KR20170044429A

KR20170044429A - Control pad, vehicle having the same and method for controlling the same

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Publication number: KR20170044429A
Application number: KR1020150144110A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 민정선
Original assignee: 현대자동차주식회사
Priority date: 2015-10-15
Filing date: 2015-10-15
Publication date: 2017-04-25
Also published as: KR101768115B1

Abstract

The present invention comprises: a communication unit for receiving information of a lane and an obstacle; an input/output unit for displaying a plurality of input regions and receiving travel commands through the input regions; and a control unit for changing shapes of the input regions based on the information of the lane and the obstacle. The present invention changes a shape of an input region based on surrounding information (curvature of a curve and a distance to a nearby vehicle) in a manual operation mode to allow a driver to easily recognize state of a road and maximize convenience of operation and intuitiveness of the driver. Accordingly, the present invention is capable of preventing an accident by minimizing a mistake of a driver when switching to a manual operation mode.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a control pad, a vehicle having the control pad,

The present invention relates to a control pad for inputting a driving command, a vehicle having the control pad, and a control method thereof.

The intelligent vehicle includes at least one sensor of an ultrasonic sensor, an image sensor, a laser sensor, and a rider sensor that can replace the view of a person. The intelligent vehicle collects information related to the running of the vehicle using at least one sensor, The vehicle is an autonomous vehicle that automatically runs without any driver's operation while recognizing obstacles such as roads.

Such an intelligent vehicle assists the driver in recognizing the road environment even when the driver can not accurately recognize the road environment due to the driver's carelessness, negligence, and visual limit, thereby preventing an accident from occurring.

The intelligent vehicle has a problem that when an obstacle is detected, an intelligent vehicle uses an image sensor of a vehicle to generate a false alarm or a false alarm due to direct sunlight, an obstacle reflecting light, a strong light source behind, or a low illumination environment.

The intelligent vehicle can recognize the shape and existence of the obstacle when recognizing the obstacle by using the distance sensor such as the ultrasonic sensor, but it has the limitation of the recognition of the obstacle due to obstruction of the obstacle at the front and recognizes the road sign, There is a problem that the accuracy of recognizing the obstacle such as recognizing the bouncing obstacle as an obstacle is low.

The intelligent vehicle uses a rider (LiDAR) sensor or a radar sensor to detect roads and facilities more than 200m away from obstacles. In case of unexpected roads, port holes, bad weather, etc., There is a problem that can not guarantee driving.

The driver must directly drive the vehicle when a problem occurs in the safety driving or when a failure occurs on the device inside the vehicle.

In this case, there was a problem that a driver made a mistake due to abrupt driving.

One aspect of the present invention provides a control pad for changing a shape of an input region to which a driving command is input based on surrounding information in a manual driving mode, a vehicle having the control pad, and a control method thereof.

Another aspect provides a control pad for switching to a manual operation mode based on a safety level related to a failure or the like of an internal device and activating a function for switching to a manual operation mode, a vehicle having the control pad, and a control method thereof.

A control pad according to one aspect of the present invention includes a communication unit for receiving lane information and obstacle information; An input / output unit that displays a plurality of input regions and receives a driving command through a plurality of input regions; And a control unit for changing the shape of the plurality of input regions based on the information of the lane and the information of the obstacle.

Wherein the plurality of input areas include a first steering area for traveling in a first direction, a second steering area for traveling in a second direction different from the first direction, an acceleration area for increasing the traveling speed, And a deceleration region for decreasing the deceleration.

The control unit of the control pad judges the distance to the surrounding vehicle and the curvature of the traveling lane on the basis of the information of the obstacle and the lane information and judges whether the periphery of the lane is the attention area based on the judged curvature and the distance to the nearby vehicle do.

The control portion of the control pad includes changing the size of the input region corresponding to at least one note region if at least one region is a region of interest.

The control portion of the control pad includes changing the color or shape of the input region corresponding to at least one note region if at least one region is a region of interest.

The control unit of the control pad controls the input / output unit to be activated when the operation mode is the manual operation mode.

The input / output unit of the control pad includes a display panel and a touch panel.

A vehicle according to another aspect of the present invention includes: a detection unit for detecting surrounding situation information; A control unit for obtaining lane information and information of an obstacle based on the detected surrounding situation information; And a control pad for displaying a plurality of input areas for receiving a driving command and changing the shapes of the plurality of input areas based on the obtained lane information and the information of the obstacle.

The detection unit of the vehicle includes: an image detection unit for detecting a surrounding image; And a distance detector for detecting a distance between the obstacle and the surrounding obstacle.

The control section of the vehicle includes a step of confirming the distance between the preceding vehicle and at least one of the preceding vehicle based on the distance from the obstacle and confirming the curvature of the traveling lane based on the lane information.

The control pad of the vehicle determines whether or not the periphery of the driving lane is the attention area based on the distance from the at least one vehicle and the curvature of the driving lane and if at least one area is the attention area, And changing the shape.

The vehicle includes a plurality of input regions, each of which includes a first steering region for traveling in a first direction, a second steering region for traveling in a second direction different from the first direction, an acceleration region for increasing the traveling speed, Wherein the control pad changes the shape of the first steering area when the curve direction in the first direction is changed, changes the shape of the second steering area when the curve direction in the second direction is changed, And changing the shape of the acceleration region when the distance from the vehicle to the trailing vehicle is less than or equal to the reference distance and changing the shape of the deceleration region when the distance to the trailing vehicle is not more than the reference distance.

The control pad of the vehicle includes changing at least one shape of at least one input area size, color, and shape.

The control unit of the vehicle switches the operation mode to the manual operation mode and activates the operation of the control pad when the vehicle is in a failure state.

The vehicle further includes an operation unit for receiving the manual operation mode, and the control unit includes activating the operation of the control pad when the manual operation mode is input.

The control pad of the vehicle includes a display panel and a touch panel.

The vehicle further includes a communication unit for receiving the current position, and the control unit further includes controlling the automatic running based on the current position, the lane information, and the information of the obstacle when the driving mode is the automatic driving mode.

