Stop range indication device and method for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSeok Hwan CHOI, Ho Kyun CHUN, Jae Sung BANG
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Abstract
A stop range indication device and a stop range indication method for a vehicle are proposed. The device and the method calculate an estimated stop range of a host vehicle using a variety of pieces of information during deceleration traveling of the host vehicle and provide visual guidance to a driver by displaying a stop range ahead of the host vehicle in accordance to the result of the calculation, thereby enabling the driver to drive safely while recognizing the stop range ahead of the host vehicle.
Claims20
A stop range indication device for a vehicle, the device comprising:
- an information providing unit configured to provide vehicle information used for estimation of a stop range of a host vehicle;
- a controller configured to calculate, based on the vehicle information provided by the information providing unit, the stop range ahead of the host vehicle in response to deceleration of the host vehicle;
- and
- a display unit configured to receive a stop range calculation signal from the controller and display the stop range ahead of the host vehicle as an augmented reality image.
A stop range indication method for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by an information providing unit, vehicle information used for estimation of a stop range of a host vehicle;
- calculating, by the controller, the stop range ahead of the host vehicle in response to deceleration of the host vehicle, based on the vehicle information provided by the information providing unit;
- receiving, by the display unit, a stop range calculation signal from the controller;
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- displaying, by the display unit, the stop range ahead of the host vehicle as an augmented reality image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.