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US 11,960,787 B2Granted
Vehicle and control method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsYun Sup Ann, Hyunsang Kim
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Abstract
A vehicle and control method of the vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes a camera provided on the vehicle and configured to capture an image of an object outside the vehicle, a controller configured to determine a photographing position required for facial recognition from the captured image, a guide configured to guide the photographing position, and a display configured to display a result of the facial recognition.
Claims18
A vehicle comprising:
- a camera provided on the vehicle and configured to capture an image of a user outside the vehicle, the camera having a plurality of photographing areas;
- a controller configured to determine a photographing position required for facial recognition from the captured image;
- a guide configured to guide the photographing position;
- and
- an indicator having top/bottom/left/right parts and being configured to display a result of the facial recognition by lighting in a plurality of different colors to indicate success or failure of the facial recognition, the indicator configured to indicate that a face of the user is biased toward any one of the photographing areas of the camera by turning on a part of the top/bottom/left/right of the indicator and turning off remaining parts of the indicator,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- open a window of the vehicle to transmit a voice guidance to the user outside the vehicle;
- control a degree of opening of the window depending on a rain condition;
- and
- set the degree of opening of the window to a preset minimum state and increase a volume of the voice guidance when a rainfall exceeds a preset amount.
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A control method of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- capturing, by a camera provided on the vehicle, an image of a user outside the vehicle, the camera having a plurality of photographing areas;
- determining, by a controller, a photographing position required for facial recognition from the captured image;
- guiding the photographing position;
- displaying a result of the facial recognition by lighting an indicator in a plurality of different colors to indicate success or failure of the facial recognition, the indicator having top/bottom/left/right parts;
- using the indicator to indicate that a face of the user is biased toward any one of the photographing areas of the camera by turning on a part of the top/bottom/left/right of the indicator and turning off remaining parts of the indicator,
- opening a window of the vehicle to transmit a voice guidance to the user outside the vehicle;
- controlling a degree of opening of the window depending on a rain condition;
- and
- setting the degree of opening of the window to a preset minimum state and increasing a volume of the voice guidance when a rainfall exceeds a preset amount.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a camera mounted on an outside of the vehicle and configured to capture an image of a user outside the vehicle, the camera having a plurality of photographing areas;
- a speaker inside the vehicle;
- a controller configured to determine a photographing position required for facial recognition from the captured image, to open a window of the vehicle to transmit voice guidance to the user outside the vehicle, to control a degree of opening of the window depending on a rain condition, and to set the degree of opening of the window to a preset minimum state and increase a volume of the voice guidance when a rainfall exceeds a preset amount;
- a puddle lamp configured to guide the photographing position by irradiating a light around the vehicle;
- and
- an indicator mounted on the outside of the vehicle and having top/bottom/left/right parts, the indicator configured to display a result of the facial recognition by lighting in a plurality of different colors to indicate success or failure of the facial recognition and to indicate that a face of the user is biased toward any one of the photographing areas of the camera by turning on a part of the top/bottom/left/right of the indicator and turning off remaining parts of the indicator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.