Vehicle and method of controlling the same
A vehicle, which includes a display and enables a driver to easily observe an occupant in a rear seat, includes a rear camera configured to acquire a rear image and having a visual field directed toward a rear side of the vehicle, a display part configured to display the rear image, at least one rear-seat camera configured to acquire at least one rear-seat image and each having a visual field directed toward the rear seat of the vehicle, and a controller configured to control the display part to display all the rear image and the at least one rear-seat image on the basis that a preset condition is satisfied.
1. A vehicle comprising:
a rear camera having a field of view toward a rear side of the vehicle and configured to acquire a rear image;
a display configured to display the rear image;
a left rear-seat camera having a field of view toward a left rear-seat and configured to acquire a left rear-seat image;
a right rear-seat camera having a field of view toward a right rear-seat of the vehicle, and configured to acquire a right rear-seat image; and
a controller configured to control the display to display both the rear image and at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image based on a preset condition being satisfied;
wherein the left rear-seat image includes a face image of a first occupant positioned in the left rear seat and the right rear-seat image includes a face image of a second occupant positioned in the right rear seat;
wherein the controller is further configured to:
crop the face image of the first occupant from the left rear-seat image and to crop the face image of the second occupant from the right rear-seat image;
wherein the cropped face image of the first occupant and the cropped face image of the second occupant are displayed in distinct areas on the display;
wherein the cropped face image of the first occupant is displayed in a left area of the display with the first occupant being identified, and the cropped face image of the second occupant is displayed in a right area of the display with the second occupant being identified; and
adjust a display size of the cropped face image to enlarge the image of the occupant identified as a speaker.
2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display both the rear image and the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image based on a rear-seat observation function that is turned on according to a user input.
3. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one microphone,
wherein the controller is further configured to identify a position of a speaker in the vehicle based on at least one of (i) the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image or (ii) audio data received from the at least one microphone.
4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display both the rear image and the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image when the speaker is identified as being positioned in the rear seat.
5. The vehicle of claim 3 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display the left-rear-seat image and the right-rear-seat image,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to increase a size of the left-rear-seat image based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the left rear seat, and
wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to increase a size of the right-rear-seat image based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the right rear seat.
6. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the display to display the face image of the first occupant based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the left rear-seat, and
control the display to display the face image of the second occupant based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the right rear-seat.
7. The vehicle of claim 3 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to increase a size of the face image of the first occupant based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the left rear seat, and
wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to increase a size of the face image of the second occupant based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the right rear seat.
8. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to stop displaying the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image based on a warning signal being received from a driver assist system while the display displays both the rear image and the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image.
9. A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving a rear image from a rear camera having a field of view toward a rear side of the vehicle;
displaying the rear image on a display;
receiving a left rear-seat image from a left rear-seat camera having a field of view towards a left-rear seat;
receiving a right rear-seat image from a right rear-seat camera having a field of view towards a right-rear seat;
and
controlling the display to display both the rear image and the-at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image based on a preset condition being satisfied;
wherein the left rear-seat image includes a face image of a first occupant positioned in the left rear seat and the right rear-seat image includes a face image of a second occupant positioned in a right rear-seat; and
wherein controlling of the display comprises:
cropping the face image of the first occupant from the left rear-seat image and cropping the face image of the second occupant from the right rear-seat image;
displaying the cropped face image of the first occupant and the cropped face image of the second occupant in distinct areas on the display;
wherein the cropped face image of the first occupant is displayed in a left area of the display with the first occupant being identified and the cropped face image of the second occupant is displayed in a right area of the display with the second occupant being identified; and
adjusting a display size of the cropped face image to enlarge the image of the occupant identified as a speaker.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the controlling of the display part to display both the rear image and the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image comprises controlling the display to display both the rear image and the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image based on a rear-seat observation function being turned on according to a user input.
11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
identifying a position of a speaker in the vehicle based on at least one of (i) the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image or (ii) audio data received from at least one microphone.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the controlling of the display to display both the rear image and the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image comprises controlling the display to display both the rear image and the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the rear seat.
13. The method of claim 11 ,
wherein the controlling of the display to display both the rear image and the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image comprises:
controlling the display to display the left-rear-seat image and the right-rear-seat image;
controlling the display to increase a size of the left-rear-seat image based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the left rear-seat; and
controlling the display to increase a size of the right-rear-seat image based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the right rear-seat.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the controlling of the display to display both the rear image and the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image comprises:
controlling the display to display the face image of the first occupant based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the left rear-seat; and
controlling the display to display the face image of the second occupant based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the right rear-seat.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the controlling of the display to display both the rear image and the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image comprises:
controlling the display to display the face image of the first occupant and the face image of the second occupant;
controlling the display to increase a size of the face image of the first occupant based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the left rear seat; and
controlling the display to increase a size of the face image of the second occupant based on the speaker being identified as being positioned in the right rear seat.
16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
controlling the display to stop displaying the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image based on a warning signal being received from a driver assist system while the display displays both the rear image and the at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear rear-seat image.