TW201800290A - Vehicle active safety system and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A control method of a vehicle active safety system includes: providing an image-capturing device, an image-processing unit and a network transmission interface; utilizing the image-capturing device to capture at least one image data; utilizing the image-processing unit to process and recognize the image data to obtain an image-recognized result; utilizing the network transmission interface to transfer the image data and the image-recognized result to a cloud big data processor system; and utilizing the cloud big data processor system to process the image data and the image-recognized result, thereby transferring an updated data to the image-processing unit.

Description

Active safety system for vehicles and control method thereof

The present invention relates to an active safety system for vehicles (suitable for various traffic vehicles) and a control method thereof; and more particularly to an active safety system for a hierarchically connected network and a control method thereof.

Conventional traffic vehicle safety systems, such as the Republic of China Patent Bulletin No. M444313, a new patent for detecting the driving safety system of vehicles and objects, which discloses a driving safety system for detecting vehicles and objects. The driving safety system comprises a detecting unit, a transmitting unit and a discriminating unit. The detecting unit is disposed in a vehicle body, and the detecting unit receives a detecting signal. The transmission unit is electrically connected to the detection unit for transmitting the detection signal. The determining unit is electrically connected to the transmitting unit to receive the detecting signal, and the determining unit determines whether the detecting signal is a coming vehicle or an object signal. Once the discriminating unit receives the detection signal and determines the incoming vehicle or object signal, the discriminating unit sends a warning signal.

Another conventional traffic vehicle safety system, such as the invention patent of the vehicle safety system of the Republic of China Patent No. I522257 and its operation method, discloses a vehicle safety system. The vehicle safety system comprises a sensing unit, a processing unit, a control unit and a display unit. The sensing unit is configured to capture an image frame including an eyeball image at a preset distance. The processing unit is configured to calculate a pupil position of the eyeball image in the image frame and generate a driving signal corresponding to one of the pupil positions. The control unit is configured to trigger a vehicle associated with the pupil position according to the driving signal Device. The display unit is configured to display information of the vehicle device.

Another conventional traffic vehicle safety system, such as the invention patent of the Republic of China Patent Publication No. I422505, Traffic Vehicle Safety System, discloses a traffic vehicle safety system. The traffic vehicle safety system comprises a control unit, a camera unit, a motion sensing unit, a data processing unit, an alarm unit and an adjustment unit. The motion sensing unit is configured to sense a motion state of a traffic vehicle, and the data processing unit is connected to the camera unit and the motion sensing unit to process data input by the camera unit and the motion sensing unit, and input the data. This data is compared to a preset value. The alarm unit is connected to the data processing unit and the control unit. If the result of the comparison by the data processing unit exceeds a preset value, the alarm unit is controlled to send an alarm signal to the control unit or an external control unit. The adjusting unit is connected to the control unit and adjusts the motion state of the traffic vehicle under the control of the alarm signal received by the control unit. The traffic vehicle safety system alerts the driver and the adjacent traffic vehicle through the alarm signal and uses the adjustment unit to control the movement state of the traffic vehicle.

Another conventional traffic vehicle safety system, such as the invention patent of the image security warning system for the vehicle of the Republic of China Patent No. I335280, discloses a vehicle image security warning system. The vehicle image security warning system comprises an image capture module, a space definition module, an object recognition module and a warning prompt module. The image capturing module receives an image signal, and inputs camera parameters related to the image signal source to the space definition module, and the space definition module defines the image space and the image space according to the image signal and the camera parameter. Several warning zones of different strengths. Then, the object recognition module identifies a part of the image that may be a traffic vehicle according to the change of the image signal and the image signal. Finally, the warning prompt module is used to locate the position of the traffic vehicle in the image space and compare the intersection of the position of the traffic vehicle with the different intensity warning areas, and then give different strength warning prompts according to the intersection relationship.

Another conventional traffic vehicle safety system, such as the Republic of China Patent Publication No. M479253, is a new patent for the vehicle image security system, which discloses a vehicle image security system. The vehicle image security system comprises a camera module, a first image processing unit, a control unit and a central control module. The first camera unit of the camera module captures a first image, and the first image processing unit performs image detection processing on the first image to generate a warning signal or perform a view conversion process or The range processing is performed to generate a third image, or the warning signal is generated in a superimposed manner to generate a fourth image. The control unit selectively outputs the fourth image or warning signal. A second camera unit is used to capture a second image. The central control module selectively receives the second image or warning signal, and selectively combines the images according to the first image and the second image to generate a bird's eye image; or receives the third image or the fourth image; or , combined with the bird's eye view image and warning signal.