The control pad of the vehicle further includes checking whether the lane change is possible based on the lane information and the information of the obstacle, and restricting the input of the steering command of the input area based on whether or not the confirmed lane change is possible.

The control pad of the vehicle confirms the limit speed based on the surrounding situation information, judges whether the limit speed is violated based on the checked limit speed and the vehicle speed, and inputs the acceleration command of the input area when the speed limit is violated Quot;

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method of a control pad provided in a vehicle, the control pad controlling method comprising the steps of: activating a control pad in a manual operation mode to display a plurality of input areas for receiving a driving command; The control unit obtains the lane information and the obstacle information based on the surrounding situation information and confirms the distance from at least one of the preceding vehicle and the following vehicle based on the information of the obstacle and determines the curvature of the lane based on the lane information And judges whether the peripheral area of the driving lane is a warning area based on the distance to at least one vehicle and the curvature of the lane of travel. If at least one of the peripheral areas of the driving lane is a warning area, The shape of one input area is changed and displayed.

A control method for a control pad according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of input areas include a first steering area for traveling in a first direction, a second steering area for traveling in a second direction different from the first direction, Area and a deceleration area for reducing the traveling speed, and the shape of at least one input area is changed and displayed by changing the shape of the first steering area at the time of curve attention in the first direction, And changing the shape of the acceleration region when the distance from the preceding vehicle is less than the reference distance and changing the shape of the deceleration region when the distance from the trailing vehicle is not more than the reference distance, do.

Changing and displaying the shape of the at least one input region includes changing at least one shape of the at least one input region in size, color, and shape.

The control method of the control pad further includes confirming whether or not the lane change is possible based on the lane information and the information of the obstacle, and restricting the input of the travel command in the input area based on whether or not the confirmed lane change is possible.

The control method of the control pad is to check the speed limit based on the surrounding situation information, to determine whether the speed limit is violated based on the checked speed limit and the vehicle speed, and to input the acceleration command of the input area when the speed limit is violated Quot;

The present invention can allow the driver to easily recognize the road condition by changing the shape of the input area based on the surrounding information (the curvature of the curve and the distance to the surrounding vehicle, etc.) in the manual operation mode, The convenience of the operation can be maximized.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent an accident by minimizing a driver's mistake when switching to a manual operation mode.

In addition, the present invention can improve the safety of a vehicle by switching to a manual operation mode when a vehicle malfunctions.

In addition, the present invention can improve the safety of a vehicle by automatically driving the vehicle based on the position of the recognized obstacle in the automatic operation mode, thereby reducing the possibility of an accidental contact with an obstacle.

As described above, the present invention can improve the quality and merchantability of a vehicle having an autonomous driving function, further increase the satisfaction of the user, improve the convenience of the user and the safety of the vehicle, and secure the competitiveness of the product.

1 is an external view of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an internal view of a vehicle according to an embodiment.
3 is a control configuration diagram of a vehicle according to an embodiment.
4 is a configuration diagram of a control pad provided in a vehicle according to an embodiment.
5A and 5B are diagrams illustrating input examples of a driving command of a control pad provided in a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a control configuration diagram of a control pad provided in a vehicle according to an embodiment.
6 is a control flowchart of a control pad provided in a vehicle according to an embodiment.
FIGS. 8A, 8B and 8C are examples of changing the shape of the steering area of the control pad according to an embodiment.
FIGS. 9A, 9B, and 9C are examples of changing the shape of the velocity region of the control pad according to one embodiment.
10 is an exemplary view of a control pad according to another embodiment.
11 is an exemplary view of a control pad according to another embodiment.
12A and 12B are diagrams illustrating an example of a control panel according to another embodiment.

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

FIG. 1 is an external view of a vehicle according to an embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an internal view of a vehicle according to an embodiment.

The vehicle 1 includes a body having a built-in and an exterior, and a chassis provided with a mechanical device necessary for traveling to a remaining portion excluding the vehicle body.

1, the exterior 110 of the vehicle body includes a front panel 111, a bonnet 112, a roof panel 113, a rear panel 112, a trunk 115, front and rear left and right doors 116, And a window glass 117 provided on the left and right doors 116 so as to be openable and closable.

The exterior of the vehicle body includes a filler 118 provided at the boundary between the front panel, the bonnet, the roof panel, the rear panel, the trunk, the window glass of the front and rear doors, and the side mirror 119).

2, the interior body 120 of the vehicle body includes a seat 121 on which an occupant sits, a dashboard 122, and a tachometer 120. The tachometer 120 includes a tachometer, a speedometer, a coolant thermometer, a fuel meter, (Ie, cluster 123) in which the warning lamps, the warning lamps, the warning light, the warning light, the odometer, the odometer, the automatic shift selector lever indicator, the door open warning lamp, the engine oil warning lamp, And a center fascia 125 in which a ventilation hole and a throttle plate of the air conditioner are disposed and an audio device is disposed.

The seat 121 includes a driver's seat 121a on which a driver sits, a passenger seat 121b on which a passenger sits, and a rear seat located behind the vehicle.

The steering wheel 124 is a device for adjusting the running direction of the vehicle 1 and includes a rim held by a driver and a spoke connected to a steering device of the vehicle 1 and connecting a hub of a rotary shaft for steering the rim .

In addition, the spokes may be provided with operation devices (not shown) for controlling various devices in the vehicle 1, for example, audio devices.

The center fascia 125 may be provided with a head unit 126 for controlling an audio device, an air conditioner, and a heater, and a blower, a cigar jack, and a multi terminal 127.

The multi terminal 127 may be disposed adjacent to the head unit 126, and may include a USB port and an AUX terminal, and may further include an SD slot.

The vehicle 1 may further include an operation unit 128 for receiving operation commands of various functions.

For example, the operation unit 128 can receive the manual operation mode or the automatic operation mode during the operation mode.

The operation unit 128 may be provided on the head unit 126 and the center pacea 125 and may include at least one physical button such as an operation ON / OFF button of various functions, a button for changing setting values of various functions do.

