Vehicle and method of controlling the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorHeegun Yang
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Abstract
An embodiment vehicle includes a camera configured to acquire an external appearance image of the vehicle, a first sensor provided on an outside of the vehicle and configured to detect a position of an object adjacent to the vehicle, an alarm configured to output an alarm notification, and a controller configured to determine a reference area based on the external appearance image of the vehicle and to control the alarm to output the alarm notification when the detected position of the object adjacent to the vehicle is within the reference area.
Claims22
A vehicle comprising:
- a short-range communication module configured to receive a signal from a digital key;
- a camera configured to acquire an external appearance image of the vehicle;
- a first sensor provided on an outside of the vehicle and configured to detect a position of an object adjacent to the vehicle;
- an alarm configured to output an alarm notification;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- control the camera to acquire the external appearance image of the vehicle based on the signal,
- determine a reference area based on the external appearance image of the vehicle, and
- control the alarm to output the alarm notification when the detected position of the object adjacent to the vehicle is within the reference area.
A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal from a digital key;
- controlling a camera to acquire an external appearance image of the vehicle based on the signal;
- determining a reference area based on the external appearance image of the vehicle;
- detecting a position of an object adjacent to the vehicle;
- and
- controlling an alarm to output an alarm notification when the detected position of the object adjacent to the vehicle is within the reference area.
A vehicle comprising:
- a camera configured to:
- acquire an external appearance image of the vehicle;
- and
- acquire a gesture image of a user;
- a first sensor provided on an outside of the vehicle and configured to detect a position of an object adjacent to the vehicle;
- an alarm configured to output an alarm notification;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- control the camera to acquire the gesture image of the user when a reference area cannot be determined based on the external appearance image of the vehicle acquired by the camera;
- determine the reference area based on the gesture image of the user;
- and
- control the alarm to output the alarm notification when the detected position of the object adjacent to the vehicle is within the reference area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.