US 12,233,783 B2
Apparatus for controlling side mirror of autonomous vehicle and method thereof
Eun Young Choi, Seoul (KR); Jin Su Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Woo Jin Kim, Incheon (KR); Seo Hyung Cheon, Seongnam-si (KR); Rosali Sun Pyun, Seongnam-si (KR); Ki Seok Seong, Cheonan-si (KR); Dong Il Yang, Seoul (KR); and Min Sang Yu, Hwaseong-si (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 Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,042.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0038259 (KR), filed on Mar. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305997 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 1/074 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60R 1/074 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 1/1207 (2013.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/175 (2024.01); B60R 2001/1215 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1223 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8026 (2013.01); B60W 60/005 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for controlling a side mirror of an autonomous vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
a processor configured to:
obtain information about whether a vehicle is driven autonomously; and
fold the side mirror of the vehicle or insert the side mirror into a vehicle inner space of the vehicle when the vehicle is determined to be driven autonomously based on the obtained information,
wherein when the side mirror of the vehicle is folded, a mirror surface of the side mirror of the vehicle is configured to be folded in direct contact with a vehicle body surface or a side window glass of the vehicle.