# US 11,906,969 B2 · Mobility guidance system

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- Number: US 11,906,969 B2
- Document ID: US11906969B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/654,476
- Filed: 2022-03-11
- Published: 2023-01-12
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2021-07-06
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
- Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
- Inventors: Byoung Il Choi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11906969B2

## CPC

- G05D 1/617: Safety or protection, e.g. defining protection zones around obstacles or avoiding hazards (arrangements for controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles for avoiding collisions therebetween G05D1/693; arrangements for reacting to or preventing system or operator failure G05D1/80)
- G05D 1/249: from positioning sensors located off-board the vehicle, e.g. from cameras
- G05D 1/65: Following a desired speed profile
- G06V 10/74: Image or video pattern matching; Proximity measures in feature spaces
- G06V 20/588: {Recognition of the road, e.g. of lane markings; Recognition of the vehicle driving pattern in relation to the road}
- G08G 1/0112: {from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]}
- G08G 1/0129: {for creating historical data or processing based on historical data}
- G08G 1/0141: {for traffic information dissemination}
- G08G 1/04: using optical or ultrasonic detectors
- G08G 1/052: with provision for determining speed or overspeed {(speed measuring in general G01P)}
- G08G 1/096716: {where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control}
- G08G 1/096725: {where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control}
- G08G 1/096775: {where the origin of the information is a central station}
- H04N 1/32363: {at the transmitter or at the receiver}
- H04N 7/185: {from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control}
- H04N 7/188: {Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253)}
- H04W 4/024: Guidance services
- H04W 4/027: {using movement velocity, acceleration information}
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

An embodiment mobility guidance system includes a sensor provided in a mobility and configured to capture a driving video or an image to transmit the driving video or the image, a memory configured to store a danger zone image, a detector configured to compare the driving video or the image captured by the sensor with the danger zone image stored in the memory to detect an existence of a danger zone on a driving path of the mobility, and a guide configured to set a guide zone in response to the detector detecting the existence of the danger zone and a change in a speed or an acceleration of the mobility, and to provide the guide zone to a second mobility.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mobility guidance system comprising:
a sensor provided in a mobility and configured to capture a driving video or an image to transmit the driving video or the image;
a memory configured to store a danger zone image;
a detector configured to compare the driving video or the image captured by the sensor with the danger zone image stored in the memory to detect an existence of a danger zone on a driving path of the mobility; and
a guide configured to set a guide zone in response to the detector detecting the existence of the danger zone and a change in a speed or an acceleration of the mobility, and to provide the guide zone to a second mobility, wherein the guide is configured to:
count an accumulation of the guide zone when a same zone is accumulated as the guide zone, and
determine a guide method based on the counting of the guide zone when the guide zone is provided to the mobility.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mobility guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is integrally mounted on the mobility or is part of an occupant's portable mobile device mounted on the mobility.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The mobility guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the memory is provided in a server, and the sensor of the mobility is configured to collect the driving video or the image at a preset time interval and transmit the driving video or the image to the memory of the server.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The mobility guidance system according to claim 3, wherein the preset time interval for collecting the driving video or image becomes shorter as the speed or the acceleration increases.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The mobility guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the sensor of the mobility is configured to:
select the driving video or the image based on the speed or the acceleration or based on steering information of the mobility; and
transmit the driving video or the image to the detector.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The mobility guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the detector is configured to:
calculate a coincidence probability between a zone existing in the driving video or the image captured by the sensor and the danger zone image stored in the memory; and
detect the zone existing in the driving video or the image as the danger zone in response to the coincidence probability being greater than or equal to a preset probability.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The mobility guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the detector and the guide are provided in a server, and the server is configured to transmit and receive information through wireless communication with the mobility or a portable mobile device of an occupant of the mobility.

### Claim 8

A mobility guidance system comprising:
a sensor provided in a mobility and configured to capture a driving video or an image to transmit the driving video or the image;
a memory configured to store a danger zone image;
a detector configured to compare the driving video or the image captured by the sensor with the danger zone image stored in the memory to detect an existence of a danger zone on a driving path of the mobility; and
a guide configured to set a guide zone in response to the detector detecting the existence of the danger zone and a change in a speed or an acceleration of the mobility, and to provide the guide zone to a second mobility, wherein in response to the danger zone being detected by the detector and the speed or the acceleration of the mobility being reduced to a predetermined level or less in a vicinity of the danger zone, the guide is configured to set the danger zone as the guide zone.