The operation unit 128 can transmit an operation signal of the button to the electronic control unit (ECU), the control unit in the head unit 126, or the terminal 130.

The operation unit 128 may include a touch panel integrally provided on the display unit of the terminal 130. The operation unit 128 can be activated and displayed in the form of a button on the display unit of the terminal 130, and receives the location information of the displayed button.

The operation unit 128 may further include a jog dial (not shown) or a touch pad for inputting a movement instruction and a selection instruction of the cursor displayed on the display unit of the terminal 130.

The operation unit 128 can transmit an operation signal of the jog dial or a touch signal touched to the touch pad to the control unit in the electronic control unit (ECU), the head unit 126, or the terminal 130.

Here, the jog dial or the touch pad may be provided in a center fascia or the like.

The operation unit 128 receives the operation ON / OFF command of the terminal 130, receives at least one function among the plurality of functions, and transmits a signal of the selected function to the control unit or the terminal (130).

More specifically, the operation unit 128 can receive either the manual operation mode in which the driver directly operates the vehicle or the automatic operation mode. When the automatic operation mode is input, the input unit of the automatic operation mode is input to the electronic control unit ECU.

When the navigation function is selected, the operation unit 128 receives the destination information and transmits the input destination information to the terminal 130. When the DMB function is selected, the operation unit 128 receives the channel and volume information, (130).

The vehicle 1 may further include a display unit 129 for displaying information on a function being performed and information input by a user.

It is also possible for the vehicle 1 to display the information on the function being performed and the information input by the user on the terminal 130. [

Such a terminal 130 may be laid out on a dashboard.

The terminal 130 can perform an audio function, a video function, a navigation function, a DMB function, and a radio function, and display a surrounding image in the forward, backward, left and right directions in the automatic operation mode.

Also, the terminal 130 can display the surrounding images in the front, rear, left, and right directions even in the manual operation mode.

The terminal 130 may output video and audio of information received from an external source or information stored in a storage medium, or may perform an audio function of outputting an audio signal transmitted from an external source.

The vehicle 1 further includes a detection unit for collecting surrounding situation information.

As shown in FIG. 1, the detection unit for collecting surrounding situation information includes a distance detection unit 130 for detecting a distance to an obstacle in the front, rear, left, and right directions, an image detection unit (140).

The distance detection unit 140 may include a radar sensor or a light detection and ranging (Lidar) sensor.

The distance detecting unit 140 may be provided on at least one of the front panel 111 and the roof panel 113 of the vehicle.

One of the distance detecting units 140 may be provided at the center of the front panel 111 or three at the left, right, and center of the front panel 111.

The image detecting unit 150 may be a camera, and may include a CCD or a CMOS image sensor.

The image detecting unit 150 may be provided on a window glass on the front surface, or may be provided on a window glass inside the vehicle, on a room mirror inside the vehicle, or on a roof panel 113, have.

In addition, the vehicle includes a lane detecting unit for detecting precipitation and precipitation, a wheel speed detecting unit for detecting speeds of front and rear left and right wheels, an acceleration detecting unit for detecting an acceleration of the vehicle, and an angular speed detecting unit for detecting a steering angle of the vehicle As shown in FIG.

The vehicle 1 may further include a control pad 200 receiving a driving command from a user in a manual operation mode.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control pad 200a may be provided on the steering wheel 122, which is a position where the driver's hand can easily reach.

The control pad 200b may be provided on the center fascia 125 and adjacent to the head unit 126. [

The control pad 200c may be provided on the center fascia 125 and adjacent to the operation unit 128. [

The vehicle's vehicle frame includes driving devices such as a power generating device, a power transmitting device, a traveling device, a steering device, a braking device, a suspension device, a transmission device, and a fuel device, and front and rear left and right wheels.

In addition, the vehicle may be provided with various safety devices for the safety of the driver and the occupant.

Examples of the stabilizing device of the vehicle include an airbag control device for the purpose of safety of a passenger such as a driver in the event of a vehicle collision and a vehicle stability control device (ESC: Electronic Stability Control) for controlling the attitude of the vehicle when accelerating or cornering the vehicle There are safety devices.

The vehicle 1 further includes a driving device for applying driving force and braking force to the front, rear, left and right wheels, such as a power generating device, a power transmitting device, a traveling device, a steering device, a braking device, a suspension device, An electronic control unit (ECU) that controls the driving device, various safety devices, and the driving of various detecting devices.

Further, the vehicle 1 may further include electronic devices such as a hands-free device, a GPS receiver, an audio device and a Bluetooth device, a rear camera, a charging device for a user terminal, and a high pass device installed for the convenience of the driver.

The vehicle 1 may further include a start button for inputting an operation command to the start motor (not shown).

That is, when the start button is turned on, the vehicle 1 operates the starter motor (not shown) and drives the engine (not shown) which is the power generator through the operation of the starter motor.

The vehicle 1 further includes a battery (not shown) electrically connected to a terminal, an audio device, an interior, etc., a starter motor, and other electronic devices to supply driving power.

Such a battery performs charging using power from the self-generator or the engine while driving.

The vehicle 1 may further include a communication device for communication between various electronic devices therein and for communication with a user terminal, which is an external terminal.

The communication device may include a CAN communication module, a Wi-Fi communication module, a USB communication module, and a Bluetooth communication module.

The communication device may further include a GPS receiving module for acquiring position information from the satellite, and may further include a broadcasting communication module such as TPEG, SXM, and RDS such as DMB.

3 is a control configuration diagram of the vehicle according to the embodiment.

The vehicle 1 includes an operation unit 128, a terminal 130, detectors 140 and 150, a first control unit 160, a first storage unit 170, and a drive unit 180.

For distinguishing the communication unit, the control unit, and the storage unit provided in the control pad 200, 'first' is written in the communication unit, the control unit, and the storage unit provided in the vehicle.

The operation unit 128 may be provided with at least one of a button, a touch panel, and a jog dial and transmits a signal selected by the user to the first control unit 160.

