System and method for controlling window transparency of vehicle according to recognition of driver's gaze
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung Joon Ahn, Seung Hwan Lee
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Abstract
Provided is a system for controlling transparency of a vehicle window according to recognition of a gaze of a driver, the system including: an electrochromic film provided on a vehicle window and configured to control transparency according to a transparency control signal; a gaze detector configured to detect a gaze of a driver; a gaze determiner configured to determine whether the gaze of the driver is directed at the vehicle window on which the electrochromic film is located; and a controller configured to transmit the transparency control signal according to the determined gaze of the driver.
Claims18
A system for controlling transparency of a vehicle window according to recognition of a gaze of a driver, the system comprising:
- an electrochromic film provided on a vehicle window and configured to control transparency according to a transparency control signal;
- a gaze detector configured to detect a gaze of a driver;
- a gaze determiner configured to determine whether the gaze of the driver is directed at the vehicle window on which the electrochromic film is located;
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- a controller configured to transmit the transparency control signal according to the determined gaze of the driver,
- wherein the controller is configured to control an image provided from a projector to be projected onto the electrochromic film when the gaze of the driver is not directed at the rear-view mirror of the vehicle.
A method of controlling transparency of a vehicle window according to recognition of a gaze of a driver, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a gaze detector, a gaze of a driver;
- determining, by a gaze determiner, whether the gaze of the driver is directed at a vehicle window on which a electrochromic film is located;
- transmitting, by a controller, a transparency control signal according to the determined gaze of the driver upon determining that the gaze of the driver is directed at the vehicle window on which the electrochromic film is located in the determination;
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- controlling, by the electrochromic film, the transparency according to the transparency control signal,
- wherein the transmitting of the transparency control signal according to the gaze of the driver includes controlling an image provided from a projector to be projected onto the electrochromic film when the gaze of the driver is not directed at the rear-view mirror of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.