KR101947573B1 - Method and apparatus for providing parking assist information using side mirrors - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing parking assistance information using a side mirror are provided. The apparatus for providing parking assist information using the side mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention recognizes the present operation state of the vehicle and, if it is determined that the vehicle is in the parking mode, A parking assist information calculator for calculating parking assist information including at least one of a traveling direction, a distance, and a steering wheel operating angle of the vehicle corresponding to the set parking path, when the parking route to the target parking position is set; And a parking assist information providing unit for displaying the calculated parking assistance information on the side mirrors.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a parking assist information providing method and apparatus using side mirrors,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for providing parking assistance information using a side mirror, and more particularly, to a parking assist system (PAS) And more particularly, to a method and apparatus for providing parking assist information using a side mirror.

Recently, devices for consumer convenience as well as consumer satisfaction about power performance of automobiles have become popular.

As an example, the spread of integrated display devices capable of grasping the condition of the front / rear / left / right camera and the car for parking assistance at a glance is becoming common.

The driver can observe the obstacle around the vehicle through the camera and the distance measuring sensor and the display device provided at the front or rear of the vehicle in front or rear parking, and can know the distance to the obstacle.

For example, a Blind Spot Warning (BSW) detects an object located in a blind spot around the vehicle and provides information to the driver. When a vehicle exists in a blind spot such as a rear side of the vehicle while driving, On-and-off light on the side mirror corresponding to the corresponding position. Further, direction indicators may be displayed on the side mirrors in accordance with the operation of the turn signal lamp of the driver.

On the other hand, there is provided a technique of recognizing a parking available area in a parking assist system and indicating a route for parking the vehicle in the available parking area.

The driver can safely park the vehicle in the parking zone by operating the accelerator pedal and the steering wheel along the parking path displayed on the screen by the parking assist system.

At this time, the driver recognizes the surrounding obstacle through the side mirror and operates the steering wheel while confirming the parking path displayed on the screen. In the side mirror most used for parking, any auxiliary information related to the parking is displayed .

Accordingly, there is a demand for a parking assisting system which is more intuitive than the conventional technique and can enhance the user satisfaction by displaying the parking assist information on the side mirrors most frequently used at the time of parking.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the conventional art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide parking assist information corresponding to a parking path set in a parking assist system (PAS) to be displayed on side mirrors, Thereby providing a parking assistant information using a side mirror that enables the driver to more reliably guide rear parking of the vehicle.

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus for providing parking assist information using a side mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention recognizes a current operation state of a vehicle, and when it is determined that the vehicle is in a parking mode, When the parking path for the target parking position is set, parking assist information including at least one of the traveling direction of the vehicle, the distance, and the steering wheel operating angle corresponding to the set parking path And a parking assist information providing unit for displaying the calculated parking assistance information on the side mirrors.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing parking assist information using a side mirror, the method comprising: (a) recognizing a current operation state of the vehicle, (B) when the parking path to the target parking position is set, the moving direction of the vehicle corresponding to the set parking path, the distance, and the steering wheel operating angle Calculating parking assistance information including at least one of the parking assist information and the parking assist information; and (c) displaying the calculated parking assistance information on the side mirror.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the parking assist information corresponding to the parking path set in the parking assist system can be confirmed through the side mirror, and the operating direction of the steering wheel for parking can be easily grasped.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects and include all effects that can be deduced from the detailed description of the present invention or the configuration of the invention described in the claims.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus for providing parking assistance information using a side mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a method for calculating parking assistance information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a side mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing a side mirror according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing parking assistance information using a side mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" .

Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements, not excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus for providing parking assist information using a side mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of calculating parking assistance information according to an embodiment of the present invention Fig.

A device 100 for providing parking assistance information using a side mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a parking mode recognition unit 110, a parking assistance information calculation unit 120, a parking assistance information providing unit 130, a control unit 140, and a storage unit 150.

For reference, the parking assist information providing apparatus 100 is connected to a parking assist system (PAS) (not shown) that provides a setting for a target parking position (area) and a parking path to a set target parking position .

When a driver designates a position of a camera mounted on the vehicle, a parking assist system (not shown) sets a corresponding position to a target parking position using a distance sensor such as an ultrasonic sensor, And a system for automatically setting parking positions.

