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US 10,326,935 · App. 15/963,508 · Granted Jun 18, 2019

In-vehicle driving image map data establishment system

Inventors: Ming-Fong Tsai (New Taipei, TW); Chia-Yuan Lin (New Taipei, TW); Fu-Shiang Ching (New Taipei, TW); Chih-Ming Lin (New Taipei, TW); Chung-Yuan Chang (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: HUA-CHUANG AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION TECHNICAL CENTER CO., LTD.
H04N5/23245G06K9/00791H04N7/18H04W4/40
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,326,935
App. No.
15/963,508
Filed
Apr 26, 2018
Granted
Jun 18, 2019
Kind
B1
Art Unit
2483
USPC
348/148
Abstract

An in-vehicle driving image map data establishment system is provided, and includes an image capture apparatus, a vehicle speed unit, and a control apparatus. The image capture apparatus continuously captures and outputs a plurality of outside-vehicle images. The vehicle speed unit continuously detects and outputs real-time vehicle speed information. The control apparatus is electrically connected to the image capture apparatus and the vehicle speed unit, the control apparatus continuously receives the real-time vehicle speed information, and the control apparatus selectively controls, when the real-time vehicle speed information is greater than a threshold, the image capture apparatus to capture the outside-vehicle images at a first frequency, or the control apparatus selectively controls, when the real-time vehicle speed information is less than the threshold, the image capture apparatus to capture the outside-vehicle images at a second frequency, in which the second frequency is less than the first frequency.

Claims (13)

1. An in-vehicle driving image map data establishment system, comprising:

at least one image capture apparatus, continuously capturing and outputting a plurality of outside-vehicle images;

a vehicle speed unit, continuously detecting and outputting real-time vehicle speed information; and

a control apparatus, electrically connected to the image capture apparatus and the vehicle speed unit, wherein the control apparatus continuously receives the real-time vehicle speed information, and the control apparatus selectively controls, when the real-time vehicle speed information is greater than a threshold, the image capture apparatus to capture the outside-vehicle images at a first frequency, or the control apparatus selectively controls, when the real-time vehicle speed information is less than the threshold, the image capture apparatus to capture the outside-vehicle images at a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is less than the first frequency.

2. The in-vehicle driving image map data establishment system according to claim 1 , further comprising an image upload apparatus, electrically connected to the control apparatus and the image capture apparatus, and receiving the outside-vehicle images, wherein the control apparatus further controls, when the real-time vehicle speed information is greater than the threshold, the image upload apparatus to wirelessly transmit the outside-vehicle images to the outside at a third frequency, or the control apparatus further controls, when the real-time vehicle speed information is less than the threshold, the image upload apparatus to wirelessly transmit the outside-vehicle images to the outside at a fourth frequency, wherein the fourth frequency is less than the third frequency.

3. The in-vehicle driving image map data establishment system according to claim 1 , further comprising an image processing apparatus, electrically connected to the image capture apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus receives the outside-vehicle images, and correspondingly outputs a plurality of processed images, and a data amount of each of the processed images is less than a data amount of each of the outside-vehicle images.

4. The in-vehicle driving image map data establishment system according to claim 3 , wherein each of the processed images is combined from two adjacent outside-vehicle images.

5. The in-vehicle driving image map data establishment system according to claim 3 , wherein each of the outside-vehicle images comprises a near-field image and a far-field image, and each of the processed images comprises only the near-field image.

6. The in-vehicle driving image map data establishment system according to claim 3 , wherein resolution of each of the processed images is less than resolution of each of the outside-vehicle images.

7. The in-vehicle driving image map data establishment system according to claim 3 , further comprising an image upload apparatus, electrically connected to the image processing apparatus, wherein the image upload apparatus wirelessly transmits the processed image to the outside.

8. The in-vehicle driving image map data establishment system according to claim 7 , wherein the control apparatus is connected to the image upload apparatus, and the control apparatus controls, when the real-time vehicle speed information is greater than the threshold, the image upload apparatus to wirelessly transmit the outside-vehicle images to the outside at a third frequency, or the control apparatus further controls, when the real-time vehicle speed information is less than the threshold, the image upload apparatus to wirelessly transmit the outside-vehicle images to the outside at a fourth frequency, wherein the fourth frequency is less than the third frequency.

9. The in-vehicle driving image map data establishment system according to claim 1 , further comprising an image identification apparatus, electrically connected to the image capture apparatus and the control apparatus, wherein the image identification apparatus receives each of the outside-vehicle images, and correspondingly outputs a quantity of the identified objects, and the control apparatus controls, when the quantity of the identified objects is greater than a preset value, the image capture apparatus to capture these outside-vehicle images at an adjusted frequency, wherein the adjusted frequency is greater than the first frequency and the second frequency.

10. The in-vehicle driving image map data establishment system according to claim 1 , wherein there is a plurality of thresholds, and there are a plurality of first frequencies and a plurality of second frequencies.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2018
From: TSAI, MING-FONG; LIN, CHIA-YUAN; CHING, FU-SHIANG; LIN, CHIH-MING; CHANG, CHUNG-YUAN
To: HUA-CHUANG AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION TECHNICAL CENTER CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 1368883 · Dec 18, 2017 · national
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