Vehicle and method of controlling the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsNam Kim, You Keun Kim
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a driver sensor provided inside the vehicle and configured to obtain a face image of a driver; a side camera configured to obtain images of a rear left side and a rear right side of the vehicle; a display configured to output the images of the rear left side and the rear right side of the vehicle; and a controller electrically connected to the driver sensor, the side camera, and the display; wherein the controller is configured to identify a gaze direction of the driver based on the face image of the driver, and adjust at least one of a frame rate of the side camera or a screen brightness of the display based on the gaze direction of the driver.
Claims18
A vehicle, comprising:
- a driver sensor disposed inside the vehicle and configured to obtain a face image of a driver;
- a side camera configured to obtain images of a rear left side and a rear right side of the vehicle;
- a display configured to output the images of the rear left side and the rear right side of the vehicle;
- and
- a controller electrically connected to the driver sensor, the side camera, and the display,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- identify a gaze direction of the driver based on the face image of the driver, and
- adjust a frame rate of the side camera based on the gaze direction of the driver,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- increase the frame rate of the side camera based on the gaze direction of the driver toward the display, and
- decrease the frame rate of the side camera based on the gaze direction of the driver deviating from the display.
A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a driver sensor disposed inside the vehicle, a face image of a driver;
- obtaining, by a side camera, images of a rear left side and a rear right side of the vehicle;
- displaying, by a display, the images of the rear left side and the rear right side of the vehicle;
- identify, by a controller, a gaze direction of the driver based on the face image of the driver;
- and
- adjusting, by the controller, a frame rate of the side camera based on the gaze direction of the driver,
- wherein the adjusting comprises:
- increasing, by the controller, the frame rate of the side camera based on the gaze direction of the driver toward the display;
- and
- decreasing, by the controller, the frame rate of the side camera based on the gaze direction of the driver deviating from the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.