Driving assistance apparatus and method
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorYun Sik Kim
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Abstract
An embodiment driving assistance apparatus includes a sensor unit configured to search surroundings of a vehicle using one or more sensors, a steering device configured to control a traveling direction of the vehicle, a control unit configured to calculate a target trajectory of the vehicle using searching information received from the sensor unit and to calculate an expected trajectory of the vehicle based on a steering angle of the steering device, and an output unit configured to display the target trajectory and the expected trajectory for a driver, the display designed to assist a steering operation of the driver.
Claims18
A driving assistance apparatus comprising:
- a sensor unit configured to search surroundings of a vehicle using one or more sensors;
- a steering device configured to control a traveling direction of the vehicle;
- a control unit configured to calculate a target trajectory of the vehicle using searching information received from the sensor unit and to calculate an expected trajectory of the vehicle based on a steering angle of the steering device;
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- a head-up display (HUD) configured to display the target trajectory and the expected trajectory for a driver, the display designed to assist a steering operation of the driver, wherein the HUD comprises:
- a virtual steering wheel;
- a steering assistance unit displayed outside of the virtual steering wheel and configured as a gradient bar to visually guide from current steering to target steering of the vehicle in order to guide the vehicle along the target trajectory from the current steering of the vehicle;
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- a steering guide unit displayed as a vertical bar connected to the steering assistance unit and configured to indicate the current steering of the vehicle.
A driving assistance method comprising:
- searching surroundings of a vehicle using one or more sensors to generate searching information;
- calculating a target trajectory of the vehicle using the searching information;
- calculating an expected trajectory of the vehicle based on a steering angle of a steering device;
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- displaying the target trajectory and the expected trajectory on a head-up display (HUD), the displaying designed to assist steering by a driver, wherein the displaying comprises displaying a virtual steering wheel, a steering assistance unit displayed outside of the virtual steering wheel as a gradient bar to visually guide from current steering to target steering of the vehicle in order to guide the vehicle along the target trajectory from the current steering of the vehicle, and a steering guide unit displayed as a vertical bar connected to the steering assistance unit to indicate the current steering of the vehicle.
A driving assistance apparatus comprising:
- a sensor unit configured to search surroundings of a vehicle using one or more sensors, the sensor unit including a camera and an ultrasonic sensor;
- a steering device configured to control a traveling direction of the vehicle;
- a control unit configured to calculate a target trajectory of the vehicle using searching information received from the sensor unit and to calculate an expected trajectory of the vehicle based on a steering angle of the steering device;
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- a head-up display (HUD) configured to display the target trajectory and the expected trajectory for a driver, the display designed to assist a steering operation of the driver, wherein the HUD comprises:
- a virtual steering wheel;
- a steering assistance unit displayed outside of the virtual steering wheel and configured as a gradient bar to visually guide from current steering to target steering of the vehicle in order to guide the vehicle along the target trajectory from the current steering of the vehicle;
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- a steering guide unit displayed as a vertical bar connected to the steering assistance unit and configured to indicate the current steering of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.