POSTURE INFORMATION BASED PEDESTRIAN DETECTION AND PEDESTRIAN COLLISION PREVENTION APPARATUS AND METHOD

• Main Authors: SUNG, Dong Hyun, KWON, Yong Seok, LEE, Sang Min, KIM, Yoon Soo, LEE, Tae Young, PARK, Seung Wook, JUNG, Ho Choul, JUNG, In Yong, KIM, Eung Seo, MIN, Suk Ki, LEE, Min Byeong
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.05.2024
• 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 for activating a pedestrian (600) detection and collision mitigation system (PDCMS) of a vehicle (700) includes: a front detection sensor (200) detecting a presence of a pedestrian (600) on a driving lane of the vehicle (700), gaze information of the pedestrian (600), and a distance and a relative speed between the pedestrian (600) and the vehicle (700); a vehicle sensor (300) detecting at least any one of a speed, an acceleration, a steering angle, a steering angular velocity, or a pressure of a master cylinder of the vehicle (700); an electronic control unit (400) activating a PDCMS function based on information detected by the front detection sensor (200) and the vehicle sensor (300); and a warning unit (500) operated to inform a driver of a collision of the pedestrian (600) with the vehicle (700) by a control of the electronic control unit (400).