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US 12,728,878 B2Granted
Vehicle with collision warning detection and control method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorMin Ha Park
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Abstract
A vehicle includes: a sensing unit configured to sense an outside/inside environment of the vehicle; a drive controller configured to receive sensing information from the sensing unit and control the vehicle; and a warning unit configured to output a warning signal under the control of the drive controller, where the drive controller is configured to: analyze the sensing information, and determine whether there is a probability of collision with a rear vehicle approaching from behind the vehicle; and when it is determined that there is the probability of collision with the rear vehicle, output a warning signal to at least one of the vehicle and the rear vehicle.
Claims20
A method of controlling a vehicle comprising a drive controller configured to control the vehicle, the method comprising:
- analyzing, by the drive controller, sensing information of an outside/inside environment of the vehicle received from a sensing unit;
- determining, by the drive controller, that there is a probability of collision with a rear vehicle approaching from behind the vehicle;
- and
- outputting, based on the probability of collision with the rear vehicle, a warning signal to at least one of the vehicle and the rear vehicle through a warning unit;
- and
- determining, by the drive controller, whether there is an avoidance space in front of the vehicle or around the front of the vehicle to avoid a collision with the rear vehicle, using the sensing information,
- wherein if the avoidance space is present, the method further comprises:
- driving the vehicle to the avoidance space, and
- wherein, if the avoidance space is not present, the method further comprises:
- predicting, by the drive controller, a collision location at which the collision with the rear vehicle is likely to occur;
- identifying, by the drive controller, locations of passengers in the vehicle;
- and
- changing, by the drive controller, a state of the vehicle based on the predicted collision location to minimize the collision,
- wherein changing the state of the vehicle comprises changing, based on the locations of the passengers, a position of the vehicle to correspond to a damage minimizing location.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a sensing unit configured to sense an outside/inside environment of the vehicle;
- a drive controller configured to receive sensing information from the sensing unit and control the vehicle;
- and
- a warning unit configured to output a warning signal under the control of the drive controller,
- wherein the drive controller is further configured to:
- analyze the sensing information, and determine that there is a probability of collision with a rear vehicle approaching from behind the vehicle;
- output, based on the probability of collision with the rear vehicle, a warning signal to at least one of the vehicle and the rear vehicle through the warning unit;
- and
- determine whether there is an avoidance space in front of the vehicle or around the front of the vehicle to avoid a collision with the rear vehicle, using the sensing information,
- wherein if the avoidance space is present, the drive controller is further configured to:
- drive the vehicle to the avoidance space, and
- wherein, if the avoidance space is not present, the drive controller is further configured to:
- predict a collision location at which the collision with the rear vehicle is likely to occur;
- identify locations of passengers in the vehicle;
- and
- change a state of the vehicle based on the predicted collision location to minimize the collision,
- wherein changing the state of the vehicle comprises changing, based on the locations of the passengers, a position of the vehicle to correspond to a damage minimizing location.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor, the computer readable medium comprising:
- program instructions that analyze sensing information of an outside/inside environment of the vehicle received from a sensing unit;
- program instructions that determine that there is a probability of collision with a rear vehicle approaching from behind the vehicle;
- program instructions that output, based on the probability of collision with the rear vehicle, a warning signal to at least one of the vehicle and the rear vehicle through a warning unit;
- and
- program instructions that determine whether there is an avoidance space in front of the vehicle or around the front of the vehicle to avoid a collision with the rear vehicle, using the sensing information,
- wherein if the avoidance space is present, further comprising:
- program instructions that drive the vehicle to the avoidance space, and
- wherein, if the avoidance space is not present, further comprising:
- program instructions that predict a collision location at which the collision with the rear vehicle is likely to occur;
- program instructions that identify locations of passengers in the vehicle;
- and
- program instructions that change a state of the vehicle based on the predicted collision location to minimize the collision,
- wherein changing the state of the vehicle comprises changing, based on the locations of the passengers, a position of the vehicle to correspond to a damage minimizing location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.