Vehicle and method of controlling the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsHyunsang Kim, Yun Sup Ann
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Abstract
A vehicle, which includes a display and enables a driver to easily observe an occupant in a rear seat, includes a rear camera configured to acquire a rear image and having a visual field directed toward a rear side of the vehicle, a display part configured to display the rear image, at least one rear-seat camera configured to acquire at least one rear-seat image and each having a visual field directed toward the rear seat of the vehicle, and a controller configured to control the display part to display all the rear image and the at least one rear-seat image on the basis that a preset condition is satisfied.
Claims16
A vehicle comprising:
- a rear camera having a field of view toward a rear side of the vehicle and configured to acquire a rear image;
- a display configured to display the rear image;
- a left rear-seat camera having a field of view toward a left rear-seat and configured to acquire a left rear-seat image;
- a right rear-seat camera having a field of view toward a right rear-seat of the vehicle, and configured to acquire a right rear-seat image;
- and
- a controller configured to control the display to display both the rear image and at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image based on a preset condition being satisfied;
- wherein the left rear-seat image includes a face image of a first occupant positioned in the left rear seat and the right rear-seat image includes a face image of a second occupant positioned in the right rear seat;
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- crop the face image of the first occupant from the left rear-seat image and to crop the face image of the second occupant from the right rear-seat image;
- wherein the cropped face image of the first occupant and the cropped face image of the second occupant are displayed in distinct areas on the display;
- wherein the cropped face image of the first occupant is displayed in a left area of the display with the first occupant being identified, and the cropped face image of the second occupant is displayed in a right area of the display with the second occupant being identified;
- and
- adjust a display size of the cropped face image to enlarge the image of the occupant identified as a speaker.
A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a rear image from a rear camera having a field of view toward a rear side of the vehicle;
- displaying the rear image on a display;
- receiving a left rear-seat image from a left rear-seat camera having a field of view towards a left-rear seat;
- receiving a right rear-seat image from a right rear-seat camera having a field of view towards a right-rear seat;
- and
- controlling the display to display both the rear image and the-at least one of the left rear-seat image or the right rear-seat image based on a preset condition being satisfied;
- wherein the left rear-seat image includes a face image of a first occupant positioned in the left rear seat and the right rear-seat image includes a face image of a second occupant positioned in a right rear-seat;
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- wherein controlling of the display comprises:
- cropping the face image of the first occupant from the left rear-seat image and cropping the face image of the second occupant from the right rear-seat image;
- displaying the cropped face image of the first occupant and the cropped face image of the second occupant in distinct areas on the display;
- wherein the cropped face image of the first occupant is displayed in a left area of the display with the first occupant being identified and the cropped face image of the second occupant is displayed in a right area of the display with the second occupant being identified;
- and
- adjusting a display size of the cropped face image to enlarge the image of the occupant identified as a speaker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.