US 11,670,092 B2
Electronic device for controlling driving vehicle and operation method of the electronic device
Kyoungyoung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sangsoo Ko, Yongin-si (KR); Byeoungsu Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Sanghyuck Ha, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/146,125.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0048305 (KR), filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0326611 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC G06V 20/584 (2022.01) [B60W 60/00 (2020.02); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device configured to control a host vehicle, the electronic device comprising:
an image sensor configured to photograph a surrounding environment of the host vehicle; and
a processor configured to perform an image processing operation based on a first image captured by the image sensor, and control the host vehicle based on the processing result,
wherein the processor determines whether to use a high speed performance of the image processing operation based on a speed of the host vehicle, and the electronic device is configured such that:
when the high speed performance is not used, the processor performs the image processing operation by using a first image processing module, and
when the high speed performance is used, the processor performs the image processing operation by using a second image processing module having less data throughput than the first image processing module,
wherein the first image processing module and the second image processing module are each configured to extract a respective region of interest (ROI) from the first image,
wherein the second image processing module is configured to extract, from the first image, an ROI having a smaller size than the ROI extracted by the first image processing module, and
wherein the ROI extracted by the second image processing module is an ROI including a region in front of the host vehicle.