Apparatus and method for driver assistance
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorSeong soo Lee
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Abstract
A driver assisting apparatus including a top view image output unit that outputs a top view image at a view point at which a surrounding of the vehicle is downwardly watched from a top, a lane detecting unit that detects a left lane boundary of the vehicle and a right lane boundary of the vehicle from the top view image using a top hat filter, a speed measuring unit that outputs a speed of the vehicle, and an integrated control unit that selects and operates one of a parking assisting function and a lane departure warning function in accordance with the speed.
Claims20
A driver assisting apparatus, comprising:
- a top view image output unit that outputs a top view image at a view point at which a surrounding of a vehicle is downwardly watched from a top;
- a lane detecting unit that detects a left lane boundary of the vehicle and a right lane boundary of the vehicle from the top view image using a top hat filter;
- a speed measuring unit that outputs a speed of the vehicle;
- and
- an integrated control unit that selects and operates one of a parking assisting function and a lane departure warning function in accordance with the speed.
A driver assisting method, comprising:
- capturing images at a surrounding of a vehicle to output a top view image;
- converting the top view image into a grayscale image;
- detecting a left lane and a right lane of the vehicle from the grayscale image using a top hat filter;
- detecting an interval between the left lane boundary and the right lane boundary to determine an effectiveness of the detected lane;
- measuring a speed of the vehicle;
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- selecting and operating one of a parking assisting function and a lane departure warning function in accordance with the measured speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.