Vehicle and control method thereof

A vehicle comprising:

• a side mirror configured to be converted into a folded or unfolded state;
• a communicator comprising a plurality of antennas comprising an internal antenna mounted inside of the vehicle, and the communicator being configured to transmit a search signal to a remote controller through the plurality of antennas and to receive a response signal transmitted from the remote controller as a response to the search signal;
• a surround view camera system configured to provide a field of view facing a periphery of the vehicle and obtain surrounding image data;
• and
• a controller electrically coupled to the side mirror;
• wherein the controller being configured to divide a surround view image created from the surrounding image data into a plurality of areas comprising a driver seat front fender area and a front passenger seat front fender area based on the side mirror;
• wherein the controller being configured to determine whether motion is detected in each area based on pixel changes in at least one of the areas, while a driver carrying the remote controller is present within a search area of the internal antenna;
• wherein the controller being configured to determine a location of a passenger based on a change in motion detection in at least one of the driver seat front fender area and the front passenger seat front fender area, while the driver carrying the remote controller is present within the search area of the internal antenna;
• wherein the controller being configured to signal the side mirror to convert into the folded state or the unfolded state based on the determined passenger location of the passenger;
• and
• wherein the controller is configured to maintain the side mirror in the folded state according to the driver being in a determined location after passing the side mirror and the passenger being in the determined passenger location before passing the side mirror.

A control method of a vehicle comprising:

• determining whether a driver is present within a search area of a first antenna according to detection of the driver carrying a remote controller approaching the vehicle,
• wherein the vehicle comprises a side mirror configured to be converted into a folded or unfolded state,
• wherein the vehicle comprises a communicator comprising a plurality of antennas comprising the first antenna mounted on a driver seat side,
• wherein the communicator is configured to transmit a search signal to the remote controller through the plurality of antennas and to receive a response signal transmitted from the remote controller as a response to the search signal;
• determining a location of the driver based on an intensity of the response signal received from the remote controller according to a response to the search signal transmitted from the first antenna;
• and
• converting the side mirror into the folded state or the unfolded state based on the determined location of the driver,
• wherein the converting of the side mirror into the folded state or the unfolded state comprises maintaining the side mirror in the folded state according to the driver being in the determined location after passing the side mirror and a passenger being in a determined passenger location before passing the side mirror.