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US 11,847,857 · App. 17/534,870 · Granted Dec 19, 2023

Vehicle device setting method

Inventors: Liang-Chi Chiu (Hsin-Chu County, TW); Yu-Han Chen (Hsin-Chu County, TW); Ming-Tsan Kao (Hsin-Chu County, TW)
Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
G06V40/174B60R25/25G06V20/59G06V2201/10
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Patent No.
US 11,847,857
App. No.
17/534,870
Granted
Dec 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle device setting method including: capturing, by an image sensing unit, a first image frame; recognizing a user ID according to the first image frame; showing ID information of the recognized user ID on a screen or by a speaker; capturing a second image frame; generating a confirm signal when a first user expression is recognized by calculating an expression feature in the second image frame and comparing the recognized expression feature with stored expression data associated with a predetermined user expression to confirm whether the recognized user ID is correct or not according to the second image frame captured after the ID information is shown; controlling an electronic device according to the confirm signal; and entering a data update mode instructed by the user and updating setting information of the electronic device by current electronic device setting according to a saving signal generated by confirming a second user expression in a third image frame captured after the user ID is confirmed through showing the ID information.

Claims (24)

1. A vehicle device setting method, comprising:

capturing, by an image sensing unit, a first image frame;

recognizing a user ID according to the first image frame;

playing ID information of the recognized user ID by a speaker;

capturing, by the image sensing unit, a second image frame;

generating a confirm signal when a first user expression is recognized by calculating an expression feature in the second image frame and comparing the recognized expression feature with stored expression data associated with a predetermined user expression to confirm whether the recognized user ID is correct or not according to the second image frame captured after the ID information is played by the speaker;

controlling an electronic device according to the confirm signal; and

entering a data update mode instructed by the user and updating setting information of the electronic device by current electronic device setting according to a saving signal generated by confirming a second user expression in a third image frame captured by the image sensing unit after the user ID is confirmed through playing the ID information by the speaker.

2. The vehicle device setting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the electronic device comprises at least one of a seat, a mirror, an air conditioner, an audio equipment, a light and a GPS system.

3. The vehicle device setting method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying whether there is a user in the first image frame; and

capturing another first image frame when there is no user in the first image frame.

4. The vehicle device setting method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a user to be recognized within a plurality of users in the first image frame,

wherein the user to be recognized is identified according to user distances of the plurality of users.

5. The vehicle device setting method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a user to be recognized within a plurality of users in the first image frame,

wherein the user to be recognized is identified according to user positions of the plurality of users in the first image frame.

6. The vehicle device setting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first image frame, the second image frame and the third image frame are captured by the image sensing unit at different times.

7. The vehicle device setting method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first user expression and the second user expression are expressions at various times.

8. The vehicle device setting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first user expression and the second user expression are expressions at different times.

9. The vehicle device setting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ID information is previously stored in a storage unit.

10. The vehicle device setting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user ID is recognized only when the first image frame contains a face image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2021
From: CHIU, LIANG-CHI; CHEN, YU-HAN; KAO, MING-TSAN
To: PIXART IMAGING INC.
Reel/Frame 058205/0375 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 101138995 · Oct 22, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16252769 · Jan 21, 2019
Division 14047682 · Oct 7, 2013
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