Method and system for monitoring vehicle bottom condition
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsMin Hyuk Oh, Kyo Woong Choo
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Abstract
A method of monitoring a vehicle bottom condition is provided. in which forward, left-side, right-side, and rear images of a vehicle are received from a camera unit of the vehicle, and traveling distance information of the vehicle is received from a sensor unit of the vehicle. The images received from the camera unit based on the traveling distance information received from the sensor unit are stored. A vehicle bottom image is then generated based on the stored image, the generated vehicle bottom image is matched with a surround view monitoring (SVM) image of the vehicle, and the SVM image matched with the vehicle bottom image is output.
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A method of monitoring a vehicle bottom condition, comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, forward, left-side, right-side, and rear images of a vehicle from a camera unit of the vehicle, and traveling distance information of the vehicle from a sensor unit of the vehicle;
- storing, by the controller, the images received from the camera unit based on the traveling distance information received from the sensor unit;
- generating, by the controller, a vehicle bottom image based on the stored image;
- matching, by the controller, the generated vehicle bottom image with a surround view monitoring (SVM) image of the vehicle;
- and
- outputting, by the controller, the SVM image matched with the vehicle bottom image,
- wherein the generating of the vehicle bottom image in response to driving of the vehicle includes:
- generating, by the controller, a first frame of the vehicle bottom image based on the stored image;
- and
- after the generating the first frame, combining, by the controller, the forward or rear image with an existing frame based on a traveling distance and storing the vehicle bottom image, and
- wherein the storing of the vehicle bottom image includes storing, by the controller, each of forward and rear images of the vehicle bottom image, having a size up to twice an overall length of the vehicle.
A vehicle bottom condition monitoring system, comprising:
- a camera unit including a forward camera, a rear camera, a left-side camera, and a right-side camera;
- a sensor measuring a traveling distance of a vehicle, the sensor mounted on the vehicle;
- a virtual vehicle bottom condition monitoring system disposed in the vehicle, the virtual vehicle bottom conditioning monitoring system:
- receiving forward, left-side, right-side, and rear images of the vehicle from the camera unit, and traveling distance information of the vehicle from the sensor of the vehicle;
- storing the image received from the camera unit based on the traveling distance information received from the sensor;
- generating a vehicle bottom image based on the stored image;
- and
- matching the generated vehicle bottom image with a surround view monitoring (SVM) image of the vehicle;
- and
- a display outputting the SVM image matched with the vehicle bottom image to a driver, the display being mounted within the vehicle,
- wherein the virtual vehicle bottom condition monitoring system generates a first frame of the vehicle bottom image based on the stored image, and combines the forward or rear image with an existing frame based on the traveling distance and stores the vehicle bottom image after generating the first frame, and
- wherein the virtual vehicle bottom condition monitoring system stores each of forward and rest images of the vehicle bottom image, having a size up to twice an overall length of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.