System for avoiding blind spot of vehicle using accident history information and method thereof

A method for avoiding a blind spot using accident history information, the method comprising:

• providing image information by acquiring a surrounding image of a host vehicle through an image sensor;
• detecting, by a vehicle controller, an adjacent vehicle traveling adjacent to the host vehicle and a license plate of the adjacent vehicle;
• determining a dangerous level of the blind spot of the adjacent vehicle, based on accident history information of the adjacent vehicle and driver tendency information of a driver of the adjacent vehicle obtained by inquiring about the license plate of the adjacent vehicle, after determining a blind spot range of the adjacent vehicle;
• generating a path in which the host vehicle deviates from the blind spot or avoids the blind spot to reduce the dangerous level of the blind spot, based on a traveling situation of the host vehicle;
• and
• detecting, by a blind spot range generator, the adjacent vehicle traveling adjacent to the host vehicle, based on the image information received through the image sensor, and determining a default blind spot range of the adjacent vehicle,
• wherein the determining of the dangerous level of the blind spot comprises:
• storing, by a host vehicle information storage, data of the host vehicle, including a total height of the host vehicle and a roof area of the host vehicle;
• and
• determining, by a blind spot range determining device, the default blind spot range, based on any one or any combination of any two or more of a height of the adjacent vehicle, the total height of the host vehicle, and the roof area of the host vehicle.

An apparatus, comprising:

• an image sensor configured to provide image information by acquiring a surrounding image of a host vehicle;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• detect, through the image sensor, one or more adjacent vehicles traveling adjacent to the host vehicle from the surrounding image;
• determine, responsive to detecting a large vehicle among the one or more adjacent vehicles, a dangerousness level of a blind spot of the large vehicle based on a height of the large vehicle;
• determine a default blind spot range, based on a roof area of the host vehicle and a total height of the host vehicle and one or more of a type of the large vehicle and a size of the large vehicle;
• and
• generate a path for the host vehicle that reduces the dangerousness level of the large vehicle blind spot according to the default blind spot range.