The operation unit 128 can receive an automatic operation mode for automatically recognizing lanes and obstacles and automatically running based on the information of the recognized lane and the obstacle information, and a manual operation mode in which the driver directly drives the vehicle.

Here, the information of the obstacle may include the shape information of the obstacle and the position information of the obstacle.

The operation unit 128 can also receive a warning mode indicating an obstacle recognition.

The operation unit 128 can receive the destination in the automatic operation mode.

The terminal 130 displays image information generated during the execution of the program, for example, various menu image information, digital broadcast image information, or navigation image information under the control of the first controller 160, It is also possible to display information.

The terminal 130 may display the information of the currently operating mode and may display information of the destination.

Here, the destination information may include address information, total distance information, total travel time information, remaining distance information, remaining time information, and the like.

The detection unit detects the surrounding situation information and may include at least one of the distance detection unit 140 and the image detection unit 150.

The distance detecting unit 140 detects an obstacle located outside the vehicle, for example, a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the subject vehicle, a trailing vehicle traveling in the rear of the subject vehicle, a stationary object such as a structure disposed around the road, And detects a signal for detecting an approaching vehicle or the like in the opposite lane.

That is, the distance detector 140 outputs a signal corresponding to the obstacle detection at the front, rear, right and left sides of the vehicle at the present position of the vehicle, and outputs a signal corresponding to the distance to the detected obstacle to the first controller 160 .

The distance detecting unit 140 includes a rider sensor.

LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) sensor is a non-contact type distance detection sensor using the principle of laser radar.

The laser sensor may include a transmitter for transmitting the laser and a receiver for receiving the laser reflected on the surface of the obstacle present in the sensor range.

Where the laser may be a single laser pulse.

The distance detecting unit 140 may include an ultrasonic sensor or a radar sensor.

The ultrasonic sensor generates the ultrasonic wave for a certain time and then detects the signal reflected from the obstacle.

Ultrasonic sensors can be used to determine the presence of obstacles such as pedestrians within a short range.

A radar sensor is a device that detects the position of an obstacle by using reflected waves generated by the radiation of radio waves when transmitting and receiving are performed in the same place.

Such a radar sensor may use a Doppler effect or change the frequency of the transmission radio wave in time or output a pulse wave as a transmission radio wave in order to prevent the transmitted radio wave and the received radio wave from being overlapped and difficult to be distinguished.

For reference, the Lada sensor has a higher detection accuracy in the lateral direction than the RaDAR (Radio Detecting And Ranging) sensor, so it can improve the accuracy of determining whether there is a passage in front.

The image detecting unit 150 detects the object information and converts it into an electric image signal. The image detecting unit 150 detects an object outside the vehicle in the current position of the vehicle, in particular, the road on which the vehicle travels, And transmits the video signal of the detected object information to the first controller 160. The first controller 160 receives the video signal of the detected object information.

The image detecting unit 150 may include at least one of a left camera for acquiring an image on the left and right sides of the vehicle, a right camera, and a rear camera for acquiring an image of the rear of the vehicle, .

The first controller 160 controls the operation of the distance detector 140 installed in the vehicle so as to scan an obstacle located close to the vehicle.

When the distance detection unit is an ultrasonic sensor, the first control unit 160 can detect the distance to the obstacle based on the time difference between the generation time of the ultrasonic waves and the detection time.

When the distance detection unit is a radar sensor, the first control unit 160 detects the reflected wave when the radio wave of the radar sensor is reflected on the obstacle and detects the distance to the obstacle.

The first controller 160 receives the video signal detected by the video detector 150 and performs signal processing of the received video signal. In order to improve the speed of the signal processing, the first controller 160 changes the size and format, do.

The first controller 160 performs a clearing process and a noise removal process on a video signal to generate video information and applies vision techniques for decomposing the object in the video information to extract obstacles from the video information as a result.

That is, the first controller 160 acquires the information of the obstacle based on at least one of the signal and the video signal received by the distance detector and acquires the information of the lane based on the video information.

Here, the information of the obstacle may include position information and shape information of the obstacle.

The location information of the obstacle may include the distance information and the direction information of the obstacle.

The first controller 160 may identify the size and position of the obstacle and calculate the position and the locus of the obstacle to distinguish whether the obstacle is a bicycle, a pedestrian, or a sign, and may recognize the color of the traffic light.

The first control unit 160 controls the driving unit 180 based on the lane information, the obstacle position information, and the obstacle shape information in the automatic driving mode so that the vehicle automatically runs, Based on the information of the destination, and controls the driving device 180 based on the detected route so that the vehicle automatically travels to the destination.

The first control unit 160 may control driving of at least one of the power generation device, the power transmission device, the traveling device, the steering device, the braking device, the suspension device, the transmission, and the fuel device.

The first control unit 160 may control the braking device to avoid collision with other vehicles or pedestrians or may control the steering device to switch the direction to the left or right to prevent an accident.

The first control unit 160 determines whether the front, back, left, and right peripheries of the vehicle are in an attention area based on the position information of the obstacle and the lane information in the manual operation mode, And transmits information.

Determining whether the area is the attention area includes judging whether or not the distance between the vehicle and the front, rear, left, and right obstacles is less than or equal to the reference distance.

The first control unit 160 determines whether the driving lane is a curve based on the lane information in the manual driving mode, checks the curvature of the curve when it is determined that the curve is curved, 200).

The first control unit 160 checks whether the lane can be changed to the left or the right based on the driving lane of the subject vehicle based on the lane information and the position information of the obstacle. If it is determined that the lane change to the left or right lane is impossible It is also possible to transmit the input limitation information to the control pad 200.

The input restriction information is information in which input of at least one of the first steering area and the second steering area of the control pad 200 is restricted.

The first control unit 160 checks the speed of the vehicle, confirms the speed limit based on the image information in the surrounding situation information, determines whether the speed limit is violated based on the checked speed limit and the speed of the vehicle, It is also possible to transmit the input limitation information to the control pad 200 if it is determined that the speed is violated.

Here, the input limitation information is information in which the input of the acceleration area of the control pad 200 is limited.

