IP Library Granted Patent US 11,801,855
Granted Patent B2
US 11,801,855 · App. 17/584,944 · Granted Oct 31, 2023

Exit warning system and control method thereof

Inventor: Eun Seok Kang (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
B60W50/14B60W40/02B60W40/08G08B21/182B60W2554/80
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Patent No.
US 11,801,855
App. No.
17/584,944
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exit warning system and a control method thereof are proposed to prevent a malfunction of a SEA system by distinguishing a person approaching a host vehicle from another vehicle, where the warning system includes a target detection sensor configured to detect a target approaching a host vehicle, and a controller configured to control not to transmit a warning signal of a safety exit assist system, in response to a speed of the target is less than or equal to a threshold speed and a position of the target is positioned within a distance from a vehicle door of the host vehicle.

Claims (62)

1. An exit warning system comprising:

a target detection sensor configured to detect a target approaching a host vehicle; and

a controller configured to control not to transmit a warning signal of a safety exit assist system, in response to a speed of the target being less than or equal to a threshold speed and the target being positioned within a distance from a vehicle door of the host vehicle,

wherein the controller comprises:

a calculator configured to calculate the position and the speed of the target on the basis of a position of the host vehicle and target information detected by the target detection sensor;

a condition determiner configured to determine conditions based on whether the speed of the target is less than or equal to the threshold speed and whether the position of the target is positioned within the distance from the vehicle door;

a correlation determiner configured to determine the target as a person having a correlation with the host vehicle, in response to a condition from among conditions determined by the condition determiner being satisfied; and

a warning transmitter configured to control not to transmit the warning signal by transmitting a Safety Exit Assist (SEA) warning signal as a zero value, in response to the determining of the target being the person having the correlation with the host vehicle.

2. The exit warning system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a passenger detection sensor configured to:

detect a passenger on a seat; and

detect whether the seat is adjacent to an interior side of the vehicle door to which the target is approaching,

wherein the controller is further configured to control not to transmit the warning signal of the safety exit assist system, in response to the passenger not being on the seat adjacent to the interior side of the vehicle door.

3. The exit warning system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the vehicle door to which the target is approaching is opened from outside of the host vehicle; and

control not to transmit the warning signal of the safety exit assist system, in response to the vehicle door being opened from the outside.

4. The exit warning system of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the vehicle door to which the target is approaching is opened from outside of the host vehicle; and

control not to transmit a warning signal of a safety exit assist system, in response to the vehicle door being opened from the outside.

5. An exit warning system comprising:

a target detection sensor configured to detect a target approaching a host vehicle; and

a controller configured to control not to transmit a warning signal of a safety exit assist system based on any one or any combination of

a first condition that a speed of the target is less than or equal to a threshold speed,

a second condition that a position of the target is positioned within a distance from a vehicle door of the host vehicle,

a third condition that a passenger is not on a seat adjacent to an interior side of the vehicle door to which the target is approaching, and

a fourth condition that the vehicle door to which the target is approaching is opened from outside of the host vehicle,

wherein the controller comprises:

a calculator configured to calculate the position and the speed of the target on the basis of a position of the host vehicle and target information detected by the target detection sensor;

a condition determiner configured to determine conditions based on whether the speed of the target is less than or equal to the threshold speed and whether the position of the target is positioned within the distance from the vehicle door;

a correlation determiner configured to determine the target as a person having a correlation with the host vehicle, in response to a condition from among conditions determined by the condition determiner being satisfied; and

a warning transmitter configured to control not to transmit the warning signal by transmitting a Safety Exit Assist (SEA) warning signal as a value zero, in response to determining the target being the person having the correlation with the host vehicle.

6. A processor-implemented control method for an exit warning system, the method comprising:

detecting, by a target detection sensor, a target, wherein the target approaching a host vehicle; and

controlling, by a controller, not to transmit a warning signal of a safety exit assist system, in response to a speed of the target being less than or equal to a threshold speed and a position of the target being positioned within a distance from a vehicle door,

wherein the controller comprises:

a calculator configured to calculate the position and the speed of the target on the basis of a position of the host vehicle and target information detected by the target detection sensor;

a condition determiner configured to determine conditions based on whether the speed of the target is less than or equal to the threshold speed and whether the position of the target is positioned within the distance from the vehicle door;

a correlation determiner configured to determine the target as a person having a correlation with the host vehicle, in response to a condition from among conditions determined by the condition determiner being satisfied; and

a warning transmitter configured to control not to transmit the warning signal by transmitting a Safety Exit Assist (SEA) warning signal as a value zero, in response to determining the target being the person having the correlation with the host vehicle.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

detecting a passenger on a seat by the passenger detection sensor; and

determining whether the seat is adjacent to an interior side of the vehicle door to which the target is approaching,

wherein the controlling not to transmit the warning signal comprises controlling not to transmit the warning signal of the safety exit assist system, in response to the passenger not being on the seat adjacent to the interior side of the vehicle door.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining whether the vehicle door to which the target is approaching is opened from outside of the host vehicle,

wherein the controlling not to transmit the warning signal comprises controlling not to transmit the warning signal of the safety exit assist system, in response to the vehicle door being opened from the outside.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining whether the vehicle door to which the target is approaching is opened from outside of the host vehicle,

wherein the controlling not to transmit the warning signal comprises controlling not to transmit the warning signal of the safety exit assist system, in response to the vehicle door being opened from the outside.

10. A control method for an exit warning system, the method comprising:

detecting a target approaching a host vehicle by a target detection sensor; and

controlling not to transmit a warning signal of a safety exit assist (SEA) system based on any one or any combination of

a first condition that a speed of the target is less than or equal to a threshold speed,

a second condition that a position of the target is positioned within a distance from a vehicle door of the host vehicle,

a third condition that a passenger is not on a seat adjacent to an interior side of the vehicle door to which the target is approaching, and

a fourth condition that the vehicle door to which the target is approaching is opened from outside of the host vehicle,

wherein the controlling comprises:

calculating the position and the speed of the target on the basis of a position of the host vehicle and target information detected by the target detection sensor;

determining conditions based on whether the speed of the target is less than or equal to the threshold speed and whether the position of the target is positioned within the distance from the vehicle door;

determining the target as a person having a correlation with the host vehicle, in response to a condition from among the determined conditions being satisfied; and

controlling not to transmit the warning signal by transmitting a Safety Exit Assist (SEA) warning signal as a value zero, in response to determining the target being the person having the correlation with the host vehicle.

11. The exit warning system of claim 1 , wherein the safety exist system is further configured to keep a rear seat door locked with a warning in response to the warning signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2022
From: KANG, EUN SEOK
To: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0015572 · Feb 3, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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