Vehicle and method of controlling the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorJooam Baek
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an internal camera configured to obtain first image data; an external camera configured to obtain second image data; an impact detecting sensor configured to detect an external impact and generate an impact detection signal; a memory configured to store the first image data and the second image data; and a processor electrically connected to the impact detecting sensor and configured to generate an impact event when a strength of the impact detection signal exceeds a threshold, and in response to the impact event being generated, control the memory to store the first image data and the second image data in the memory.
Claims14
A vehicle comprising:
- an internal camera configured to obtain first image data;
- an external camera configured to obtain second image data;
- an impact detecting sensor configured to detect an external impact and generate an impact detection signal;
- a seating sensor provided on a seat of the vehicle, and configured to detect whether a passenger sits on the seat and generate a seating signal;
- a door sensor configured to detect whether a door of the vehicle is closed to generate a door signal;
- a memory configured to store the first image data and the second image data;
- and
- a processor electrically connected to the impact detecting sensor and configured to generate an impact event when a strength of the impact detection signal exceeds a threshold, and in response to the impact event being generated, control the memory to store the first image data and the second image data in the memory,
- wherein the processor electrically connected to the seating sensor and the door sensor is further configured to, in response to the seating signal not being detected and the door signal being detected, change the threshold, and
- wherein the processor is further configured to:
- process at least one of the first image data or the second image data to detect a movement occurring outside the vehicle;
- in response to the movement being detected, lower the threshold;
- and
- in response to the door signal being detected, process the at least one of the first image data or the second image data.
A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining first image data;
- obtaining second image data;
- detecting an external impact and generating an impact detection signal;
- and
- when a strength of the impact detection signal exceeds a threshold, generating, by a processor, an impact event, and in response to the impact event being generated, controlling, by the processor, a memory to store the first image data and the second image data in the memory,
- wherein the method further includes:
- detecting, by a seating sensor provided on a seat of the vehicle, whether a passenger sits on the seat and generate a seating signal;
- and
- detecting, by a door sensor, whether a door of the vehicle is closed to generate a door signal,
- in response to the seating signal not being detected and the door signal being detected, changing, by the processor, the threshold, and
- wherein the changing of the threshold includes:
- processing at least one of the first image data or the second image data to detect a movement occurring outside the vehicle;
- in response to the movement being detected, lowering the threshold;
- and
- in response to the door signal being detected, processing, by the processor, the at least one of the first image data or the second image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.