PEDESTRIAN COLLISION PREVENTION APPARATUS AND METHOD CONSIDERING PEDESTRIAN GAZE

• Main Authors: SUNG, Dong Hyun, KWON, Yong Seok, LEE, Sang Min, KIM, Yoon Soo, LEE, Tae Young, PARK, Seung Wook, JUNG, In Yong, MIN, Suk Ki, KIM, Eung Seo, LEE, Min Byeong
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.07.2018
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

An apparatus (100) for activating a pedestrian detection and collision mitigation system (PDCMS) of a vehicle includes: a front detection sensor (200) detecting a presence of a pedestrian on a driving lane of the vehicle, gaze information of the pedestrian, and a distance and a relative speed between the pedestrian and the vehicle; a vehicle sensor (300) detecting at least any one of a speed, an acceleration, a steering angle, a steering angular velocity, and a pressure of a master cylinder of the vehicle; an electronic control unit (400) activating a PDCMS function based on information detected by the front detection sensor and the vehicle sensor; and a warning unit (500) operated to inform a driver of a collision of the pedestrian with the vehicle by a control of the electronic control unit.