Vehicle and controlling method of the vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsHyunsang Kim, Yun Sup Ann
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Abstract
Vehicle configured for reducing cost by performing a plurality of functions using a single camera, may include a camera; a at least one sensor configured to obtain location information related to a driver; a moving portion connected to the camera and configured to adjust a photographing direction of the camera; and a controller connected to the at least one sensor and the moving portion and configured to control the moving portion so that the photographing direction of the camera faces the outside of the vehicle or the inside of the vehicle according to the location information related to the driver.
Claims16
A vehicle comprising:
- a camera;
- at least one sensor configured to obtain location information related to a driver;
- an actuator connected to the camera and configured to adjust a photographing direction of the camera;
- and
- a controller connected to the at least one sensor and the actuator and configured to control the actuator so that the photographing direction of the camera faces the outside of the vehicle or the inside of the vehicle according to the location information related to the driver,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- control the actuator so that the photographing direction of the camera faces the outside of the vehicle when the driver is located outside the vehicle, and
- control the actuator so that the photographing direction of the camera faces the inside of the vehicle even if the driver is located outside the vehicle, when a door of the vehicle is unlocked and the door is opened.
A controlling method of a vehicle including a camera and an actuator connected to the camera and configured to adjust a photographing direction of the camera, the controlling method comprising:
- obtaining, by a controller connected to the actuator, location information related to a driver;
- and
- controlling, by the controller, the actuator so that the photographing direction of the camera faces the outside or the inside of the vehicle according to the location information related to the driver,
- wherein the controlling the actuator so that the photographing direction of the camera faces the outside or the inside of the vehicle according to the location information related to the driver includes:
- controlling the actuator so that the photographing direction of the camera faces the inside of the vehicle when the driver is located inside the vehicle;
- and
- controlling the actuator so that the photographing direction of the camera faces the outside of the vehicle when a door is unlocked and the door is opened even if the driver is located inside the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.