US 12,233,754 B2
Vehicle and control method thereof
Seungsu Han, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/878,203.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0122322 (KR), filed on Sep. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0080898 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)
CPC B60N 2/0248 (2013.01) [B60N 2/002 (2013.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); B60N 2/0268 (2023.08); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); G06V 2201/10 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle seat;
a sensing device comprising a camera provided to obtain image data toward an outer lateral direction of a driver seat of the vehicle;
a seat motor provided to implement a movement comprising at least one of folding, reclining, sliding and rotating of the vehicle seat; and
a controller comprising a processor and a memory provided to process the image data,
wherein the controller is configured to:
identify height information of a driver based on processing of the image data,
identify a getting-on position based on the height information of the driver and existing height information stored in the memory and control the seat motor to shift the vehicle seat to the identified getting-on position, and
identify a getting-off position based on the identified getting-on position and the height information of the driver and controls the seat motor to shift the vehicle seat to the identified getting-off position.