Then, when the target parking position is set, the driver is guided to operate the steering wheel (often called the steering wheel of the vehicle) and the accelerator pedal by using voice or on-screen guidance text or the like so that the vehicle moves to the set target parking position .

At this time, the parking path from the current position of the vehicle to the target parking position may overlap with the image of the camera on the screen.

In addition, the parking assist information providing apparatus 100 may be connected to the side mirror, and parking assist information corresponding to the parking path for the target parking position provided by the parking assist system (not shown) may be displayed on the side mirror.

Describing the components of the parking assist information providing apparatus 100, the parking mode recognizing unit 110 can recognize whether the current operation state of the vehicle is the driving mode or the parking mode.

To this end, a separate interface (button or the like) for using the function of providing parking assistance information by using the side mirror of the present invention may be provided on a screen of the in-vehicle display device or a predetermined position in the vehicle.

This is because the side mirror for displaying the dead zone information and the direction indication during driving is switched to provide the parking assist information of the present invention at the time of parking. The parking mode recognizing unit 110 recognizes the operation state of the vehicle The controller may recognize the current operation state of the vehicle as a parking mode and request the parking assist system (not shown) to set a target parking position and a route to the corresponding parking position.

In another embodiment, when the driver drives the parking assist system (not shown) to set the target parking position and the route to the parking position, the parking mode recognition unit 110 recognizes the current operating state of the vehicle as the parking mode You may.

Further, when the parking mode recognition unit 110 recognizes that the current operation state of the vehicle is the parking mode, it can switch the operation state of the side mirror to the parking mode.

For reference, the side mirror can display blind zone information or direction indication in the traveling mode, and can display the parking assistance information corresponding to the parking path to the target parking position in the state of being switched to the parking mode.

On the other hand, if the parking assistant information calculation section 120 determines that the parking path is to be moved from the parking assist system (not shown) to the target parking position, It is possible to calculate parking assistance information including one or more.

Here, the traveling direction and the distance of the vehicle can be divided based on a point at which the driver's steering wheel operating angle is changed.

2, when the parking path P provided by the parking assist system (not shown) is as shown in FIG. 2, the parking assistant information calculation unit 120 calculates the parking assistant information The traveling direction and the distance of the traveling direction can be classified as P ₀ → P ₁ → P ₂ → P ₃ .

The initial position for moving to the target parking position when said P _0, the vehicle is in a steering wheel operation angle of the forward movement, and P ₁ point P ₁ point in the θ ₁ from P ₀ point to the steering wheel operation angle θ ₂ P _And moves backward to the target parking position P ₃ by the steering wheel operating angle θ ₃ (= 0 °) at the point P2.

In this manner, the parking assistant information calculation unit 120 can divide the traveling direction and the distance of the vehicle in the parking route, based on each point at which the steering wheel operating angle is changed.

For reference, the steering wheel operating angle may be expressed by the number of turns based on the position of the steering wheel when the wheels of the vehicle are straight, and the traveling direction of the vehicle may be set based on the steering wheel operating angle.

On the other hand, the parking assistant information providing unit 130 may display the parking assistant information including the traveling direction and the distance of the vehicle calculated by the parking assistant information calculation unit 120 and the steering wheel operating angle on the side mirror.

At this time, the parking assistant information may be displayed all on the side mirrors on both sides or may be displayed only on the side mirrors on the side corresponding to the direction of the steering wheel operating angle and the traveling direction of the vehicle.

Hereinafter, parking assist information displayed on the side mirror by the parking assistant information providing unit 130 will be described with reference to FIG.

3 is a view showing a side mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The side mirror 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention can display blind zone information or direction indication when the parking assist information of the present invention is not provided, that is, in the running mode, The parking assistance information can be displayed as shown in FIG.

For reference, the shape and the number of the lamps displayed on the side mirror 200 are not limited to those shown in FIG. 3. The shape and the number of the lamps may be implemented differently according to the embodiment.

Specifically, when parking assist information is provided according to an embodiment of the present invention, all the lamps may be blinked by a predetermined number of times in the initial operation.

Thereafter, when the steering wheel must be operated to the left in order to move backward in the direction of 7 o'clock to 8 o'clock in accordance with the parking path provided by the parking assist system (not shown), the lamps of the side mirror 200 are rotated from 7 o'clock to 8 o'clock The lamp corresponding to the predetermined number of times is flickered to indicate that the moving direction of the vehicle is displayed first, and then it flashes sequentially in the counterclockwise direction, indicating that the steering wheel must be operated to the left side.

