VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• Main Authors: YANG JUNHO, PARK JONG HEE, YANG DONGHUN, KIM BYEONGHWA, SONG CHANGHWAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 14.12.2020
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

The present invention provides a vehicle that estimates a pitch value of a vehicle based on information acquired by a sensor provided in a vehicle and can improve driver′s stability by correcting an image acquired by the vehicle using the estimated pitch value to obtain accurate object information, and a control method thereof. The vehicle according to an embodiment includes: a camera that acquires image information of objects around the vehicle; a sensor unit that acquires distance information between the ground or the objects and the vehicle; and a control unit that determines a pitch of the vehicle based on the distance information obtained by the sensor unit and controls the vehicle to travel based on the changed image information of the objects by changing the image information of the acquired object based on the pitch. 본 발명은 차량에 마련된 센서가 획득한 정보를 기초로 차량의 피치 값을 추정하고, 추정된 피치 값을 이용하여 차량이 획득한 영상을 보정하여 정확한 물체 정보를 획득하여 운전자의 안정성을 향상 시킬 수 있는 차량 및 그 제어방법을 제공한다. 일 실시예에 따른 차량은 차량 주변의 물체의 영상 정보를 획득하는 카메라; 지면 또는 상기 물체와 상기 차량의 거리 정보를 획득하는 센서부; 및 상기 센서부가 획득한 상기 거리 정보를 기초로 상기 차량의 피치(pitch)를 결정하고, 상기 피치를 기초로 상기 획득한 물체의 영상 정보를 변경하여, 변경된 상기 물체의 영상 정보를 기초로 상기 차량을 주행하도록 제어하는 제어부;를 포함한다.