Apparatus for vehicle driving assistance
AssigneeMando Corporation
InventorKyung Geun Jeon
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Abstract
An apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle provides stable control of the host vehicle by using road conditions including intersections, crosswalks and the like, forward lane markings, and a preceding vehicle. The apparatus includes an image sensor to capture images of an area in front of the host vehicle, and a controller configured to recognize a road section having no lane markings on a drive path, or recognize forward lane markings. The controller performs lateral control of the host vehicle selectively based on the forward lane markings and the recognized preceding vehicle according to whether the road section having no lane markings is recognized.
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An apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle, comprising:
- an image sensor capturing images of an area in front of the host vehicle;
- and
- a controller communicatively connected to the image sensor capturing images of the area in front of the host vehicle and configured to:
- recognize a section of a road having lane markings and a section of the road having no lane markings on a drive path of the host vehicle;
- recognize, based on images captured by the image sensor, forward lane markings provided in a direction in which the host vehicle is proceeding;
- recognize a preceding vehicle that is located ahead of the host vehicle;
- and
- perform lateral control of the host vehicle selectively based on at least one of the forward lane markings or the recognized preceding vehicle, according to whether the section of the road having no lane markings is recognized,
- wherein the controller recognizes the section of the road having no lane markings using at least one of information received from a GPS, information acquired by recognizing an intersection ahead of the host vehicle based on an image captured by the image sensor, or information acquired by recognizing traffic lights ahead of the host vehicle based on an image captured by the image sensor.
An apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle, comprising:
- an image sensor capturing images of an area in front of the host vehicle;
- and
- a controller communicatively connected to the image sensor capturing images of the area in front of the host vehicle and configured to:
- recognize a section of a road having lane markings and a section of the road having no lane markings on a drive path of the host vehicle;
- recognize, based on images captured by the image sensor, forward lane markings provided in a direction in which the host vehicle is proceeding;
- recognize a preceding vehicle that is located ahead of the host vehicle;
- and
- perform lateral control of the host vehicle selectively based on at least one of the forward lane markings or the recognized preceding vehicle, according to whether the section of the road having no lane markings is recognized,
- wherein the controller is further configured to, before the host vehicle enters the section of the road having no lane markings, perform lateral control of the host vehicle based only on the recognized preceding vehicle, from among the forward lane markings and the recognized preceding vehicle, if the forward lane markings are not recognized but the preceding vehicle is recognized.
An apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle, comprising:
- an image sensor capturing images of an area in front of the host vehicle;
- and
- a controller communicatively connected to the image sensor capturing images of the area in front of the host vehicle and configured to:
- recognize a section of a road having lane markings and a section of the road having no lane markings on a drive path of the host vehicle;
- recognize, based on images captured by the image sensor, forward lane markings provided in a direction in which the host vehicle is proceeding;
- recognize a preceding vehicle that is located ahead of the host vehicle;
- and
- perform lateral control of the host vehicle selectively based on at least one of the forward lane markings or the recognized preceding vehicle, according to whether the section of the road having no lane markings is recognized,
- wherein the controller is further configured to, before the host vehicle enters the section of the road having no lane markings, perform lateral control of the host vehicle based only on the forward lane markings, from among the forward lane markings and the recognized preceding vehicle, if the forward lane markings are recognized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.