Vehicle and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11828947-B2
Application number	US-202217861549-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2022
Priority date	Sep 2, 2021
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

A vehicle includes a transparent display provided on the dashboard to face the front of the driver and provided to be able to descend inside the dashboard or ascend above the dashboard, an input device provided to obtain a user input, and a controller configured to adjust an ascending height of the transparent display and to adjust transparency of the transparent display, according to a driving mode selected by the user input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a driver sensor provided inside the vehicle to obtain a driver image;
a side camera provided to obtain a rear lateral image of the vehicle;
a side display provided to output the rear lateral image obtained by the side camera;
a transparent display provided on a dashboard to face a front of a driver and provided to descend inside the dashboard or ascend above the dashboard;
an input device configured to obtain a user input including a direction indicator lever;
a steering wheel configured to control a moving direction of the vehicle;
direction indicator lamps configured to blink by manipulation of the direction indicator level; and
a controller configured to adjust an ascending height of the transparent display and to adjust transparency of the transparent display, according to a driving mode selected by the user input,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
identify a gaze direction of the driver based on the driver image,
decrease brightness of the transparent display and increase brightness of the side display based on the identified gaze direction of the driver toward the side display, and
increase the brightness of the transparent display and decrease the brightness of the side display based on the identified gaze direction of the driver toward the transparent display, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:
determine whether the vehicle is turning left or right based on at least one of rotation of the steering wheel or blinking of the direction indicator lamps;
in response to determining that the vehicle is turning left or right, decrease brightness of the transparent display and increase brightness of the side display; and
in response to determining that the vehicle is not turning left or right, increase the brightness of the transparent display and decrease the brightness of the side display.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the driving mode includes a manual driving mode and an autonomous driving mode, and
wherein the controller is configured to adjust the ascending height of the transparent display to a predetermined first height based on the manual driving mode selected or adjust the ascending height of the transparent display to a second height higher than the first height based on the autonomous driving mode selected.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the driving mode includes a manual driving mode and an autonomous driving mode, and
wherein the controller is configured to adjust the transparency of the transparent display to a predetermined first transparent value based on the manual driving mode selected or adjust the transparency of the transparent display to a second transparent value lower than the first transparent value based on the autonomous driving mode selected.

4. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine driving information to be displayed on the transparent display according to the driving mode and adjust at least one of a number of graphic element, size of the graphic element, position of the graphic element, or shape of the graphic element related to the driving information.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 ,
wherein the driving mode includes an autonomous driving mode, and
wherein the graphic element includes a first graphic element and a second graphic element, and
wherein the controller is configured to:
divide a screen area of the transparent display into a first region in which the driving information is displayed and a second region in which multimedia information by execution of a multimedia application is displayed, based on the execution of the multimedia application in the autonomous driving mode; and
control the transparent display to display the first graphic element related to the driving information in the first region and to display the second graphic element related to the multimedia information in the second region.

6. The vehicle of claim 4 ,
wherein the driving mode includes an autonomous driving mode, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the transparent display to hide the driving information in accordance with execution of a multimedia application in the autonomous driving mode and to control the transparent display to provide the driving information in a pop-up form in response to a situation in which a display of the driving information is required.

7. The vehicle of claim 4 , further including:
a camera provided to photograph a front of the vehicle and obtain front image data,
wherein the controller is configured to:
identify a road, a lane and other vehicle from the front image data; and
control the transparent display so that graphic elements related to the driving information are displayed at positions corresponding to the road, the lane, and the other vehicle.

8. The vehicle of claim 7 ,
wherein the controller is configured to:
identify a pupil of the driver based on the driver image;
identify a vanishing point of the road from the front image data; and
control the transparent display so that the graphic elements are displayed on a line connecting the vanishing point of the road and the pupil of the driver.

9. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the transparent display includes a transparent liquid crystal display (LCD) panel or a transparent organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel.

10. The vehicle of claim 1 , further including
a lifting device provided below the dashboard to ascend or descend the transparent display.

11. A method for controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving, by a controller, a selection of a driving mode through an input device;
adjusting, by the controller, an ascending height of a transparent display provided to descend inside a dashboard or ascend above the dashboard based on selection of the driving mode;
adjusting, by the controller, transparency of the transparent display based on selection of the driving mode;
displaying, by the controller, driving information determined based on selection of the driving mode on the transparent display;
obtaining, by a driver sensor, a driver image;
outputting, by a side display, a rear lateral image obtained by a side camera;
identifying, by the controller, a gaze direction of a driver based on the driver image;
decreasing, by the controller, brightness of the transparent display and increasing brightness of the side display based on the identified gaze direction of the driver toward the side display;
increasing, by the controller, the brightness of the transparent display and decreasing the brightness of the side display based on the identified gaze direction of the driver toward the transparent display;
determining, by the controller, whether the vehicle is turning left or right based on at least one of rotation of a steering wheel or blinking of direction indicator lamps;
decreasing, by the controller, brightness of the transparent display and increasing brightness of the side display in response to determining that the vehicle is turning left or right and
increasing, by the controller, the brightness of the transparent display and decreasing the brightness of the side display in response to determining that the vehicle is not turning left or right.

12. The method of claim 11 ,
wherein the driving mode includes a manual driving mode and an autonomous driving mode, and
wherein the adjusting of the ascending height of the transparent display includes:
adjusting the ascending height of the transparent display to a predetermined first height based on the manual driving mode selected; or
adjusting the ascending height of the transparent display to a second

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Park Jong Hwa

Classifications

• B60K35/285

  for improving awareness by directing driver's gaze direction or eye points · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/50

  Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle (B60K35/231 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K35/10 Primary

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60K35/23

  Head-up displays [HUD] (optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01) · CPC title