In addition, when the speed limit is violated, the first controller 160 may enable the input of the control pad 200 and output only the alarm sound.

The first control unit 160 determines a failure (FAIL) of various devices provided inside the vehicle. If it is determined that the automatic operation mode can not be performed due to a failure of at least one device, And switches to the manual operation mode.

The first controller 160 activates the operation of the control pad 200 when the mode is switched to the manual operation mode in the operation mode.

The first control unit 160 can switch the operation mode to the manual operation mode when the manual operation mode is input to the operation unit 128. [ At this time, the first controller 160 activates the operation of the control pad 200.

The first control unit 160 controls the drive unit 180 based on the travel command transmitted from the control pad 200 so that the vehicle travels by a manual travel command.

The first controller 160 may control the terminal 130 to display the performance information of the manual operation in the manual operation mode.

At this time, the terminal 130 can display the image of the surroundings of the vehicle.

The first controller 160 of another example can transmit the positional information and lane information of the front, rear, left, and right vehicle to the control pad 200. At this time, the control pad 200 can control the display of the input area of the input / output unit by determining the attention area.

The first control unit 160 may be a CPU or an MCU, and may be a processor.

The first control unit 160 may be an electronic control unit (ECU) provided in the vehicle.

The first storage unit 170 may store the shape information of the obstacle and further store the type information and the size information of the obstacle.

Here, the shape information of the obstacle may be the image information of the vehicle as the image information of the obstacle.

The first storage unit 170 may store an application program necessary for the operation of recognizing the obstacle, and application programs necessary for the automatic operation mode.

The first storage unit 170 may be a flash memory, a read only memory (EPROM), an erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), or the like, as well as volatile memories such as S-RAM and D- , And a non-volatile memory such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory).

The driving device 180 includes a power generating device for driving, accelerating, and braking the vehicle, a power transmitting device, a traveling device, a steering device, a braking device, a suspension device, a transmission device, and a fuel device.

The vehicle 1 may further include a first communication unit 190 for performing wired / wireless communication.

The first communication unit 190 may include a broadcasting communication module such as a can communication module, a Wi-Fi communication module, a USB communication module, a Bluetooth communication module, a DMB, and other TPEG, SXM, and RDS.

The first communication unit 190 may transmit the positional information and the lane information of the obstacle to the control pad or transmit the information of the attention area and the input limitation information.

The first communication unit 190 may further include a GPS receiving unit.

The GPS receiving unit receives position information provided from a plurality of satellites to obtain current position information of the vehicle.

The GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver includes an antenna for receiving signals of a plurality of GPS satellites, software for acquiring the position of the vehicle using distance and time information corresponding to the position signals of the plurality of GPS satellites, And an output unit for outputting current location information of the terminal.

The first communication unit 190 is also capable of communicating among various internal electronic devices, communicating with a vehicle terminal, and communicating with a user terminal.

The vehicle 1 further includes a control pad 200 for receiving a driving command of the vehicle in a manual operation mode.

The control pad 200 receives the driving command from the user in the manual driving mode and transmits the inputted driving command to the first control unit (ECU) 160.

Here, the traveling command includes a steering command in a first direction, a steering command in a second direction different from the first direction, an acceleration command, and a deceleration command.

Here, the steering command in the first direction includes a shift command to the left, and the steering command in the second direction may include a shift command to the right.

The acceleration command includes a forward speed increase command while the deceleration command includes a forward speed decrease command.

The control pad 200 may be implemented as a touch screen. This will be described with reference to Figs. 4 and 5A and 5B.

4, the control pad 200 includes a touch panel 211, which is an input unit for generating a touch signal, and an input / output unit 210, on which a display panel 212, which is a display unit for displaying an image, is stacked .

The display panel 212 displays a plurality of input areas, and the touch panel 211 outputs a touch signal touched to at least one input area.

The plurality of input areas include a first steering area 210a including a steering area and a speed area and more specifically for traveling in a first direction and a second steering area 210b for traveling in a second direction different from the first direction. A steering region 210b, an acceleration region 210c for increasing the traveling speed, and a deceleration region 210d for reducing the traveling speed.

5A, the input / output unit 210 of the control pad displays a plurality of areas, and when any one of the first steering area 210a and the second steering area 210b is touched, And outputs the touch signal.

5B, the input / output unit 210 of the control pad displays a plurality of areas, and when any one of the acceleration area 210c and the deceleration area 210d is touched, the touch signal at the touched position .

The plurality of areas of the input / output unit of the control pad can be changed in shape based on the surrounding situation information.

Here, the shape may include at least one of the size, color, and shape of the input region.

A control configuration of an example control pad will be described with reference to Fig.

6 is a control block diagram of the control pad 200. The control pad 200 includes an input / output unit 210, a second communication unit 220, a second control unit 230, and a second storage unit 240.

For distinguishing the communication unit, the control unit and the storage unit provided in the vehicle, 'second' is written in the communication unit, the control unit, and the storage unit provided in the control pad 200. [

The input / output unit 210 displays an input area for receiving a plurality of driving commands, and transmits a driving command signal input through the input area to the second controller 230.

The input / output unit 210 changes the shape of a plurality of input regions and displays them on the basis of the command to the second control unit 230.

The second communication unit 220 receives the information on the attention area and the input restriction information from the first control unit 160 and transmits the received information to the second control unit 230.

Here, the information of the attention area includes at least one of the front attention area information of the subject vehicle, the rear attention area information of the child vehicle, the left curve attention area information, and the right curve attention area information.

The input limitation information includes at least one of left movement restriction information, right movement restriction information, and acceleration restriction information.

The second communication unit 220 transmits the driving command input to the input / output unit 210 to the first control unit 160 based on the command of the second control unit 230. [

Here, the second communication unit 220 may directly transmit the information to the first control unit 160 or may transmit the information to the first control unit 160 through the first communication unit 190.

The second control unit 230 displays a plurality of input areas using the input / output unit 210 in the manual operation mode. When the attention area information is received, the second control unit 230 displays at least one input So that the shape of the region is changed.

