each of the one or more cameras is a variable moving lens camera including a movable lens portion configured to move to change the field of view, based on the control of the field of view, and

wherein, for the controlling of the field of view, the control device is further configured to:

change the operating mode based on the determined driving speed, in response to a change condition of the operating mode being satisfied; and

control the field of view to be a field of view corresponding to the changed operating mode.

14. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the control device is configured to:

for the determining of the operating mode, determine the operating mode to be an around view mode; and

for the controlling of the field view, control the field of view to be 180 degrees or more, in response to the operating mode being the around view mode.

15. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein

the one or more cameras are configured to capture one or more images with the 180 degrees or more field of view,

the control device is configured to generate a bird eye view image based on the one or more images, and

the display is configured to output the bird eye view image.

16. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the control device is configured to:

for the determining of the operating mode, determine the operating mode to be a mirror mode; and

for the controlling of the field view, control the field of view to be less than 180 degrees, in response to the operating mode being the mirror mode.

17. The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein

the one or more cameras are configured to capture one or more images with the less than 180 degrees field of view,

the control device is configured to generate a vehicle mirror image based on the one or more images, and

the display is configured to output the vehicle mirror image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2020
From: KIM, TAE HOON; CHAE, JOON SEOK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054121/0272 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0052438 · Apr 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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