Apparatus and method of providing vehicle service based on individual emotion recognition

A method of providing a vehicle service, the method comprising:

• determining whether an event occurs based on information on a driving environment, by a processor;
• acquiring a user facial image in response to event occurrence, by an image acquiring device;
• learning user facial expression based on the user facial image in response to the event occurrence, by the processor;
• determining whether the user experiences specific emotion based on the learned user facial expression, by the processor;
• and
• providing a vehicle service corresponding to the driving environment when determining that the user experiences the specific emotion, by a service provider.

A method of providing a vehicle service, the method comprising:

• determining whether an event occurs in response to a driving environment, by a processor;
• acquiring a user facial image in response to event occurrence, by an image acquiring device;
• checking whether the user manipulates an interface and a function of a vehicle in response to the event occurrence, by the processor;
• when the user manipulates the interface and the function of the vehicle, learning user facial expression based on the user facial image in response to the event occurrence, by the processor;
• determining whether the user experiences specific emotion based on the learned user facial expression, by the processor;
• and
• providing a vehicle service corresponding to the driving environment when determining that the user experiences the specific emotion, by a service provider.

A vehicle comprising:

• a sensing apparatus configured to sense a driving environment;
• and
• a vehicle service provision apparatus configured to provide a vehicle service based on user facial expression corresponding to the driving environment,
• wherein the vehicle service provision apparatus is configured to:
• acquire a user facial image in response to event occurrence when an event occurs in response to the driving environment, learn the user facial expression based on the user facial image in response to the event occurrence, determine whether the user experiences specific emotion based on the learned user facial expression, and provide a vehicle service corresponding to the driving environment when determining that the user experiences the specific emotion.