More specifically, if the received attention area information is the left curve attention area information, the second control unit 230 changes the shape of the first steering area, and if the received attention area information is the right curve attention area information, If the received attention area information is the front attention area information, the shape of the acceleration area is changed. If the received attention area information is the rear attention area information, the shape of the deceleration area is changed.

When the input limitation information is received in the manual operation mode, the second controller 230 controls the shape of at least one of the plurality of input areas to be changed based on the received input limitation information.

More specifically, if the received input limitation information is the left-movement restriction information, the second controller 230 changes the shape of the first steering area, and if the received restriction information is the right- And changes the shape of the acceleration area if the received input limitation information is acceleration input restriction information.

The second controller 230 controls the shape of the plurality of input regions to be restored in the manual operation mode, unless it is in the attention area.

The second control unit 230 may be a CPU or an MCU, and may be a processor.

The second storage unit 240 stores information on the shape of the input area to be changed.

In addition, the information of the shape to be changed can be selected and set by the user.

The second storage unit 240 may be a flash memory, a read only memory, an erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), or the like, as well as volatile memories such as an S-RAM and a D- , And a non-volatile memory such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory).

Another example is the control pad. This will also be described with reference to Fig.

Another example of the control pad 200 includes an input / output unit 210, a second communication unit 220, a second control unit 230, and a second storage unit 240.

The input / output unit 210 displays an input area for receiving a plurality of driving commands, and transmits a driving command signal, such as a steering command and a speed command, input through the input area to the second controller 230.

The second communication unit 220 receives the information of the obstacle and the lane information from the first control unit 160 and transmits the received information to the second control unit 230.

The second communication unit 220 can also receive the speed of the vehicle.

The second control unit 230 controls the input / output unit 210 to display a plurality of input areas in the manual operation mode, and determines whether the periphery of the driving lane is the attention area based on the received information of the obstacle and the lane information .

The second control unit 230 determines whether the front, rear, left, and right sides of the vehicle are the attention area based on the distance information between the lane information and the obstacle.

Determining whether the vehicle is in the area of interest includes determining whether or not the distance between the subject vehicle and the other vehicle on the front, rear, left, and right sides is equal to or less than the reference distance.

The second controller 230 determines whether the driving lane is a curve based on the lane information. If it is determined that the driving lane is a curve, the second controller 230 checks the curvature of the curve. If the verified curvature is equal to or greater than the reference curvature,

The second controller 230 controls the shape of at least one of the plurality of input areas to be changed based on the attention area information.

The second control unit 230 determines whether the lane can be changed to the left or the right based on the driving lane of the subject vehicle based on the lane information and the position information of the obstacle and determines that it is impossible to change the lane to the left or right lane And generates input limitation information.

The second control unit 230 controls the shape of at least one of the plurality of input regions to change based on the input limitation information.

That is, if the received input limitation information is the left movement restriction information, the second controller 230 changes the shape of the first steering area. If the received restriction information is the right movement restriction information, the second control unit 230 changes the shape of the second steering area And if the received input limiting information is the acceleration input limiting information, the shape of the acceleration area is changed.

The second controller 230 can discriminate the obstacle from the bicycle, the pedestrian, and the sign by identifying the size and the position of the obstacle and calculating the position and the locus of the obstacle, and it is also possible to recognize the color of the traffic light.

The second control unit 230 checks the speed of the vehicle, confirms the speed limit based on the image information in the surrounding situation information, determines whether the speed limit is violated based on the checked speed limit and the speed of the vehicle And generates input limit information if it is determined that the input speed limit is violated, and controls the shape of at least one input area of the plurality of input areas to be changed based on the input limit information.

The second control unit 230 may be a CPU or an MCU, and may be a processor.

The second storage unit 240 stores shape information of an input area to be changed.

The second storage unit 240 stores information of a reference curvature and a reference distance.

7 is a control flowchart of a control pad provided in a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The control pad is supplied with standby power when the vehicle is turned on (301).

The control pad checks the operation mode of the vehicle and determines (302) whether the confirmed operation mode is the manual operation mode.

The control pad keeps the vehicle inactive if the driving mode of the vehicle is not the manual driving mode.

Here, the inactive state includes a state in which the input / output portion of the control pad is inactivated.

At this time, the vehicle performs automatic operation.

More specifically, the vehicle 1 activates the distance detection unit 140 and the image detection unit 150.

The vehicle 1 scans the periphery of the vehicle, that is, the front, left and right sides of the vehicle by operating the distance detecting unit 140, detects the video signal by photographing the surroundings using the image detecting unit 150, And acquires information of the obstacle and lane information based on the scan information and the image information.

The vehicle 1 confirms the current position information and the destination information and automatically runs from the current position to the destination based on the information of the lane and the information of the obstacle.

The vehicle 1 performs the manual operation mode when it is determined that the manual operation mode is inputted at the start.

Also, the vehicle 1 judges whether or not various internal devices are in failure during the automatic operation mode, and switches the operation mode to the manual operation mode when it is judged that the safety operation is impossible due to a failure in at least one device.

At this time, the vehicle informs the user that the operation mode is switched to the manual operation mode.

The control pad activates (304) the input / output unit 210 to receive a driving command from the user when the driving mode of the vehicle is the manual operation mode.

At this time, the control pad 200 includes a first steering area 210a for traveling in a first direction through the input / output unit 210, a second steering area 210b for traveling in a second direction different from the first direction, An acceleration region 210c for increasing the travel speed, and a deceleration region 210d for decreasing the travel speed, and generates a touch signal when at least one region of the plurality of regions is touched by the user.

The control pad confirms the touched position, confirms the area corresponding to the confirmed position, and transmits the running command corresponding to the confirmed area to the first control unit.

At this time, the vehicle drives the driving device based on the driving command inputted to the control pad, thereby causing the vehicle to run.

The vehicle detects the surrounding situation information while traveling and transmits the detected surrounding situation information to the control pad 200.

The detection of the surrounding situation information includes detecting an obstacle by using the distance detecting unit 140 and the image detecting unit 150 to detect the circumstance information of the vehicle.

