Back to results
US 11,545,016 B2Granted
Computer-readable medium, vehicle control system, and vehicle control method
AssigneeMando Corporation
InventorSang Kyun Sim
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Provided is a vehicle control system and vehicle control method. The vehicle control system includes: one or more image sensors disposed on a vehicle to have a field of view of an inside of the vehicle and configured to capture image data and process the captured image data; and a controller configured to control the vehicle according to a state of a child existing in the vehicle on the basis of the image data.
Claims17
A vehicle control system comprising:
- one or more image sensors disposed on a vehicle to have a field of view of an inside of the vehicle;
- and
- a controller connected to the image sensor to perform communication, and configured to:
- control the vehicle according to a state of a child existing in the vehicle,
- recognize an occupant sensing area on the basis of image data generated by the image sensor,
- determine whether an occupant is the child on the basis of the occupant sensing area,
- in response to determining that the occupant is the child, determine whether the state of the child is a dangerous situation on the basis of at least one of an existence of the child alone in the vehicle for a predetermined reference time or more and a movement of the child, and
- in response to determining that the state of the child is a dangerous situation, control the vehicle according to an indoor state of the vehicle,
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- generate at least one of a torso central point of a torso and a head central point of a head of the occupant in the occupant sensing area,
- identify a movement of the occupant by calculating an amount of the generated central point moved per unit time, and
- determine the state of the child to be a dangerous situation when the amount of the generated central point moved per unit time is less than or equal to a predetermined reference movement amount.
9 more elements
A vehicle control method comprising:
- sensing, by one or more image sensors disposed on a vehicle to have a field of view of an inside of the vehicle, sensing an inside of the vehicle;
- recognizing, by a controller, an occupant sensing area on the basis of image data generated by the image sensor;
- determining, by the controller, whether an occupant is the child on the basis of the occupant sensing area;
- determining, by the controller, whether the state of the child is a dangerous situation on the basis of at least one of an existence of the child alone in the vehicle for a predetermined reference time or more and a movement of the child in response to determining that the occupant is the child;
- and
- controlling, by the controller, the vehicle according to the determined dangerous situation,
- wherein the determining, by the controller, whether the state of the child is a dangerous situation comprises:
- generating at least one of a torso central point of a torso and a head central point of a head of the occupant in the occupant sensing area,
- identifying a movement of the occupant by calculating an amount of the generated central point moved per unit time, and
- determining the state of the child to be a dangerous situation when the amount of the generated central point moved per unit time is less than or equal to a predetermined reference movement amount.
7 more elements
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that records executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer, controls the computer to execute operations comprising:
- recognizing, an occupant sensing area on the basis of image data generated by an image sensor disposed on a vehicle to have a field of view of an inside of the vehicle;
- determining, whether an occupant is the child on the basis of the occupant sensing area;
- determining, whether the state of the child is a dangerous situation on the basis of at least one of an existence of the child alone in the vehicle for a predetermined reference time or more and a movement of the child in response to determining that the occupant is the child;
- and
- controlling, the vehicle according to the determined dangerous situation,
- wherein the operation to determine whether the state of the child is a dangerous situation comprises:
- generating at least one of a torso central point of a torso and a head central point of a head of the occupant in the occupant sensing area,
- identifying a movement of the occupant by calculating an amount of the generated central point moved per unit time, and
- determining the state of the child to be a dangerous situation when the amount of the generated central point moved per unit time is less than or equal to a predetermined reference movement amount.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.