Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130120575 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING ROAD MARKERS - An apparatus for use in a vehicle identifies road markers. The apparatus includes a sensor unit configured to collect image information ahead of the vehicle, distance information, and information on the reflected amount of a road surface. The apparatus includes a recognizer unit configured to recognize the road markers ahead of the vehicle on the basis of the image information, distance information, and information on the reflected amount provided from the sensor unit. Information on the road markers recognized in the recognizer unit is provided on an output unit. | 05-16-2013 |
20130151062 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING ROUTE OF MOVING OBJECT - An apparatus for establishing a route of a moving object, the apparatus including: an information reception unit configured to receive map data from the outside, a global route generation unit configured to generate a global route based on the map data and location information and destination information of a moving object, a surrounding environment sensor unit configured to sense information regarding a surrounding environment of the moving object when the moving object runs, a local route generation unit configured to generate one or more local routes based on the sensed information regarding a surrounding environment, a running unit configured to run the moving object based on the local route, and, when two or more local routes are generated, establish a route of the moving object through matching between the global route and the local routes, and running the moving object. | 06-13-2013 |
20130158865 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING POSITION OF MOVING OBJECT - An apparatus of estimating a position of a moving object creates a global map for a space over which the moving object is moving, on the basis of environment information on moving distance, measured distance, captured image and GIS data, and attribute and position of obstacles within the space. The method also creates a local map on the basis of the environment information obtained from around the moving object, and estimates a position of the moving object on the global map through matching of the local map and the global map. | 06-20-2013 |
20140085641 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING LOCATION OF PILED OBJECTS - A piling location recognizing apparatus and method for accurately determining a piling location using an optical sensor. The piling location recognizing apparatus includes an optical sensor moving unit configured to move on an installed moving line according to a predetermined angle with respect to a recognition target object, an optical sensor recognizing unit mounted on the optical sensor moving unit to acquire information on the recognition target object using an optical sensor, and a piling location calculating unit configured to calculate vertical location coordinates of the recognition target object on a basis of the acquired information on the recognition target object. Accordingly, despite environmental pollution or damage of an identification tag adhered to an object in a piling place in which objects are piled up, an in-yard location of the piled object can be accurately determined. | 03-27-2014 |
20140088830 | LANE TRACKING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING CAMERA DIRECTION CONTROL - A lane tracking apparatus and method using camera direction control is provided. The lane tracking apparatus using camera direction control includes a lane recognition unit for obtaining lane information from an image captured and acquired by a camera. A road curvature calculation unit calculates a curvature of a road using the lane information. A camera direction angle control unit controls a direction angle of the camera in consideration of the road curvature. | 03-27-2014 |
20140122409 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BUILDING MAP OF PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION BASED ON PROPERTIES OF OBJECT AND SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for building a map of probability distribution are provided. The apparatus for building the map of probability distribution includes: a sensor information collector configured to collect sensor information from a plurality of sensors; as object recognizer configured to recognize an object by integrating and inferring the sensor information, and to acquire object information; and a probability distribution creator configured to determine whether to apply an object property model including at least one of kinematic properties, shape properties, and probabilistic properties in correspondence to the object information, to acquire object properties corresponding to the object information, and to create a probability distribution based on foe object properties. Accordingly, it is possible to build a map with high reliability. | 05-01-2014 |
20140347484 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION OF VEHICLE - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing the surrounding environment information of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a first information extraction unit for collecting sensing information about a surrounding environment of a vehicle and extracting lane information and object information based on the sensing information. A second information extraction unit acquires an image of the surrounding environment of the vehicle, and extracts lane information and object information based on the image. An information integration unit matches and compares the lane information and the object information extracted by the first information extraction unit with the lane information and the object information extracted by the second information extraction unit, determining ultimate lane information and ultimate object information based on results of comparison, and providing the ultimate lane information and the ultimate object information to a control unit of the vehicle. | 11-27-2014 |
20150090291 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING CONTAMINATION FROM DISTANCE MEASURING SENSOR FOR VEHICLE - An apparatus for removing contamination for use with a distance measuring sensor, the apparatus comprising: a distance measuring module mounted inside or outside of a vehicle and configured to measure the distance between the vehicle and objects around the vehicle; a distance-based recognition unit configured to recognize a surround environment of the vehicle based on the distance measured by the distance measuring module; and a contamination removing module configured to measure the level of contamination on the distance measuring module and perform a cleaning with respect to an area where the contamination occurs when the measured level of contamination is above a preset threshold. | 04-02-2015 |