Human machine interface apparatus for vehicle and methods of controlling the same
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorHyungsoon Park
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Abstract
A human machine interface (HMI) minimizing the number of gestures for operation control in which user-intended operation commands are accurately recognized by dividing a vehicle interior into a plurality of regions. The HMI receives an input of a gesture according to each region, and controls any one device according to the gesture. Convenience of a user is improved because the gesture may be performed in a state in which region restriction is minimized by identifying an operation state and an operation pattern of an electronic device designated according to each region to recognize the user's intention when the user performs the gesture in a boundary portion between two regions or even in multiple regions.
Claims21
A vehicle having a human machine interface (HMI) apparatus configured to output an operation command of a user to at least one of a plurality of electronic devices, the HMI apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store position information of a plurality of regions, operation commands of the plurality of electronic devices positioned in the plurality of regions, and gesture information of the operation commands;
- a recognition unit configured to recognize a gesture of the user;
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- a control unit configured to identify electronic devices installed in a region adjacent to a boundary region when the gesture is recognized in the boundary region of the plurality of regions and control the operation command corresponding to the gesture to be output to any one of the identified electronic devices.
A vehicle having a plurality of electronic devices, the vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of detection units arranged in a plurality of regions;
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- a human machine interface (HMI) apparatus configured to output an operation command of a user to the plurality of electronic devices arranged in the plurality of regions,
- wherein the HMI apparatus includes:
- a storage unit configured to store position information of the plurality of regions, operation commands of the plurality of electronic devices arranged in the plurality of regions, and gesture information of the operation commands;
- a recognition unit configured to recognize a gesture of the user;
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- a control unit configured to identify a region in which a detection unit recognizing the gesture is arranged when the gesture is identically recognized in the plurality of detection units, identify electronic devices installed in the identified region, and control the operation command corresponding to the gesture to be output to any one of the identified electronic devices.
A control method of a vehicle having a plurality of electronic devices and an HMI apparatus configured to output an operation command of a user to at least one of the plurality of electronic devices, the control method comprising the steps of:
- detecting an object;
- recognizing a detection region and a gesture of the detected object;
- identifying electronic devices installed in a region adjacent to a boundary region when it is determined that the gesture is recognized in the boundary region of a plurality of regions;
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- outputting the operation command corresponding to the gesture to any one of the identified electronic devices.
A human machine interface (HMI) apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store position information of a plurality of regions, information of a plurality of electronic devices arranged in the plurality of regions, and gesture information of a user corresponding to operation commands of the plurality of electronic devices;
- a recognition unit configured to recognize a gesture of the user;
- a control unit configured to identify electronic devices corresponding to a gesture according to each recognized detection region when the number of recognized detection regions is at least two, determine adjustment possibilities of the electronic devices based on current operation information of the identified electronic devices, and output an operation command corresponding to the gesture to an electronic device having a highest adjustment possibility;
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- an output unit connected to each of the plurality of electronic devices and configured to output the operation command to at least one electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.