최소 단어 이상 선택하여야 합니다.
최대 10 단어까지만 선택 가능합니다.
다음과 같은 기능을 한번의 로그인으로 사용 할 수 있습니다.
NTIS 바로가기다음과 같은 기능을 한번의 로그인으로 사용 할 수 있습니다.
DataON 바로가기다음과 같은 기능을 한번의 로그인으로 사용 할 수 있습니다.
Edison 바로가기다음과 같은 기능을 한번의 로그인으로 사용 할 수 있습니다.
Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 | US-0025023 (2018-07-02) |
등록번호 | US-10110860 (2018-10-23) |
발명자 / 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 | 피인용 횟수 : 1 인용 특허 : 989 |
A vehicular control system includes a forward viewing camera that views forward through the vehicle windshield and a control including a processor that processes image data captured by the camera. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data, (i) at least one road characteristic
A vehicular control system includes a forward viewing camera that views forward through the vehicle windshield and a control including a processor that processes image data captured by the camera. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data, (i) at least one road characteristic of a road along which the vehicle is traveling is detected, (ii) other vehicles exterior the vehicle are detected, and (iii) road curvature of the road along which the vehicle is traveling is determined. Data derived at least in part from captured image data and that is at least in part relevant to a current geographic location of the vehicle is wirelessly communicated from the vehicle to a remote data receiver located remote from the vehicle for processing to determine information relevant to the vehicle. Speed of the vehicle is controlled based at least in part on image data processed by the processor.
1. A vehicular control system, said vehicular control system comprising: a forward viewing camera disposed at a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular control system;wherein said forward viewing camera views forward through the windshield of the equipped vehicle and is operable to capt
1. A vehicular control system, said vehicular control system comprising: a forward viewing camera disposed at a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular control system;wherein said forward viewing camera views forward through the windshield of the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture image data;said forward viewing camera comprising an imaging array sensor and a lens;a control comprising an image processor operable to process image data captured by said forward viewing camera;wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, at least one road characteristic of a road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling is detected;wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises at least two road characteristics selected from the group consisting of (i) a curb of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling, (ii) a lane marker of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling and (iii) a road shoulder of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling;wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, other vehicles exterior the equipped vehicle are detected;wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, road curvature of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling is determined;wherein data is wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to a remote data receiver located remote from the equipped vehicle;wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver comprises data that is at least in part relevant to a current geographic location of the equipped vehicle;wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle is derived, at least in part, from processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera;wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver is processed at the remote data receiver to determine information relevant to the equipped vehicle; andwherein said control controls speed of the equipped vehicle responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera. 2. The vehicular control system of claim 1, wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises a curb of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 3. The vehicular control system of claim 1, wherein the remote data receiver receives data from another vehicle, and wherein, based at least in part on processing at the remote data receiver of data from the other vehicle that is received at the remote data receiver, at least one of (i) location of the other vehicle is determined and (ii) movement of the other vehicle is determined. 4. The vehicular control system of claim 3, wherein, responsive at least in part to processing at the remote data receiver of data received from the equipped vehicle and of data received from the other vehicle, the remote data receiver communicates to the equipped vehicle that the other vehicle is approaching the equipped vehicle. 5. The vehicular control system of claim 3, wherein, based at least in part on processing at said remote data receiver of data received from the other vehicle, location of the other vehicle is determined. 6. The vehicular control system of claim 3, wherein, based at least in part on processing at said remote data receiver of data received from the other vehicle, movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle is determined. 7. The vehicular control system of claim 6, wherein, responsive at least in part to determination at the remote data receiver of movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle, the remote data receiver communicates to the equipped vehicle that the other vehicle is approaching the equipped vehicle from a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the equipped vehicle. 8. The vehicular control system of claim 6, wherein said control controls speed of the equipped vehicle responsive at least in part to determination at the remote data receiver of movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle. 9. The vehicular control system of claim 6, wherein, responsive at least in part to determination at the remote data receiver of movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle, a lighting system of the equipped vehicle is controlled. 10. The vehicular control system of claim 6, wherein speed of the equipped vehicle is dynamically controlled responsive at least in part to determination at the remote data receiver of movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle. 11. The vehicular control system of claim 1, wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle comprises data pertaining to at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) a traffic sign, (ii) a railroad crossing ahead of the equipped vehicle that crosses the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling and (iii) a lane divergence of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 12. The vehicular control system of claim 1, wherein the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises a freeway, and wherein said control, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, detects an exit sign announcing an exit ramp ahead off the freeway along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 13. The vehicular control system of claim 12, wherein, responsive at least in part to detection of the exit sign announcing the exit ramp ahead off the freeway along which the equipped vehicle is traveling, said control adjusts speed of the equipped vehicle so that the equipped vehicle enters the exit ramp at a safe speed. 14. The vehicular control system of claim 1, wherein the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle is established at least in part via a global positioning system. 