However, the aforementioned conventional traffic vehicle safety system only discloses various simple vehicle image processing technologies, and it does not have any function of using the network to transmit data functions or updating data processing parameters or algorithms via the network. Therefore, the conventional traffic vehicle safety system necessarily has the need to further provide data transmission parameters or automatically update data processing parameters or algorithms according to road conditions. The foregoing patents are only for the purpose of reference to the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In view of the above, the present invention provides an active safety system for a vehicle and a control method thereof, which utilizes an image sensing device to capture at least one image data, and an image processing unit recognizes and processes the image. Image data to obtain a recognition result data, and transmitting the image data and the identification result data to a cloud big data processing system by using a network transmission interface, and then transmitting an update data to the image processing unit by using the cloud big data processing system Therefore, compared with the conventional traffic vehicle safety system, the accuracy of judgment, data collection and more can be greatly improved. New [data processing parameters or algorithms] efficiency.

The main objective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is to provide an active safety system for a vehicle and a control method thereof, which utilizes an image sensing device to capture at least one image data, and an image processing unit to identify and process the image data to obtain Identifying the result data, and transmitting the image data and the identification result data to a cloud big data processing system by using a network transmission interface, and then transmitting an update data to the image processing unit by using the cloud big data processing system to achieve an improvement Determine the accuracy, data collection and update (data processing parameters or algorithms) for the purpose of efficiency.

In order to achieve the above object, an active safety system for a vehicle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: a traffic vehicle having a first position, a second position, and a third position; and an image sensing device configured At the first position of the traffic vehicle, the image sensing device is used to capture at least one image data; an image processing unit is disposed at the second position of the traffic vehicle, and is identified by the image processing unit The image data is obtained to obtain a recognition result data; and a network transmission interface is disposed in the third position of the traffic vehicle, and the network transmission interface is used to transmit the image data and the identification result data to a cloud The data processing system is configured to process the image data and the identification result data by using the cloud big data processing system, and then use the cloud big data processing system to transmit an update data to the image processing unit.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for controlling an active safety system for a vehicle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: providing an image sensing device, an image processing unit, and a network transmission interface in a traffic vehicle; At least one image data is captured by the image sensing device; the image processing unit is used to identify and process the image data to obtain a recognition result data; and the network transmission interface is used to transmit the image data and the identification result data to a cloud big data processing The system uses the cloud big data processing system to process the image data and the identification result data, and then uses the cloud big data processing system to transmit an update data to the image processing unit.

The traffic vehicle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes a data collecting device, and the data collecting device is configured to collect a vehicle sensing data.

The vehicle sensing data of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a GPS sensing data, a temperature sensing data, a vehicle speed sensing data, an engine sensing data, a signal sensing data, a vehicle sensing data, One tire pressure tire temperature sensing data, one steering wheel sensing data, one throttle sensing data, one car spare parts sensing data, one water tank sensing data, one fuel tank sensing data, one battery state sensing data, one consumption Inductance measurement data or a driving mental condition data.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the traffic vehicle further includes an in-vehicle camera for capturing at least one in-vehicle image data and at least one driving image data, and the in-vehicle camera is coupled to the image processing unit and the data collecting device.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the network transmission interface is coupled to a neighboring network device, and a hierarchical feedback control program is executed in the neighboring network device.

The cloud big data processing system of the preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a security analysis subsystem, a huge data processing subsystem, a machine intelligence subsystem or a machine learning subsystem.

1‧‧‧Image sensing device

10‧‧‧Car machine

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9‧‧‧Cloud Big Data Processing System

90‧‧‧Database system

91‧‧‧Net Entity Module

Figure 1 is a block diagram of an active safety system for a vehicle in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart showing the control method of the active safety system for a vehicle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of data collection and updating of data on an urban road using the active safety system of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a mobile active network security control system using a mobile cloud network feedback control architecture in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, and are not intended to limit the invention.

The active safety system for vehicles and the control method thereof according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention are suitable for being assembled on various land or amphibious traffic vehicles, such as: a vehicle, a bus, an agricultural machinery, Tractor, garbage truck, engineering vehicle, street view vehicle, race car, recreation car (eg, water recreational vehicle), remote control vehicle Remote control car], toy car, metropolitan vehicle or other vehicle, but it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

1 is a block diagram showing an active safety system for a vehicle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which merely illustrates the architecture of the active safety system for a vehicle of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart showing a method for controlling an active safety system for a vehicle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which mainly includes five flow blocks S1 to S5. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the active safety system for a vehicle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an image sensing device 1, an image processing unit 2, a network transmission interface 3, and a data collection device 4. For example, the image sensing device 1 is selected from a 3D surrounding view recorder or the like. A function-like device.