In this case, if the number of rotations of the steering wheel is determined according to the steering wheel operating angle, and the driver exceeds the number of rotations corresponding to the steering wheel operating angle, the parking assistant information providing unit 120 outputs a warning sound And a guidance text can be outputted.

Of course, when the steering wheel operating angle calculated by the parking assistant information calculating unit 120 is reached, a lock is temporarily set on the steering wheel so that the control unit 140 does not exceed the steering wheel operating angle when the driver operates the steering wheel May be controlled.

4 is a view showing a side mirror according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In the case of FIG. 3, the outer lamp and the inner lamp are arranged at regular intervals in the radial direction, the outer lamp indicates the direction in which the vehicle should proceed, and the inner lamp indicates the operating direction of the steering wheel .

The outer lamp corresponding to the direction in which the vehicle should travel is flickered according to the parking path provided by the parking assist system (not shown), and the inner lamp sequentially flashes according to the operating direction of the steering wheel so as to indicate the operating direction .

The control unit 140 determines whether or not the components of the parking assist information providing apparatus 100, for example, the parking mode recognition unit 110, the parking assistance information calculation unit 120, It can be controlled to perform one operation.

The control unit 140 may control the components of the parking assist information providing apparatus 100 according to an algorithm (program) stored in the storage unit 150 and may store various data stored in the storage unit 150 during the control process And various data derived from the control process can be stored in the storage unit 150.

Meanwhile, the storage unit 150 may store an algorithm (program) for allowing the control unit 140 to control the elements of the parking assist information providing apparatus 100, and may store various data required in the control process Can be stored.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing parking assistance information using a side mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 can be performed by the parking assist information providing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1. The target parking position is set by the parking assist system (not shown), and the parking path for the set target parking position is It is already set.

First, the parking assist information providing apparatus 100 recognizes that the current operation state of the vehicle is the parking mode, and switches the operation state of the side mirror to the parking mode (S501).

After S501, a parking path to the target parking position is provided from the parking assist system (not shown) (S502).

After S502, the parking assist information providing apparatus 100 calculates parking assistance information including at least one of the traveling direction of the vehicle, the distance, and the operating angle of the steering wheel with respect to the parking route (S503).

Here, the traveling direction and the distance of the vehicle can be divided based on a point at which the driver's steering wheel operating angle is changed.

After S503, the parking assist information providing apparatus 100 blinks the lamp so that the direction corresponding to the traveling direction of the vehicle and the steering wheel operating angle of the driver are displayed on the side mirror 200 based on the parking assist information calculated in S502 (S504).

The above-described technical features may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium.

The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination.

The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software.

Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like.

Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be.

It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

100: Parking assistance information providing device
110: Parking mode recognition unit
120: Parking assistant information calculation unit
130: parking assistance information providing service
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Claims (10)

A parking mode recognition unit for recognizing a current operation state of the vehicle and switching the operation state of the side mirror to the parking mode when it is determined that the vehicle is in the parking mode; A parking assistance information calculation unit for calculating parking assistance information including at least one of a traveling direction, a distance, and a steering wheel operating angle of the vehicle corresponding to the set parking route, when the parking route to the target parking position is set; And a parking assist information providing unit displaying the calculated parking assistance information on the side mirror; The parking assist information providing device comprising:
An outer lamp which is arranged on the side mirrors and which is arranged radially at predetermined angular intervals on the side mirrors and displays a traveling direction of the vehicle, And an inner lamp arranged radially inside the lamp with a predetermined interval in a radial direction and sequentially displaying in a direction corresponding to the steering wheel operating angle, and the light emitted from the light emitting unit is emitted in the direction Is set to emit light from an outside lamp and an inside lamp arranged in a side mirror on the side corresponding to the side mirror. The method according to claim 1,
The parking assistance information calculation unit
Wherein the controller divides the traveling direction and the distance of the vehicle based on a point at which the steering wheel operating angle is changed in the set parking path. 3. The method of claim 2,
A controller for setting a lock on the steering wheel operation in the direction of the steering wheel operating angle when the driver's steering wheel operation reaches the steering wheel operating angle; Wherein the parking assist information providing unit is further configured to provide parking assist information using the side mirror. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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