Apparatus for informing parking position and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020005641-A1
Application number	US-201916567678-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 11, 2019
Priority date	Jun 28, 2019
Publication date	Jan 2, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed is a parking position notification apparatus connected to a user terminal for transmitting and receiving data. The parking position notification apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a camera configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle; a sensor configured to sense movement route information of the vehicle; and a wireless communication processor configured to transmit the generated map data to a user terminal. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, at least one of, for example, an autonomous driving vehicle, a user terminal or a server may be linked or fused with an artificial intelligence (AI) module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, or a device associated with 5G service.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A parking position notification apparatus, comprising:
a camera configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle; a sensor configured to sense movement route information of the vehicle; a controller configured to: calculate a movement route after the vehicle enters a parking lot based on the movement route information, extract identification information indicated on an immovable object of the parking lot in the image, determine a position of the immovable object in the image and a parking position of the vehicle based on the calculated movement route, and generate map data including the parking position, the position of the immovable object, and the identification information of the immovable object; and a wireless communication processor configured to transmit the generated map data to a user terminal.

2 . The parking position notification apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive a map of the parking lot via the wireless communication processor when the vehicle enters the parking lot, and
wherein the map data is obtained by projecting the movement route, the position of the immovable object, and the identification information of the immovable object on the map of the parking lot.

3 . The parking position notification apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a navigation unit configured to provide a map of the parking lot, wherein the controller is further configured to receive the parking lot map from the navigation unit when the vehicle enters the parking lot, and wherein the map data is obtained by projecting the movement route, the position of the immovable object, and the identification information of the immovable object on the map of the parking lot.

4 . The parking position notification apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to generate a shortest route by excluding a repeated route in the movement route after the vehicle enters the parking lot, and
wherein the map data includes the shortest route, the position of the immovable object, and the identification information of the immovable object.

5 . The parking position notification apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
identify a position of an external black box, control the wireless communication processor to communicate with the external black box, receive a black box image from the external black box, extract additional identification information on an immovable object in the black box image when a license plate of the vehicle is included in the black box image, and generate the map data to further include a position of the immovable object in the black box image and the extracted additional identification information.

6 . The parking position notification apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the external black box is a black box mounted on another vehicle.

7 . The parking position notification apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the immovable object includes a pillar included in the parking lot.

8 . The parking position notification apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to periodically receive a plurality of images from the camera while moving through the parking lot to extract identification information of immovable objects in the plurality of images.

9 . The parking position notification apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to generate the map data to include positions of the immovable objects identified in the plurality of images and the extracted identification information.

10 . The parking position notification apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is an autonomous driving vehicle.

11 . A method of controlling a parking position notification apparatus, the method comprising:
capturing, via a camera, an image of surroundings of a vehicle; sensing, via a sensor, movement route information of the vehicle; calculating, via a controller, a movement route after the vehicle enters a parking lot based on the movement route information; extracting, via the controller, identification information indicated on an immovable object of the parking lot in the image; determining, via the controller, a position of the immovable object in the image and a parking position of the vehicle based on the calculated movement route; generating, via the controller, map data including the parking position, the position of the immovable object, and the identification information of the immovable object; and transmitting, via a wireless communication processor, the generated map data to a user terminal.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving a map of the parking lot via the wireless communication processor when the vehicle enters the parking lot, wherein the map data is obtained by projecting the movement route, the position of the immovable object, and the identification information of the immovable object on the map of the parking lot.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
providing a map of the parking lot via a navigation unit; and receiving the parking lot map from the navigation unit when the vehicle enters the parking lot, wherein the map data is obtained by projecting the movement route, the position of the immovable object, and the identification information of the immovable object on the map of the parking lot.

14 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
generating a shortest route by excluding a repeated route in the movement route after the vehicle enters the parking lot, wherein the map data includes the shortest route, the position of the immovable object, and the identification information of the immovable object.

15 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
identifying a position of an external black box; receiving a black box image from the external black box; extracting additional identification information on an immovable object in the black box image when a license plate of the vehicle is included in the black box image; and generating the map data to further include a position of the immovable object in the black box image and the extracted additional identification information.

16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the external black box is a black box mounted on another vehicle.

17 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the immovable object includes a pillar included in the parking lot.

18 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
periodically receiving a plurality of images from the camera while moving through the parking lot to extract identification information of immovable objects in the plurality of images; and generating the map data to include positions of the immovable objects identified in the plurality of images and the extracted identification information.

19 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the vehicle is an autonomous driving vehicle.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program for notifying a parking position applied to a vehicle, the program causing a computer to perform:
capturing, via a camera, an image of surroundings of a vehicle; sensing, via a sensor, movement route information of the vehicle; calculating, via a controller, a movement route after the vehicle enters a parking lot based on the movement

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Jong Jin

Classifications

• H04W4/44

  for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] · CPC title

• G08G1/146

  where the parking area is a limited parking space, e.g. parking garage, restricted space · CPC title

• G08G1/144 Primary

  on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA] · CPC title

• H04W4/024

  Guidance services · CPC title

• G01C21/3667

  Display of a road map (G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635) · CPC title