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US 12,240,323 · App. 17/757,670 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Vehicle control device and control method therefor

Inventors: Sunghwan Choi (Seoul, KR); Dukyung Jung (Seoul, KR); Yujung Jang (Seoul, KR); Byeongjun Choi (Seoul, KR); Yeonsoo Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
B60K35/00B60W40/076B60W50/14B60K35/28B60K35/29B60K35/81B60K2360/166B60K2360/176B60K2360/1868B60W2050/146B60W2420/403B60W2552/15B60W2556/40
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Patent No.
US 12,240,323
App. No.
17/757,670
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a vehicle control device and a control method therefor. A vehicle control device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an interface unit communicatively connected to a display unit provided in a vehicle; and a processor for controlling the display unit provided in the vehicle through the interface unit, wherein the processor receives destination information through the interface unit, acquires, from map information, spatial coordinates of a building corresponding to the destination information, and controls, on the basis of the spatial coordinates of the building corresponding to the destination information, the display unit so that a graphic object related to the destination information overlaps with the building and is displayed.

Claims (33)

1. A vehicle control device comprising:

an interface unit including a port and connected to a display disposed in a vehicle; and

a processor configured to control the display disposed in the vehicle through the port of the interface unit,

wherein the processor receives destination information through the port of the interface unit to obtain spatial coordinates of a building corresponding to the destination information from map information, and

controls the display such that a graphic object related to the destination information is displayed to be overlaid on the building based on the spatial coordinates of the building corresponding to the destination information,

wherein the processor determines an adjacent building of the building corresponding to the destination information when the spatial coordinates of the building corresponding to the destination information do not exist in the map information, and renders a solid figure including the building corresponding to the destination information based on spatial coordinates of the adjacent building.

2. The vehicle control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor renders the solid figure including the building using the spatial coordinates of the building, and controls the display such that the graphic object related to the destination information is output on at least one of a plurality of surfaces defining the solid figure.

3. The vehicle control device of claim 2 , wherein the processor determines an angle between a traveling direction of the vehicle and the solid figure including the building based on a current location of the vehicle and the spatial coordinates of the building, and determines the number of surfaces, on which the graphic object related to the destination information is to be output on the solid figure, based on the determined angle.

4. The vehicle control device of claim 3 , wherein the processor controls the display to output the graphic object to any one of the plurality of surfaces of the solid figure when the determined angle is a first angle smaller than a preset angle, and

controls the display to output the graphic object to at least two of the plurality of surfaces of the solid figure when the determined angle is a second angle greater than the preset angle.

5. The vehicle control device of claim 4 , wherein the processor increases the number of outputs of the graphic object, based on a change in angle from the first angle to the second angle as the vehicle travels.

6. The vehicle control device of claim 4 , wherein the one surface varies depending on whether another building exists between the building and the vehicle.

7. The vehicle control device of claim 2 , wherein the processor determines a slope of a road, on which the vehicle is traveling, from the map information, and matches the solid figure with the building corresponding to the destination information by tilting the solid figure to correspond to the determined slope.

8. The vehicle control device of claim 7 , wherein the processor controls the display to output the graphic object related to the destination information based on the solid figure tilted to correspond to the slope.

9. The vehicle control device of claim 2 , wherein the port of the interface unit is connected to a camera disposed in the vehicle to perform communication with the camera, and

wherein the processor receives an image from the camera disposed in the vehicle, detects edge components for a building region from the received image, and uses the edge components to match the solid figure including the building with the destination information.

10. The vehicle control device of claim 2 , wherein the processor outputs the graphic object in a different size based on a size of at least one surface determined to output the graphic object thereon.

11. The vehicle control device of claim 2 , wherein the processor changes a display position, at which the graphic object is to be output, based on movement of the vehicle when a width of a surface on which the graphic object is determined to be output is greater than a width of the graphic object.

12. The vehicle control device of claim 11 , wherein the processor changes the display position of the graphic object along a traveling direction of the vehicle so that a distance between the vehicle and the graphic object is kept constant when the vehicle enters within a preset distance based on the solid figure.

13. The vehicle control device of claim 12 , wherein when the graphic object reaches a boundary line of a region in which the graphic object is set to be output on the determined surface on which the graphic object is determined to be output, the processor maintains the state in which the graphic object has reached the boundary line even if the distance between the vehicle and the graphic object decreases.

14. The vehicle control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor controls the display so that the graphic object related to the destination information is output with being spaced apart from a ground by a predetermined distance.

15. The vehicle control device of claim 14 , wherein the processor changes the predetermined distance such that the graphic object does not overlap the adjacent building when the adjacent building exists in the vicinity of the building corresponding to the destination information and the graphic object and the adjacent building overlap each other.

16. The vehicle control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor controls the display to output a pre-generated solid figure in the vicinity of the building corresponding to the destination information and to output the graphic object on the pre-generated solid figure when the spatial coordinates of the building corresponding to the destination information and the spatial coordinates of the adjacent building do not exist in the map information.

17. The vehicle comprising the vehicle control device according to claim 1 .

18. A method for controlling a vehicle control device, the method comprising:

receiving destination information;

obtaining spatial coordinates of a building corresponding to the destination information from map information; and

controlling a display such that a graphic object related to the destination information is displayed to be overlaid on the building, based on the spatial coordinates of the building corresponding to the destination information,

wherein the controlling further comprises:

determining an adjacent building of the building corresponding to the destination information when the spatial coordinates of the building corresponding to the destination information do not exist in the map information, and

rendering a solid figure including the building corresponding to the destination information based on spatial coordinates of the adjacent building.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the controlling is configured to render the solid figure including the building by using the spatial coordinates of the building, and

controls the display to output the graphic object related to the destination information on at least one of a plurality of surfaces defining the solid figure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: CHOI, SUNGHWAN; JUNG, DUKYUNG; JANG, YUJUNG; CHOI, BYEONGJUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 060241/0124 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62949927 · Dec 18, 2019
Related Publication 20230012932A1 · Jan 19, 2023
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