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US 12,351,022 B2Granted
Vehicle information display apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsDo Hyung Kim, Tae Kyoung Jin, Moo Kwan Kim
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Abstract
A vehicle information display apparatus includes: at least one processor configured to receive a vehicle state of a vehicle, and detect a forward object ahead of the vehicle; a flip-dot display installed in the vehicle and configured to implement a pixel by rotating a flip disk; and an illumination module installed around the flip-dot display, and configured to illuminate a surface of the flip-dot display.
Claims18
A vehicle information display apparatus comprising:
- a flip-dot display disposed on a vehicle such that the flip-dot display is externally visible, the flip-dot display comprising a plurality of flip disks each including front and rear surfaces, the front and rear surfaces having different colors;
- an illumination module installed around the flip-dot display and configured to illuminate a surface of the flip-dot display;
- a controller configured to control the flip-dot display;
- a vehicle state input unit configured to receive an operation state and a driving state of the vehicle, and provide received information to the controller;
- a front detection unit disposed at a front of the vehicle and configured to detect a forward object ahead of the vehicle, and provide detection information to the controller;
- and
- an operation sound output unit configured to output sound;
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- determine a distance between the object and the front detector;
- and
- output any one of recognition information, warning information, and cancellation information by outputting at least one of a symbol, an icon, an image, and a character through the flip-dot display, according to the received state of the vehicle and the determined distances;
- control the operation sound output unit to output sound corresponding to an operation state of the vehicle;
- operate the flip-dot display to output a warning sign;
- and
- operate the operation sound output unit to output a warning sound with increase in volume corresponding to the warning sign output by the flip-dot display.
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A processor-implemented method to control a vehicle information display apparatus, the method comprising:
- detecting an object ahead of the vehicle based on sensing information received from a front detection unit disposed at a front of the vehicle and configured to detect a forward object ahead of the vehicle, and provide detection information to a controller;
- determining a distance between the front detection unit and the detected object;
- receiving a state of a vehicle and a detection result of detecting the object;
- determining whether the object is detected while the vehicle is in motion based on the received state of the vehicle and the detection result of detecting the object;
- outputting any one of recognition information, warning information, and cancellation information by outputting any one or any combination of any two or more of a symbol, an icon, an image, and a character through a flip-dot display according to the received state of the vehicle and the determined distance;
- outputting any one of the recognition information, the warning information, and the cancellation information by controlling the flip-dot display to implement a corresponding pixel image by rotating at least one of the flip disks;
- and,
- illuminating a surface of the flip-dot display,
- wherein the outputting of the warning information comprises:
- operating the flip-dot display to output a warning sign;
- and
- controlling a sound outputter to output a warning sound with increase in volume corresponding to the warning sign output by the flip-dot display.
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A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon at least one program comprising commands, which, when executed by a computer, performs a method, the method comprising:
- detecting an object ahead of the vehicle based on sensing information received from a front detector detection unit disposed at a front of the vehicle and configured to detect a forward object ahead of the vehicle, and provide detection information to a controller;
- determining a distance between the front detection unit and the detected object;
- receiving a state of the vehicle and a detection result of the detecting of the object;
- determining whether the object is detected while the vehicle is in motion based on the received state of the vehicle and the detection result of detecting the object;
- outputting any one of recognition information, warning information, and cancellation information by outputting any one or any combination of any two or more of a symbol, an icon, an image, and a character through a flip-dot display according to the received state of the vehicle and the determined distance of the object,
- outputting any one of the recognition information, the warning information, and the cancellation information by controlling the flip-dot display to implement a corresponding pixel image comprising a plurality of pixels by rotating at least one flip disk among a plurality of flip disks;
- and
- illuminating a surface of the flip-dot display,
- wherein the outputting of the warning information comprises:
- operating the flip-dot display to output a warning sign;
- and
- controlling a sound outputter to output a warning sound with increase in volume corresponding to the warning sign output by the flip-dot display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.