Referring again to Figures 1 and 2, the data collection device 4 is configured to collect a vehicle sensing data. The vehicle sensing data comprises a GPS sensing data, a temperature sensing data, a vehicle speed sensing data, an engine sensing data, a signal sensing data, a vehicle sensing data, and a tire pressure temperature sensing. Data, a steering wheel sensing data, a throttle sensing data, a car parts sensing data, a water tank sensing data, a fuel tank sensing data, a battery state sensing data, a power consumption measurement data, a driving Mental status data or other information.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the data collection and update of data on an urban road by the active safety system for a vehicle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which merely illustrates the architecture of the active safety system for a vehicle of the present invention, and corresponds to The active safety system for vehicles of Figures 1 and 2 and its control method.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the active safety system control method for a vehicle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the step S1: First, the image sensing device 1 and the image processing unit are selected for a traffic vehicle. 2 and network transmission interface 3. For example, the interior of the traffic vehicle has a first position, a second position, and a third position, and the image sensing device 1 is disposed at the first position of the traffic carrier, and the image processing unit 2 is disposed at the second position of the traffic vehicle, and the network transmission interface 3 is disposed at the third position of the traffic carrier.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3 again, for example, the active safety system for a vehicle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is selected to be an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) system. The advanced driver assistance system also includes a Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS), Blind Spot Warning/Detection System (BSW/BLIS), and forward collision warning system [Forward Collision] Warning System, FCWS], Smart Headlight System (SAH), Night Vision System (NVS), Park-Assist System (PAS). The image sensing device 1, the image processing unit 2, and the network transmission interface 3 are integrated on an On-Board Unit (OBU) 10 or a device having similar functions.

Referring to the first, second, and third embodiments, the active safety system control method for a vehicle according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the step S2: the image sensing device 1 is used to capture at least one image data, and the image is captured. The information is the surrounding image data of the vehicle (eg accidental condition), as shown on the left side of Figure 3. For example, the traffic vehicle further includes an in-vehicle camera for capturing at least one in-vehicle image data and at least one driving image data, and the in-vehicle camera is connected to the image processing unit 2 and the data collecting device 4.

Referring to the first, second, and third embodiments, the method for controlling the active safety system for a vehicle according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the step S3: the image processing unit 2 is used to identify and process the image data and the image data in the vehicle. Or drive image data to obtain a recognition result data. At this time, the operation of the active safety system for a vehicle according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the preliminary identification stage of the unexpected condition, as shown on the left side of FIG.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the active safety system control method for a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the step S4: the network transmission interface 3 is used to transmit the image data and the vehicle in an encrypted manner. The internal image data, the driving image data and the identification result data are sent to a cloud big data processing system 9. For example, the cloud big data processing system 9 includes a database system 90 and a network-physical model 91, as shown on the right side of FIG. At this time, the operation of the active safety system for a vehicle according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the data sensing and collecting phase (Data-Sensing and Collecting Phase), as shown in FIG. The direction of the square arrow is shown. For example, the cloud big data processing system 9 includes a security analysis subsystem, a massive data processing subsystem, a machine intelligence subsystem, or a machine learning subsystem.

Referring to the first, second and third embodiments, the method for controlling the active safety system for a vehicle according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the step S5: the cloud data processing system 9 is used to process the image data at the back end. In-vehicle image data, driving image data and identification result data, and then using the cloud big data processing system 9 to transmit an update data (data processing parameter or calculation program) to the image processing unit 2. At this time, the operation of the active safety system for a vehicle according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the data-retrieving and rendering phase, as shown in the lower right of FIG.

Referring again to FIGS. 1 and 3, for example, the network transmission interface 3 is connected to a neighboring network device 5, such as a roadside unit, a wireless relay device, and WiFi access. Point, mobile communication base station, or mobile device providing private hotspot access rights, as shown in FIG. 3, and executing a hierarchical back control program or adopting an adaptive response in the neighboring network device 5. Control the architecture to adapt to dynamic environments.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a mobile multi-cloud network (MMCN) feedback control architecture of the active safety system for a vehicle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the action cloudy network feedback control architecture of the preferred embodiment of the present invention achieves automation, adaptability, and optimization goals in a feedback control manner. A subsystem group (including a CIS subsystem, a CCS subsystem, and a CES subsystem) is an adaptive action cloudy network feedback control unit, a hierarchical unit [tier(n)] CCS The system can dynamically call the array adaptive feedback control of other lower-level units [tier(n-1)].

Please refer to FIG. 4 again, the CIS (Cloud Inspection Subsystem) subsystem is used to receive and observe the CES subsystem call. The feedback status of the internal auditor when performing tasks, or receiving and observing the CES subsystem assigning tasks to the lower level, the feedback status of the lower level, and the feedback status includes devices, resources, virtual machine computing power, and workload And the distribution list of the user's multimedia content, the perception information of the vehicle OBU, and the data is written into the regional database to provide a control reference for the CCS subsystem. The CES subsystem accepts the command of the CCS subsystem to perform tasks, and the file link of the regional database is reported to the upper tier to facilitate the operation of the distributed database. Resources are allocated by a mobile cloud network to generate identity management, offloading, trust device management, vehicle network knowledge base establishment, rule base storage node management, and self-learning.