### Claim 9

A mobility guidance system comprising:
a sensor provided in a mobility and configured to capture a driving video or an image to transmit the driving video or the image;
a memory configured to store a danger zone image;
a detector configured to compare the driving video or the image captured by the sensor with the danger zone image stored in the memory to detect an existence of a danger zone on a driving path of the mobility; and
a guide configured to:
set a guide zone in response to the detector detecting the existence of the danger zone and a change in a speed or an acceleration of the mobility, and to provide the guide zone to a second mobility,
provide the set guide zone to the second mobility around the guide zone, and
provide the set guide zone to a third mobility that is expected to reach the guide zone within a predetermined time.

### Claim 10

A mobility guidance system comprising:
a sensor provided in a mobility and configured to capture a driving video or an image to transmit the driving video or the image;
a memory configured to store a danger zone image;
a detector configured to compare the driving video or the image captured by the sensor with the danger zone image stored in the memory to detect existence of a danger zone on a driving path of the mobility;
a guide configured to set a guide zone in response to the detector detecting the existence of the danger zone and a change in a speed or an acceleration of the mobility, and to provide the guide zone to a second mobility; and
an abnormality determiner configured to determine whether or not an accident or abnormality of the mobility occurs through driving information including the driving video or the image, the speed, the acceleration, or a steering degree of the mobility, wherein the guide is configured to:
count an accumulation of the guide zone when a same zone is accumulated as the guide zone, and
determine a guide method based on the counting of the guide zone when the guide zone is provided to the mobility.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The mobility guidance system according to claim 10, wherein the abnormality determiner is provided in a server, and the abnormality determiner is configured to attempt to communicate with a portable mobile device of an occupant of the mobility in response to the accident or the abnormality of the mobility being detected.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The mobility guidance system according to claim 10, wherein the driving information includes leaving information including whether or not an occupant leaves the mobility.

### Claim 13

A method of providing a mobility guidance system, the method comprising:
providing a sensor in a mobility to capture a driving video or an image to transmit the driving video or the image;
storing a danger zone image;
comparing the driving video or the image captured by the sensor with the danger zone image to detect existence of a danger zone on a driving path of the mobility;
setting a guide zone by a guide in response to detecting the existence of the danger zone and to sensing a change in a speed or an acceleration of the mobility; and
providing the guide zone to a second mobility, wherein the guide is configured to:
count an accumulation of the guide zone when a same zone is accumulated as the guide zone, and
determine a guide method based on the counting of the guide zone when the guide zone is provided to the mobility.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method according to claim 13, wherein the sensor comprises a camera, and wherein the camera is integrally mounted on the mobility or is part of an occupant's portable mobile device mounted on the mobility.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The method according to claim 13, wherein the danger zone image is stored in a memory provided in a server, the method further comprising collecting the driving video or the image at a preset time interval and transmitting the driving video or the image to the memory of the server.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method according to claim 15, wherein the preset time interval for collecting the driving video or the image becomes shorter as the speed or the acceleration increases.

### Claim 17 (depends on 13)

The method according to claim 13, further comprising:
selecting the driving video or the image based on the speed or the acceleration or based on steering information of the mobility; and
transmitting the driving video or the image.

### Claim 18 (depends on 13)

The method according to claim 13, further comprising:
calculating a coincidence probability between a zone existing in the driving video or the image and the danger zone image; and
detecting the zone existing in the driving video or the image as the danger zone in response to the coincidence probability being greater than or equal to a preset probability.

### Claim 19 (depends on 13)

The method according to claim 13, wherein the guide is further configured to provide the set guide zone to the second mobility around the guide zone.

### Claim 20 (depends on 13)

The method according to claim 13, wherein the guide is further configured to provide the set guide zone to a third mobility that is expected to reach the guide zone within a predetermined time.
