Vehicle radar control apparatus and method
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorHee Chang ROH
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Abstract
A vehicle radar control apparatus may include: a camera configured to capture a forward image in a traveling direction of a traveling vehicle; one or more radar sensors each configured to irradiate a radar signal from the traveling vehicle, and receive a radar signal reflected and returned from the neighboring vehicle; and a control unit configured to generate traveling information including one or more of distance, direction and speed of the traveling vehicle with respect to the neighboring vehicle by analyzing the forward image captured by the camera and the radar signal received by the radar sensor.
Claims13
A vehicle radar control apparatus comprising:
- a camera configured to capture a forward image in a traveling direction of a vehicle;
- one or more radar sensors each configured to irradiate a radar signal from the vehicle, and receive a radar signal reflected and returned from a neighboring vehicle;
- and
- a control unit configured to generate traveling information including one or more of distance, direction and speed of the vehicle with respect to the neighboring vehicle by analyzing the forward image captured by the camera and the radar signal received by the radar sensor,
- wherein the control unit comprises:
- a lane determination unit configured to determine whether a section located in one or more of a first direction and a second direction of the vehicle is a lane section or a non-lane section, using navigation information and map information;
- and
- a signal processing unit configured to remove the radar signal received by the radar sensor for the non-lane section and to generate the traveling information, when a section located in the first direction of the vehicle is the non-lane section.
A vehicle radar control method comprising the steps of:
- capturing, by a camera, a forward image in a traveling direction of a vehicle;
- irradiating, by one or more radar sensors, a radar signal from the vehicle, and receiving a radar signal reflected and returned from a neighboring vehicle;
- and
- generating, by a control unit, traveling information including one or more of distance, direction and speed of the vehicle with respect to the neighboring vehicle by analyzing the forward image captured by the camera and the radar signal received by the radar sensor,
- wherein the step of generating of the traveling information comprises the steps of:
- determining whether a section located in one or more of a first direction and a second direction of the vehicle is a lane section or a non-lane section, using navigation information and map information;
- and
- removing the radar signal received by the radar sensor for the non-lane section and generating the traveling information, when a section located in the first direction of the vehicle is the non-lane section.
A vehicle radar control apparatus comprising:
- a camera configured to capture a forward image in a traveling direction of a vehicle;
- a computer program stored in a computer readable recording medium configured to:
- irradiate a radar signal from the vehicle, and receive a radar signal reflected and returned from a neighboring vehicle;
- and
- generate traveling information including one or more of distance, direction and speed of the vehicle with respect to the neighboring vehicle by analyzing the forward image captured by the camera and the radar signal received by the radar sensor,
- determine whether a section located in one or more of a first direction and a second direction of the vehicle is a lane section or a non-lane section, using navigation information and map information;
- and
- remove the radar signal received by the radar sensor for the non-lane section and to generate the traveling information, when a section located in the first direction of the vehicle is the non-lane section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.