Please refer to FIG. 4 again, the CCS [Cloud Control Subsystem] subsystem adopts hierarchical fuzzy control to further intelligentize the CCS subsystem, and automatically generate a reference command required by the control system according to the resource ratio. In order to balance the allocation of all resources and improve efficiency. The CCS subsystem receives an upper level job assignment, which includes a Service Level Agreement (SLA), a local request (request), or a lower level cannot perform task forwarding. Then, reading the status list database maintained by the CIS subsystem to perform (1) cloud alliance member join admission control, (2) local end resource management, and (3) subordinate level resource management, for example, performing QoS adaptability Control (including user requirements, resource constraints, quality of service, verification and authorization of users and resources), (4) generating SLAs to call the CES subsystem to perform QoS control, and (5) to allocate resources to different requirements, Establish a lower level feedback control unit to automatically provide the services and responses that should be available. The CCS subsystem only generates control commands according to the algorithm to the CES subsystem to perform tasks and does not perform itself. When receiving the request, according to the database information of the CIS subsystem, if it is judged that the task cannot be performed, it will be required to forward to the upper class.

Please refer to Figure 4 again, the CES [Cloud The Execution Subsystem] subsystem receives the control signal of the CCS subsystem, calls its internal virtual machine (Virtual Machine, VM) to perform tasks or assigns tasks to the lower level, and the state of the internal virtual machine is fed back to the CIS during execution. The subsystems and the lower-level feedback status are collectively written into the database by the CIS subsystem. The CCS subsystem does not perform tasks, but is utilized by the CES subsystem. Thereby, the control work of the CCS subsystem is not affected by long-time standby execution and can immediately undertake the next task. In the mobile cloud network, the CES subsystem is transparent to the CCS subsystem and the CIS subsystem, and the required transfer to the lower layer state is directly from the CCS subsystem and the CIS subsystem. Class, and work assignments must be translated and delivered to the lower level, which is used to initiate the service unit of the lower level.

The foregoing preferred embodiments are merely illustrative of the invention and the technical features thereof, and the techniques of the embodiments can be carried out with various substantial equivalent modifications and/or alternatives; therefore, the scope of the invention is subject to the appended claims. The scope defined by the scope shall prevail. The copyright limitation of this case is used for the purpose of patent application in the Republic of China.

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Claims (10)

An active safety system for a vehicle includes: a traffic vehicle having a first position, a second position, and a third position; and an image sensing device disposed at the first position of the traffic vehicle And the image processing unit is configured to capture at least one image data; the image processing unit is disposed at the second position of the traffic vehicle, and the image processing unit is used to identify and process the image data to obtain a recognition result. And a network transmission interface, which is disposed in the third position of the traffic vehicle, and uses the network transmission interface to transmit the image data and the identification result data to a cloud big data processing system; wherein the cloud is used The data processing system performs the back end processing of the image data and the identification result data, and then uses the cloud big data processing system to transmit an update data to the image processing unit. The active safety system for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the traffic vehicle further comprises a data collecting device, and the data collecting device is configured to collect a vehicle sensing data. The active safety system for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the traffic vehicle further comprises an in-vehicle camera that captures at least one in-vehicle image data and at least one driving image data, and the in-vehicle camera is connected to the Image processing unit and data collection device. The active safety system for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the network transmission interface is connected to a neighboring network device, and a hierarchical feedback control program is executed in the neighboring network device. The active safety system for vehicles according to claim 1, wherein the cloud big data processing system comprises a security analysis subsystem, a huge data processing subsystem, a machine intelligence subsystem or a machine learning system. An active safety system control method for a vehicle, comprising: Providing an image sensing device, an image processing unit and a network transmission interface in the first traffic sensor; capturing at least one image data by using the image sensing device; and using the image processing unit to identify and process the image data to obtain an identification Result data; using the network transmission interface to transmit the image data and the identification result data to a cloud big data processing system; and using the cloud big data processing system to process the image data and the identification result data, and then using the cloud The big data processing system transmits an update data to the image processing unit. The vehicle active safety system control method according to claim 6, wherein the traffic vehicle further comprises a data collecting device, and the data collecting device is configured to collect a vehicle sensing data. The vehicle active safety system control method according to claim 6, wherein the traffic vehicle further comprises an in-vehicle camera that captures at least one in-vehicle image data and at least one driving image data, and the in-vehicle camera is connected. To the image processing unit and the data collection device. The method for controlling an active safety system for a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the network transmission interface is connected to a neighboring network device, and a hierarchical feedback control program is executed in the neighboring network device. The method for controlling an active safety system for a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the cloud big data processing system comprises a security analysis subsystem, a huge data processing subsystem, a machine intelligence subsystem or a machine. Learning subsystem.