Detecting the surrounding situation information includes detecting a lane based on the image information detected by the image detecting unit.

At this time, the control pad receives the surrounding situation information (305).

The control pad judges (306) whether or not the condition of changing the shape of the input area of the input / output unit based on the information of the obstacle and the information of the lane.

Determining whether the input region of the control pad is a shape change condition includes determining whether the front, rear, left, and right regions of the peripheral region are the attention region, and determining whether the input restriction condition is satisfied.

When the control pad 200 confirms the received information and determines that the confirmed information is not the shape change condition of the input area, the control pad 200 maintains the shape of the input area of the input and output unit 307 and judges that the confirmed information is the shape change condition of the input area The shape of the input area is changed (308), but the shape of the input area corresponding to the attention area is changed.

In addition, the control pad 200 can directly receive the shape change information of each input area from the first control unit of the vehicle.

A configuration for changing the shape of the input area of the input / output unit of the control pad will be described in more detail.

Will be described with reference to Figs. 8A, 8B, 8C, 9A, 9B and 9C.

Figs. 8A, 8B, and 8C are examples for changing the shape of the steering area.

The control pad 200 determines whether the driving lane is the left curve or the right curve based on the lane information, and if it is determined that the left curve and the right curve exist alternately in the driving lane, the curvature of the left curve and the right curve are checked, If both the curvature of the left curve and the curvature of the right curve are equal to or greater than the reference curvature, it is judged that both the left and right regions are the attention regions.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 8A, the control pad changes the shape of the first steering area 210a and the second clause area 210b, but decreases the size of the first and second steering areas.

Accordingly, the control panel can receive the first and second steering commands through the B2 area other than the B1 area of the first steering area 210a and the second clause area 210b.

The control pad 200 determines whether the driving lane is the left curve or the right curve based on the lane information. If it is determined that the driving lane is the right curve, the control pad 200 checks the curvature of the right curve. If the verified curvature is greater than the reference curvature, Area.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 8B, the control pad maintains the shape of the first steering area 210a and changes the shape of the second clause area 210b, but only reduces the size of the second steering area.

Accordingly, the control panel can receive the first steering command through the B area of the first steering area 210a and receive the second steering command through the B2 area other than the B1 area of the second clause area 210b .

The control pad 200 determines whether the driving lane is the left curve or the right curve based on the lane information. If it is determined that the driving lane is the left curve, the control pad 200 checks the curvature of the left curve. If the verified curvature is greater than the reference curvature, Area.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 8C, the control pad changes the shape of the first steering area 210a, decreases the size of the area, and maintains the shape of the second clause area 210b.

Accordingly, the control panel can receive the first steering command through the B2 area, not the B1 area of the first steering area 210a, and receive the second steering command through the B area of the second clause area 210b .

In addition, the control pad 200 checks whether the lane can be changed to the left or the right based on the driving lane of the vehicle based on the lane information and the position information of the obstacle. If it is determined that the lane change to the left or right lane is impossible It is also possible to inactivate the first steering area and the second steering area, or to reduce the size of the area as shown in FIG. 8A.

This allows the user to easily recognize the attention area.

Figs. 9A, 9B and 9C show examples of changing the shape of the velocity region.

The control pad 200 changes the shape of the velocity region based on the positional information of the front, rear, left, and right obstacles.

The control pad 200 compares the distance information of the other vehicles on the front and rear sides with the reference distance information, and when it is determined that the distance from the preceding vehicle is less than the reference distance and the distance from the vehicle behind is less than the reference distance, If it is determined that the front area and the rear area are the attention area,

At this time, as shown in FIG. 9A, the control pad reduces the size of the shape of the acceleration region 210c and the deceleration region 210d.

Accordingly, the control panel can receive the acceleration command through the A2 region, not the A1 region, of the acceleration region 210c, and receive the deceleration command through the A2 region, not the A1 region of the deceleration region 210d.

The control pad 200 compares the distance information of the vehicle located behind and the reference distance information, and judges that the rear area is the attention area if the distance from the vehicle behind is less than the reference distance.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 9B, the control pad maintains the size of the shape of the acceleration region 210c and reduces the size of the shape of the deceleration region 210d.

Accordingly, the control panel can receive the acceleration command through the area A3 of the acceleration area 210c and receive the deceleration command through the area A2 instead of the area A1 of the deceleration area 210d.

The control pad 200 compares the distance information of the vehicle located ahead and the reference distance information, and judges that the front area is the attention area when the distance from the vehicle ahead is less than the reference distance.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 9C, the control pad reduces the size of the shape of the acceleration region 210c and maintains the size of the shape of the deceleration region 210d.

Accordingly, the control panel can receive the acceleration command through the A2 region, not the A1 region of the acceleration region 210c, and receive the deceleration command through the A3 region of the deceleration region 210d.

It is also possible to deactivate the acceleration region if it is judged that the control pad is a speed limit violation, and it is also possible to reduce the size of the shape of the acceleration region as shown in Fig. 9C.

This allows the user to easily recognize the attention area during driving.

10 shows another example of changing the shape of the input area of the input / output unit of the control panel. In FIG. 10, the size of the input area is reduced and the size of the input area is reduced. It is possible.

That is, if the control panel is in the right curve attention area, the shape of the second steering area 210b can be changed, but the size can be reduced and the frame B3 can be displayed.

11 shows another example of changing the shape of the input area of the input / output unit of the control panel. It is also possible to change the color of the input area.

That is, if the control panel is in the area of the right curve, the color of the inactive area B1 of the second steering area 210b is changed to a color lower than the saturation of the basic color, and the color of the area B4 Is changed to a color higher than the saturation of the basic color so that the user can easily recognize the attention area.

Here, the basic color is the color of the second steering area when the shape is not changed.

In addition, it is also possible to display the light of the size-changed area by flickering at predetermined time intervals.

12A and 12B are diagrams illustrating an example of a control panel according to another embodiment.

The control pad 200 may be implemented as a physical button as in another embodiment.

