Apparatus and method for providing autonomous driving information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12145613-B2
Application number	US-202117515799-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2021
Priority date	Feb 16, 2021
Publication date	Nov 19, 2024
Grant date	Nov 19, 2024

Abstract

In an apparatus and a method for providing information on autonomous driving of a vehicle to a passenger of the vehicle, when it is recognized whether partial autonomous driving of a vehicle is activated, information on whether a user operates a device including a display may be acquired, and it is determined the user operates the display in a state in which the partial autonomous driving is activated, information on the autonomous driving of the vehicle may be output through the display. An effect of inducing an alert measure of the driver against a dangerous situation may be provided by providing driving information at a site, at which a sight of the driver stays.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus of providing autonomous driving information, the apparatus comprising:
an autonomous driving recognizer configured to recognize whether partial autonomous driving of a vehicle is activated;
a detector configured to detect whether a device including a display is operated by a user; and
a controller configured to output the autonomous driving information of the vehicle through the display when the controller determines that the user operates the display in a state, in which the partial autonomous driving is activated,
wherein the detector is configured to detect whether the user operates the device including the display according to whether a sight of the user faces the device including the display, and
wherein the controller is configured to output the autonomous driving information of the vehicle through the display which the sight of the user faces.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device including the display includes at least one of a communication terminal and an audio video navigation (AVN) system.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the detector is configured to detect information on whether the user operates the device including the display, according to an image acquired through at least one of a camera provided in an interior of the vehicle and a camera provided in a communication terminal of the user.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the detector is configured to detect information on whether the user operates a communication terminal of the user, through information associated with the communication terminal.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the detector is configured to detect information on whether the user operates an AVN system, based on whether the user executes a function which is not related to driving of the vehicle through the AVN system.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the autonomous driving information of the vehicle includes information on a distance between vehicles, information on recognition of lines, information on a time left until generation of a transition demand (TD), and information on whether a lane change is possible.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to output a warning through the display when the controller determines that an autonomous driving level of the vehicle is a level, at which the user is not allowed to take his or her eyes off from a front side of the vehicle.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to cover a screen of the display by stages according to the time left until the generation of the TD when the controller determines that there is no response of the user to the generation of the TD.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to output a front image of the vehicle through the display when the controller determines that an intervention is necessary according to a predetermined reference based on the time left until the generation of the TD.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to output the autonomous driving information through at least one of a color and flickering of the display, and vibration of the device including the display.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to output a rear image in a direction, in which a lane is changed, through the display when a command for a lane change through the autonomous driving is input to the device by the user.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to output information on at least one of whether opposite lines of the vehicle are recognized and whether a lane of the vehicle is changeable to opposite sides of the vehicle, through at least one of a color and flickering displayed at a portion or an entire portion of an edge portion of the display.

13. A method of providing autonomous driving information, the method comprising:
recognizing, by an autonomous driving recognizer, whether partial autonomous driving of a vehicle is activated;
acquiring, by a detector, information on whether a user operates a device including a display; and
outputting, by a controller, the autonomous driving information of the vehicle through the display when the controller determines that the user operates the display in a state, in which the partial autonomous driving is activated,
wherein the acquiring, by a detector, information on whether a user operates a device including a display includes:
detecting, by the detector, information on whether the user operates the device including the display according to whether a sight of the user faces the device including the display, and

wherein the outputting, by a controller, the autonomous driving information of the vehicle through the display when the controller determines that the user operates the display in a state includes:
outputting, by the controller, the autonomous driving information of the vehicle through the display which the sight of the user faces.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the device including the display includes at least one of a communication terminal and an AVN system.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the autonomous driving information of the vehicle includes information on a distance between vehicles, information on recognition of a line, information on a time left until generation of a TD, and information on whether a lane change is possible.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the outputting, by the controller, of autonomous driving information of the vehicle through the display when the controller determines that the user operates the display in a state, in which the partial autonomous driving is activated includes:
outputting, by the controller, a warning through the display when the controller determines that an autonomous driving level of the vehicle is a level, at which the user is not allowed to take his or her eyes off from a front side of the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the outputting, by the controller, of the autonomous driving information of the vehicle through the display when the controller determines that the user operates the display in a state, in which the partial autonomous driving is activated includes:
covering, by the controller, a screen of the display by stages according to the time left until the generation of the TD when the controller determines that there is no response of the user to the generation of the TD.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the outputting, by the controller, of the autonomous driving information of the vehicle through the display when the controller determines that the user operates the display in a state, in which the partial autonomous driving is activated includes:
outputting, by the controller, a front image of the vehicle through the display when the controller determines that an intervention is necessary according to a predetermined reference based on the time left until the generation of the TD.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the outputting, by the controller, of autonomous driving information of the vehicle through the display when the controller determines that the user operates the display in a state, in which the partial autonomous driving is activated includes:
outputting, by the controller, a rear image in a direction, in which a lane is changed, through the display when a command for a lane change through the autonomous driving is input to the device by the user.

20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the outputting, by the controll

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Choi Eun Young
• Jeong Jin Su
• Kim Woo Jin
• Cheon Seo Hyung
• Pyun Rosali Sun
• Seong Ki Seok
• Yang Dong Il
• Yu Min Sang

Classifications

• B60W2552/53

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• B60W2540/229

  Attention level, e.g. attentive to driving, reading or sleeping · CPC title

• B60W2540/225

  Direction of gaze · CPC title

• B60W2540/215

  Selection or confirmation of options · CPC title

• B60K35/80

  Arrangements for controlling instruments · CPC title