15. The vehicular control system of claim 14, wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises a road shoulder of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 16. The vehicular control system of claim 1, wherein said control controls speed of the equipped vehicle for adaptive cruise control of the equipped vehicle. 17. The vehicular control system of claim 1, wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver comprises map data relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle. 18. The vehicular control system of claim 1, wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises a lane marker of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 19. A vehicular control system, said vehicular control system comprising: a forward viewing camera disposed at a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular control system;wherein said forward viewing camera views forward through the windshield of the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture image data;said forward viewing camera comprising an imaging array sensor and a lens;a control comprising an image processor operable to process image data captured by said forward viewing camera;wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, at least one road characteristic of a road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling is detected;wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises at least two road characteristics selected from the group consisting of (i) a curb of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling, (ii) a lane marker of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling and (iii) a road shoulder of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling;wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, other vehicles exterior the equipped vehicle are detected;wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, road curvature of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling is determined;wherein data is wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to a remote data receiver located remote from the equipped vehicle;wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver comprises data that is at least in part relevant to a current geographic location of the equipped vehicle;wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle is derived, at least in part, from processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera;wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver is processed at the remote data receiver to determine information relevant to the equipped vehicle; andwherein said control controls speed of the equipped vehicle responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera. 20. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises a curb of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 21. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein the remote data receiver receives data from another vehicle, and wherein, based at least in part on processing at the remote data receiver of data from the other vehicle that is received at the remote data receiver, at least one of (i) location of the other vehicle is determined and (ii) movement of the other vehicle is determined. 22. The vehicular control system of claim 21, wherein, responsive at least in part to processing at the remote data receiver of data received from the equipped vehicle and of data received from the other vehicle, the remote data receiver communicates to the equipped vehicle that the other vehicle is approaching the equipped vehicle. 23. The vehicular control system of claim 21, wherein, based at least in part on processing at the remote data receiver of data received from the other vehicle, location of the other vehicle is determined. 24. The vehicular control system of claim 21, wherein, based at least in part on processing at the remote data receiver of data received from the other vehicle, movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle is determined. 25. The vehicular control system of claim 24, wherein, responsive at least in part to determination at the remote data receiver of movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle, the remote data receiver communicates to the equipped vehicle that the other vehicle is approaching the equipped vehicle from a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the equipped vehicle. 26. The vehicular control system of claim 24, wherein said control controls speed of the equipped vehicle responsive at least in part to determination at the remote data receiver of movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle. 27. The vehicular control system of claim 24, wherein speed of the equipped vehicle is dynamically controlled responsive at least in part to determination at the remote data receiver of movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle. 28. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle comprises data pertaining to a traffic sign. 29. The vehicular control system of claim 28, wherein said traffic sign comprises an exit sign announcing an exit ramp ahead off the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 30. The vehicular control system of claim 28, wherein said traffic sign comprises a speed limit sign. 31. The vehicular control system of claim 30, wherein the field of view of said forward viewing camera encompasses said speed limit sign, and wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, said vehicular control system recognizes an allowed speed limit displayed by said speed limit sign, and wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle comprises the allowed speed limit displayed by said speed limit sign. 32. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle comprises data pertaining to a railroad crossing ahead of the equipped vehicle that crosses the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 33. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle comprises data pertaining to a lane divergence of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 34. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises a freeway, and wherein said control, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, detects an exit sign announcing an exit ramp ahead off the freeway along which the equipped vehicle is traveling, and wherein, responsive at least in part to detection of the exit sign announcing the exit ramp ahead off the freeway along which the equipped vehicle is traveling, said control adjusts speed of the equipped vehicle so that the equipped vehicle enters the exit ramp at a safe speed. 35. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle is established at least in part via a global positioning system. 36. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises a road shoulder of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 37. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein said control controls speed of the equipped vehicle for adaptive cruise control of the equipped vehicle. 38. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver comprises map data relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle. 39. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises a lane marker of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 40. The vehicular control system of claim 39, wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises (i) a curb of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling and (ii) a road shoulder of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 41. The vehicular control system of claim 19, wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises (i) a curb of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling and (ii) a road shoulder of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 42. A vehicular control system, said vehicular control system comprising: a forward viewing camera disposed at a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular control system;wherein said forward viewing camera views forward through the windshield of the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture image data;said forward viewing camera comprising an imaging array sensor and a lens;a control comprising an image processor operable to process image data captured by said forward viewing camera;wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, at least one road characteristic of a road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling is detected;wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises at least two road characteristics selected from the group consisting of (i) a curb of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling, (ii) a lane marker of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling and (iii) a road shoulder of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling;wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, other vehicles exterior the equipped vehicle are detected;wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, road curvature of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling is determined;wherein data is wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to a remote data receiver located remote from the equipped vehicle;wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver comprises data that is at least in part relevant to a current geographic location of the equipped vehicle;wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle is derived, at least in part, from processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera;wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle comprises data pertaining to at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) a traffic sign, (ii) a railroad crossing ahead of the equipped vehicle that crosses the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling and (iii) a lane divergence of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling;wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver is processed at the remote data receiver to determine information relevant to the equipped vehicle; andwherein said control controls speed of the equipped vehicle responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera. 43. The vehicular control system of claim 42, wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle comprises data pertaining to a traffic sign. 44. The vehicular control system of claim 43, wherein said traffic sign comprises an exit sign announcing an exit ramp ahead off the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 45. The vehicular control system of claim 43, wherein said traffic sign comprises a speed limit sign, and wherein the field of view of said forward viewing camera encompasses said speed limit sign, and wherein, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, said vehicular control system recognizes an allowed speed limit displayed by said speed limit sign, and wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle comprises the allowed speed limit displayed by said speed limit sign. 46. The vehicular control system of claim 43, wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle comprises data pertaining to a railroad crossing ahead of the equipped vehicle that crosses the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 47. The vehicular control system of claim 43, wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver that is at least in part relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle comprises data pertaining to a lane divergence of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 48. The vehicular control system of claim 42, wherein the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises a freeway, and wherein said control, responsive at least in part to processing by said image processor of image data captured by said forward viewing camera, detects an exit sign announcing an exit ramp ahead off the freeway along which the equipped vehicle is traveling, and wherein, responsive at least in part to detection of the exit sign announcing the exit ramp ahead off the freeway along which the equipped vehicle is traveling, said control adjusts speed of the equipped vehicle so that the equipped vehicle enters the exit ramp at a safe speed. 49. The vehicular control system of claim 42, wherein the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle is established at least in part via a global positioning system. 50. The vehicular control system of claim 42, wherein the remote data receiver receives data from another vehicle, and wherein, based at least in part on processing at the remote data receiver of data from the other vehicle that is received at the remote data receiver, at least one of (i) location of the other vehicle is determined and (ii) movement of the other vehicle is determined. 51. The vehicular control system of claim 50, wherein, responsive at least in part to processing at the remote data receiver of data received from the equipped vehicle and of data received from the other vehicle, the remote data receiver communicates to the equipped vehicle that the other vehicle is approaching the equipped vehicle. 52. The vehicular control system of claim 51, wherein, based at least in part on processing at the remote data receiver of data received from the other vehicle, location of the other vehicle is determined. 53. The vehicular control system of claim 51, wherein, based at least in part on processing at the remote data receiver of data received from the other vehicle, movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle is determined. 54. The vehicular control system of claim 53, wherein, responsive at least in part to determination at the remote data receiver of movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle, the remote data receiver communicates to the equipped vehicle that the other vehicle is approaching the equipped vehicle from a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the equipped vehicle. 55. The vehicular control system of claim 53, wherein said control controls speed of the equipped vehicle responsive at least in part to determination at the remote data receiver of movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle. 56. The vehicular control system of claim 50, wherein speed of the equipped vehicle is dynamically controlled responsive at least in part to determination at the remote data receiver of movement of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle. 57. The vehicular control system of claim 42, wherein said control controls speed of the equipped vehicle for adaptive cruise control of the equipped vehicle. 58. The vehicular control system of claim 42, wherein data wirelessly communicated from the equipped vehicle to the remote data receiver comprises map data relevant to the current geographic location of the equipped vehicle. 59. The vehicular control system of claim 42, wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises a lane marker of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. 60. The vehicular control system of claim 42, wherein the at least one road characteristic of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling comprises (i) a curb of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling, (ii) a road shoulder of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling and (iii) a lane marker of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling.
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