Vehicle and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12187188-B2
Application number	US-202318092488-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2023
Priority date	Sep 16, 2020
Publication date	Jan 7, 2025
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025

Abstract

A vehicle may include: a camera configured to obtain a surrounding image of the vehicle; and a controller configured to derive spatial recognition data by learning the surrounding image of the vehicle as an input value, derive object recognition data including wheel area data of surrounding vehicles by learning the surrounding image of the vehicle as an input value, determine a ground clearance between a bottom surface of a vehicle body of the surrounding vehicle and a ground by use of the spatial recognition data and the wheel area data, and control the vehicle to park the vehicle by reflecting the ground clearance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a headlamp for irradiating light to the front of the vehicle;
a speaker for providing voice guidance;
a communication for performing wireless communication with a server; and
a controller configured to control, when detecting an emergency situation, the communication to transmit location information of the vehicle to the server, receive information on the evacuation site in response to a request to the server for an evacuation site based on the location information, and control the speaker to provide voice guidance including information on the evacuation site.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control, receive first irradiation angle information of the headlamp corresponding to the evacuation site in response to a request to the server for an evacuation site based on the location information, and control the head lamp based on the first irradiation angle information.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the communication so that the server transmits the evacuation site to a plurality of other vehicles in the vicinity of the vehicle and so that the server transmits second irradiation angle information of a plurality of other vehicles corresponding to the evacuation site to the plurality of other vehicles.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the communication to receive location information of a plurality of other vehicles in the vicinity of the vehicle, generates second irradiation angle information of headlamps of the plurality of other vehicles based on the evacuation location and location information of the plurality of other vehicles, and transmit the second irradiation angle information to the plurality of other vehicles.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the headlamp so that light from the headlamp is directed toward the evacuation site when the evacuation site is in front of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein when the vehicle is located in the first lane, the controller is configured to control the headlamp so that the light of the headlamp is irradiated to the left when the vehicle is located in the first lane, and so that when light of the headlamp is irradiated to the right the vehicle is located in the last lane.

7. The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein when the evacuation site is a rear of the vehicle, the controller is configured to the headlamp so that light from the headlamp is not irradiated when the location of the vehicle does not correspond to the first lane and the last lane.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the headlamp so that light from the headlamp is irradiated to the front of the vehicle when the location of the vehicle is a tunnel, and the degree of entry of the vehicle is longer than the remaining section, and control the headlamp so that the light of the headlamp is irradiated to the left or right when the degree of entry of the vehicle is shorter than the remaining section.

9. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to control to receive a position of an emergency exit of the tunnel from the server, and control the headlamp so that light from the headlamp is directed to the emergency exit.

10. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to control the headlamp so that the light of the headlamp is directed toward the position of the emergency exit when the emergency exit is in front of the vehicle, and control the headlamp so that the light from the headlamp is directed toward the wall of the tunnel when the emergency exit is behind the vehicle.

11. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to control the communication so that the server transmits the evacuation site to a plurality of other vehicles around the vehicle, and the capacity of the battery of the plurality of different vehicles is equal to or higher than a predetermined level.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Kim Donghyuk

Classifications

• G06V20/56

  exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle · CPC title

• B60W30/08

  Active safety systems} predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision {or attempting to minimise its consequences · CPC title

• B60W2552/53

  Road markings, e.g. lane marker or crosswalk · CPC title

• B60Q1/085

  due to special conditions, e.g. adverse weather, type of road, badly illuminated road signs or potential dangers (B60Q1/10, B60Q1/12, B60Q1/1423 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06Q50/40

  Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) · CPC title