12A, the control pad 200 includes a first steering button 251 for receiving a driving command in a first direction, a second steering button 251 for receiving a driving command in a second direction different from the first direction, A steering button 252, an acceleration button 253 for receiving a command for increasing the traveling speed, and a deceleration button 254 for receiving a command for decreasing the traveling speed.

As shown in FIG. 12B, the shape of the plurality of buttons of the input / output unit of the control pad can be changed based on the surrounding situation information.

Here, the shape includes at least one of light, blink, and color information.

The control pad 200 receives the information on the attention area and the input restriction information from the first control unit 160 and changes the shape of the input area of the input / output unit to receive the travel information based on the received information.

In addition, the control pad 200 can receive the lane information and the position information of the obstacle from the first controller 160 and change the shape of the input area of the input / output unit for receiving the driving information based on the received information .

1: vehicle 2: first vehicle
130: Terminal 140: Distance detector
150: image detecting unit 128:
160: control unit (ECU)

Claims

A communication unit for receiving the information of the lane and the information of the obstacle;
An input / output unit that displays a plurality of input regions and receives a driving command through the plurality of input regions; And
And a controller for changing the shape of the plurality of input areas based on the information of the lane and the information of the obstacle.

The apparatus according to claim 1,
A second steering area for traveling in a second direction different from the first direction, an acceleration area for increasing a traveling speed, a second steering area for traveling in a second direction different from the first direction, A control pad containing.

The apparatus of claim 1,
A control pad for judging whether the periphery of the driving lane is a note area based on the information of the obstacle and the lane information and determines the distance to the surrounding vehicle and the curvature of the driving lane based on the determined curvature and the distance to the nearby vehicle, .

The apparatus of claim 3,
And changing the size of the input area corresponding to the at least one note area if at least one area is a note area.

The apparatus of claim 3,
And changing the color or shape of the input region corresponding to the at least one region of interest if at least one region is a region of interest.

The apparatus of claim 1,
And the input / output unit is activated when the operation mode is the manual operation mode.

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input /
Control pad with display panel and touch panel.

A detecting unit for detecting surrounding situation information;
A control unit for obtaining lane information and information of an obstacle based on the detected surrounding situation information;
And a control pad for displaying a plurality of input areas for receiving a driving command and changing the shape of the plurality of input areas based on the obtained lane information and information of the obstacle.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8,
An image detector for detecting a surrounding image; And
Further comprising: a distance detection unit for detecting a distance to an obstacle surrounding the vehicle.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9,
Confirming a distance between at least one of the preceding vehicle and the following vehicle based on the distance from the obstacle, and confirming the curvature of the traveling lane based on the lane information.

11. The apparatus of claim 10,
Determining whether a periphery of the driving lane is a note area based on a distance between the at least one vehicle and a curvature of the lane of the driving lane; and changing at least one area of the input area corresponding to at least one area &Lt; / RTI >

12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the plurality of input areas include a first steering area for traveling in a first direction, a second steering area for traveling in a second direction different from the first direction, an acceleration area for increasing a traveling speed, And a deceleration region for reducing the speed,
Wherein the control pad changes the shape of the first steering area when the curved line in the first direction is changed and changes the shape of the second steering area when the curved line in the second direction is drawn, And changing the shape of the deceleration region when the distance from the trailing vehicle is not more than the reference distance.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control pad comprises:
And changing at least one shape of the at least one input region in size, color, or shape.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8,
And switching the operation mode to a manual operation mode when the vehicle is in a failure state, and activating the operation of the control pad.

9. The method of claim 8,
Further comprising an operation section for receiving a manual operation mode,
Wherein the control unit activates the operation of the control pad when the manual operation mode is input.

9. The apparatus of claim 8,
A vehicle comprising a display panel and a touch panel.

9. The method of claim 8,
And a communication unit for receiving the current position,
Wherein the control unit further controls automatic running based on the current position, the lane information, and the information of the obstacle when the driving mode is the automatic driving mode.

9. The apparatus of claim 8,
Further comprising confirming whether or not the lane change is possible based on the lane information and the information of the obstacle and restricting the input of the steering command of the input area based on whether or not the confirmed lane change is possible.

9. The apparatus of claim 8,
Determining whether the speed limit is violated based on the checked speed limit and the speed of the vehicle, and restricting the input of the acceleration command of the input area when the speed limit is violated Further included vehicles.

A control method of a control pad provided in a vehicle,
A plurality of input areas for receiving the driving command by activating the control pad when the vehicle is in the manual operation mode,
Information of the lane information and the obstacle is obtained based on the surrounding situation information detected by the detecting unit,
A distance between at least one of the preceding vehicle and the following vehicle is checked based on the information of the obstacle,
Confirms the curvature of the running lane based on the lane information,
Determines whether the peripheral area of the driving lane is a note area based on the distance from the at least one vehicle and the curvature of the driving lane,
And changing the shape of at least one of the plurality of input areas if the at least one area of the driving lane is the area of interest.

21. The method of claim 20,
Wherein the plurality of input areas include a first steering area for traveling in a first direction, a second steering area for traveling in a second direction different from the first direction, an acceleration area for increasing a traveling speed, And a deceleration region for reducing the speed,
The shape of the at least one input area is changed by changing the shape of the first steering area at the time of the curve attention in the first direction and changing the shape of the second steering area at the time of the curve attention in the second direction And changing the shape of the acceleration region when the distance from the preceding vehicle is less than the reference distance and changing the shape of the deceleration region when the distance from the preceding vehicle is not more than the reference distance.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein changing and displaying the shape of the at least one input area comprises:
And changing a shape of at least one of a size, a color, and a shape of the at least one input region.

21. The method of claim 20,
Whether or not the lane change is possible based on the lane information and the information of the obstacle,
Further comprising restricting input of a traveling command of the input area based on whether or not the identified lane change possibility is confirmed.

21. The method of claim 20,
Confirms the speed limit based on the surrounding situation information,
Determining whether the speed limit is violated based on the checked speed limit and the vehicle speed,
Further comprising restricting an input of an acceleration command of the input area when the speed limit is violated.