Device for assisting safety exit of vehicle and method therefor
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorJeong Hun Ham
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Abstract
An embodiment safety exit assisting device of a vehicle includes a camera and a processor electrically connected to the camera, wherein the processor is configured to obtain a side-view image of the vehicle captured by the camera, determine whether a dangerous situation associated with a door of the vehicle occurs based on the side-view image, and control the door of the vehicle or an operation of the vehicle in response to a determination that the dangerous situation occurs.
Claims20
A safety exit assisting device of a vehicle, the device comprising:
- a camera;
- and
- a processor electrically connected to the camera, wherein the processor is configured to:
- obtain a side-view image of the vehicle captured by the camera;
- determine whether a dangerous situation associated with a door of the vehicle occurs based on the side-view image, wherein the dangerous situation associated with the door includes a situation in which clothing or a finger is caught in the door;
- and
- control the door of the vehicle or an operation of the vehicle in response to a determination that the dangerous situation occurs.
A safety exit assisting device of a vehicle having a powered door, the device comprising:
- a camera;
- and
- a processor electrically connected to the camera, wherein the processor is configured to:
- obtain a side-view image of the vehicle captured by the camera, the processor is configured to obtain the side-view image through the camera after adjusting an angle of the camera to a predetermined angle while the powered door is operated, and to change the angle of the camera to the angle before the adjustment in response to an operation of the powered door being completed;
- determine that a dangerous situation associated with the powered door occurs based on the side-view image;
- and
- control the powered door of the vehicle or an operation of the vehicle in response to determining that the dangerous situation occurs.
A method for assisting a safe exit of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining a side-view image of the vehicle through a camera;
- determining whether a dangerous situation associated with a door of the vehicle occurs based on the side-view image, wherein the dangerous situation associated with the door includes a situation in which clothing or a finger is caught in the door;
- and
- controlling the door of the vehicle or an operation of the vehicle in response to a determination that the dangerous situation occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.